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St. Johns, Gulf Craft to build 95’ CTVs for Windea CTV
New CTVs will be built in Florida and Louisiana.
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wo 98'5"×32'10"×14'5" CTVs will be built in the U.S. by St. Johns Shipbuilding in Jacksonville, Fla., and one at Gulf Craft in Franklin, La., for Windea CTV LLC, a U.S. operator of offshore crew transfer vessels. The CTVs are scheduled to be delivered in 2023 and will go immediately into service for GE Renewables. The vessels will first operate out of New Bedford, Mass., during the Vineyard Wind I construction period. Vineyard Wind 1, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is located in federal wind energy area OCS-A-0501, 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, and 35 miles from mainland Massachusetts. The boats, which are designed by 26
Incat Crowther, will have a maximum draft of 5'6". “In collaboration with our operating partner Hornblower we are pleased to be working with Incat Crowther and the shipyards to construct the first vessels of our CTV fleet in the U.S.,” Bradley Neuberth, managing partner of Windea CTV and owner MidOcean Wind LLC, said in a statement. “These three CTVs represent the first wave of our fleet which we have been developing since 2019 with our European partners.” “It’s great to have multiple vessels building for what I am sure will be a very successful operation,” said Ed Dudson, managing director of Incat Crowther Europe. Windea’s CTV fleet is owned and operated by MidOcean Wind
and Hornblower Wind LLC, with technical and operational support from Windea Offshore USA shareholder Ems Maritime Offshore GmbH, which operates a fleet of CTVs in the European market. The vessels feature a large foredeck with a 23-metric-ton knuckle boom crane and container securing lugs offering needed flexibility. The vessels incorporate Incat Crowther’s resilient bow technology designed to minimize boat landing impact forces. As is common with all Incat Crowther CTVs, the vessels have a deadweight capability in excess of 50 metric tons. A resiliently mounted superstructure is designed to increase comfort for both technicians and crew with six crew berths provided in above deck staterooms.
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