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Tuco Marine Signs Order for Wind Farm Vessel

Tuco Marine Group of Denmark has signed an order for their 11m wind farm service boat from the ProZero series of Fast Rescue Boats, Daughter Crafts and Workboats.

 The new order, for a major but undisclosed company in the European offshore market. This vessel type has been designed specifically to the far offshore wind farm market as a daughter craft to the SOV´s that are to enter this market during the coming seasons.

The ProZero 11m wind farm service boat is a dedicated service boat and crew transfer vessel. The boat has been developed in close collaboration with experts in wind farm services and the main market charterers to meet the latest requirements of the park operator’s.

The 11m boat is constructed to be lifted on and off larger mother vessels using a single point david system and the ProZero 11m can be outfitted with hook systems of the owner’s choice.

 When designing the vessel, passenger transportation and safe cargo handling has been a high priority for Tuco Marine. These wind farms are situated so far offshore that daily travel to and off shore is not possible and technicians are therefore accommodated on larger mother vessels (SOV´s) or on accommodation platforms. This requires stabile daughter crafts that are capable of transporting personal and cargo from the accommodation units to and of the turbines and all these detailed scopes and requirements have carefully been investigated.

The vessels is constructed from carbon fiber composites due to the industry’s focus on weight and fuel efficiency obtained by less operational power needed. Further the low weight achieved by this construction, also makes it possible to fit the fairly large daughter craft to vessels not capable of handling heavier daughter crafts.

The ProZero 11m wind farm service boat offers a spacious foredeck and a purpose-build docking and fender system for easy access to the offshore windmills.

The vessels features twin waterjet installation fitted to inboard diesel engines, and operates at a service speed above 22 kts, transporting 8 passengers and 500 kilos of cargo on the foredeck.