Zephyrus Marine has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Japanese shipyard Mirai Ships, to build a zero-emission offshore wind service vessel.
Ad Hoc Marine Designs will be providing the design for the Zephyrus Zero Carbon Offshore CTV which will incorporate Shift’s PwrSwäp technology
This class NK-approved energy storage system will allow crew transfer vessels to swap their modular battery systems with ease while providing a zero-emission service to the Japanese offshore wind sector.
The design of the Zephyrus Zero Carbon Offshore wind service operation will be tailored to specifically service Japanese wind and offshore vessels.
The fully electric Mothership will operate as the hotel and charging station with fully electric daughter vessels that will either be stowed on deck or returned to shore for near-shore operations.
These daughter vessels will be lifted off the Mothership and launched into the field.
When the charge is low, these CTVs will return to the Mothership to dock at the stern, allowing for the spent batteries (e-pods) to be lifted and replaced with fully charged ones within minutes.
Rob Stewart, director at Zephyrus, said: “We need to make it easy for shipowners and the offshore wind sector to go zero carbon.
“By partnering with Mirai Ships in building our unique solution, we can move the needle towards a net-zero shipping industry and we can do so while improving the operational cost and reducing the risk profiles within the offshore Japanese wind sector.”