Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 06/2023
‘Midi-SOV’ to widen choice in offshore wind
Southampton-based ship design firm, Chartwell Marine, and Vard, a Fincantieri shipbuilding subsidiary, have announced a new ship design targeting the offshore wind market. The 55m-long ‘Midi-SOV’ has been designed to fill a gap between today’s crew transfer vessels (CTV) and larger service operation vessels (SOV). The design, due to be introduced to both United States and European markets in 2024, has been developed in response to demand for larger crew transfer vessels required for the servicing and operation of bigger turbine installations further from shore....