Esvagt s latest service operation vessel (SOV) is ready to start work for MHI Vestas on the Borssele 3&4 and Northwester 2 offshore wind farms off the Netherlands and Belgium, respectively.
The Danish shipper said the NHST-146, which is the first of three new-builds for the company, has been ready at its base port of Ostend since 8 January.
All three vessels have had the hulls built in the Cemre Shipyard in Turkey, after which Havyard completes the ships in Norway.
The next two SOVs are to be delivered later in 2021.
Esvagt said that completion of NHST-146 was not a typical process.
Project director Gerner Eskelund said: “Firstly, Havyard Shipyard was affected by a financial crisis that stopped work at the shipyard for months.
Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Caption: ‘ESVAGT Schelde’ doing a test run on the Sognefjord. Photo: UavPic/via Havyard
Norway s Havyard has delivered the Esvagt Schelde offshore wind service vessel, built for the Danish shipowner Esvagt.
The vessel that was handed over on Friday is the last in a record series, but also the first in a new series to be delivered to Esvagt. The ship is vessel number four and design number eight in the long-term collaboration between two spearheads in the offshore wind industry; Esvagt, the Danish offshore wind pioneer, and Havyard, the first company to offer special designs for offshore wind vessels and now also the company behind a long line of world-leading windfarm service vessels, Havyard said.