Damen Shipyards and Delta Marine have developed a new design that will be used to build a new service vessel.
Damen and Scottish company Delta Marine have been working together on the design for the last two years.
The new vessel design, called a Damen Renewables service vessel 3315, is expected to launch in early 2017. The design evolved from a Multi Cat.
The vessel will be able to perform a lot of the work currently done by larger offshore construction vessels and will have full DP2 capacity and be able to fit a cable lay carousel, work class ROVs or cable trenching machines. The vessel will also be fitted with two large HS Marine cranes and a 4-point mooring system.
Delta Marine general manager Dave McNaughtan said: “For the last couple of years we’ve been working on this new design with Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld.
“We came up with concepts – gave them to Damen, who would put those ideas on the drawing board. They gave their expertise – adding the engineering for example – and then came back to us.”
“Damen are very good at developing their vessels,” continues McNaughtan. “Even their established vessels like multi cats and shoalbusters are continually getting better.
“We have changed the design by moving the wheelhouse forward and leaving the aft deck open. Crucially, we’ve managed to keep it under the 500-tonne mark. This was a critical factor – one that will help keep the costs down.”
The hull will be made in Poland and Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld in the Netherlands will complete the final outfitting process.
Image: Offshore wind service vessel (Damen)
