Seacat Services has signed a long-term charter for catamaran Seacat Magic with Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm.
Seacat Magic will support operations and maintenance (O&M) activity for the Greater Gabbard service team working at the 504MW wind farm off the UK.
She joins sister vessel Seacat Freedom, which was first deployed to the site in 2017.
Seacat has been supplying vessels for the wind farm since 2012, when Seacat Resolute was signed on a long-term charter to support construction at Greater Gabbard.
From 2017 to March 2020 while in operation at Greater Gabbard, Seacat Freedom performed over 9200 safe crew transfers to the wind farm.
This has been achieved with minimal downtime, and a technical vessel availability of 98.7%, Deacat said.
Seacat Services’ longstanding presence at Greater Gabbard has also brought community benefits, with the vessels manned by local crews wherever possible.
The deal comes after Seacat secured its first long-term O&M charter for newly launched catamaran Seacat Rainbow with Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm in March.