Havyard Leirvik shipyard has handed over the third service operation vessel (SOV) to Esvagt in nine months.
NHST 149, as the yet-to-be-named vessel is known, completes a series of three vessels that Esvagt has ordered from the shipyard to service Vestas turbines at several offshore wind farms.
“We are very pleased to receive another really good vessel as a result of an exceptionally well-functioning collaboration with designer and shipyard”, said Bjorn Viig, project director, at Esvagt.
“The yard has incorporated experience from the first to the last vessel and ensured that new and even better solutions have been implemented each time,” he said.
The design of the V-sat system has been improved to offer better internet and TV signal on board, and the SMST walkway system ensures stepless and level-free access for warehouses and technicians.
“It is a vessel filled with innovative solutions and good design, and both Vestas and Esvagt have helped shape the result. With strong cooperation and good dialogue, we have continuously improved,” said Viig.
NHST 149 is a sister vessel to Esvagt Alba, working on the Moray East wind farm, and Esvagt Schelde, servicing Vestas in Borssele 3-4 and Northwester 2 wind farms in Dutch and Belgian waters, respectively.
NHST 149 will work on the Triton Knoll wind farm from the beginning of October.