Glomar Offshore has signed an initial three-year charter with Rovco for a support vessel to work on offshore wind site characterisation studies.
The charter is for the support vessel, Glomar Supporter.
Rovco, working in collaboration with Glomar and marine design consultancy Medea, will reconfigure the vessel to permanently carry an entire suite of survey sensors and equipment, to provide the data capture, reporting and other services required in offshore wind site characterisation.
Upon completion of dry docking in Feb 2023, the vessel will be delivered to Rovco complete with a keel mounted gondola, an array of deck equipment, and dedicated high-end survey and reporting office suites.
The gondola, designed and analysed for performance by Medea, will contain permanently installed survey sensors including dual head multibeam configurations, with inbuild roll and pitch stabilisation for high quality acquisition.
The main deck will be reconfigured to feature a main stern A-Frame for the deployment and towing of multiple sensor types, including seismic equipment, as well as adding secondary deck handling equipment for deployment of cone penetration test (CPT) and Vibrocorers to facilitate efficient sampling of in-situ soil conditions and taking advantage of the stable DP2 platform.
Rovco will mobilise a dedicated survey team onboard the Glomar Supporter, with a focus on supporting the growing pipeline of offshore wind projects from its Aberdeen operational base, across ScotWind, the Southern North, Irish and Celtic Sea developments.
Klaas Weij, CEO of Glomar Offshore, said: “Combining our great cooperation with Rovco over the last seasons and our group’s in-house vessel upgrade expertise, we are excited to embark on this long-term charter of our Glomar Supporter.
“As a company, we believe in the vast potential of the offshore renewables survey market and look forward to having Rovco onboard for the next years.”