Scottish company Briggs Marine has won a contract to deliver crew transfer vessel (CTV) services to the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm, currently under construction 15km off the Fife coast of Scotland.
Briggs Marine will utilise its Forth Engineer vessel, a Damen 2610, to provide transfer of technicians to turbines, substations and construction vessels as well as providing a cargo-carrying capability to support construction and operations.
NnG is jointly owned by EDF Renewables UK and ESB.
Briggs Marine group general manager Rob Baker said: “The Forth Engineer will be crewed by fully qualified and experienced, locally based personnel.
“We know local expertise is important to NnG and Briggs Marine can fulfil this, whilst also ensuring that the equally important areas of capability, resilience and flexibility are also maintained. We will continue to emphasise these to ensure operational confidence in the services that we provide for NnG.
“With this in mind, we will continue to invest in our personnel and promote cross-skilling where possible.
“Our clients benefit from access to the full range of Briggs services including physical asset inspections, provision of qualified personnel, marine survey, statutory inspection, diving and subsea inspection and engineering, subsea cable inspection, maintenance and repair, aids to navigation/demarcation (current provider to NnG, of course), workboat, crane and barge hire, environmental response and consulting.”