Wind farm vessel WINDEA JULES VERNE

A battery hybrid Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the offshore wind industry, also attractive for work in O&M (Operation and Maintenance) or construction support. Equipped with a large, centrally positioned W2W motion compensated gangway & elevator tower for personnel and cargo transfers. Ship history The design is modified to fulfil the GE Renewable Energy tender requirements and the ship owner?s special choices of mission equipment. In addition to the gangway and elevator tower for personnel and cargo transfers, there is also a 3D compensated crane capable of 2-ton cargo lifts. The optimised on-board logistics includes large storage capacities, of which half is under roof in a controlled environment, and stepless approach to the offshore installations. The vessel is equipped with a fuel-efficient drive system including battery solution from ULSTEIN. With all main equipment and operations in the aft ship, the vessel will naturally operate astern while in-field. Keeping the X-STERN towards the weather, there will be no slamming, noise or vibrations caused by the waves. The crew will get complete rest between shifts. Milestones Contracted on 31 July 2018. The vessel will support the maintenance work of GE Renewable Energy at the German wind farm Merkur Offshore.The project has been developed in cooperation with WINDEA Offshore, which is the Bernhard Schulte?s affiliate for offshore wind projects. The vessel is Ulstein's third offshore wind vessel for Bernhard Schulte, the two first being Windea La Cour and Windea Leibniz.