For Aart Bark, Regional Service Director at MHI Vestas, teaming up with ESVAGT in the Belwind1 and Nobelwind Parks is more than just engaging a service provider.
Optimising operations of existing offshore wind farms and more precise calculations for new projects are the driving forces behind ESVAGT’s implementation of the MAINTSYS O&M simulation programme from Shoreline.
ESVAGT has been very successful with its Safe Transfer Boats (STB). The next STB12 for MHI Vestas’ SOV is on the way. All the experience gained from working at the offshore wind farms, Butendiek and Baltic II, will be taken on board.
ESVAGT's Service Operation Vessel (SOV) concept for offshore wind farms has proven to be even stronger than originally anticipated. Efficient operations open for new opportunities.
The STBs have been particularly busy in their first year. Crew and charter have offered constructive suggestions for improvement for the next generation.
The first year of SOV operations has been rewarding and informative. Experience with STBs is being integrated into upcoming designs.
ESVAGT’s two new SOVs are now in operation. Experienced crew chosen to establish working procedures on a completely new vessel in a market that is almost as new.
The SOVs, the ‘Esvagt Froude’ and the ‘Esvagt Faraday’ are well underway with offshore wind farm duties.
The service operation vessels for offshore wind farms get newly developed Safe Transfer Boats
Focus on the offshore wind energy market means developing new transfer boats aimed specifically at transfer to offshore wind turbines.
The ESVAGT boat based crew change is a structured operation where dedicated crews and thoroughly trained personnel work together optimally. That is the explanation why the crew change vessels have achieved 5 and 13 years respectively without a single Lost Time Incident (LTI).
Rush of business – especially in the offshore wind sector – gave an increased number of transfers in 2011 at ESVAGT: 11,000 in all.
