Offshore Wind

​After having completed the most important tests on the trial, the onboard team reported that: “All of us from the Acta Marine team on board are very impressed with her performance, we look forward to start working with Acta Auriga!”

Acta Auriga, under construction at Ulstein Verft, was recently contracted to work at the offshore wind farm BARD Offshore 1: “Ocean Breeze Energy decided on this vessel due to a favourable combination of capability, capacity, design and fuel consumption. The delivery precision from Ulstein was also important.”

The walk-to-work ability of modern service ships for far-from-shore offshore wind farms has revolutionised the work day of the technical crew. The modern-day transfers are done in a safe, efficient manner, and the service technicians can return to their high-standard accommodation vessel at the end of every work day.

SOV - Service operation vessels are reliable platforms for wind farm support operations. We also have larger designs for wind farm installations.

Cable lay vessel designs for telecom, infield, power cables and umbilical.

Our Derrick Lay Vessel design portfolio comprises state-of-the-art construction vessels with heavy lift and pipelay capabilities, which can be fully customised to client requirements.

Offshore Wind Farms are being established further from shore. At some point, overnight stays for the service technicians become necessary, and the transport normally done by Crew Transfer Vessels must be replaced by other transport tools. SOVs are becoming the new standard.

For generations, we have delivered ship designs to service oil and gas installations in the world’s harshest sea areas. Offshore wind is a new segment in the offshore family, and the knowledge of how the weather can impact the vessel is of great value when developing designs and solutions for offshore renewables.

Operational feedback shows that SOV crews choose to operate the vessels in astern mode while in-field. The 'aft first' experience is improved with the X-STERN, which has been introduced to several offshore wind service ships.