Further windfarm support vessel designs

BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, the international maritime design and engineering consultancy, announced it had won a contract to supply the design for the construction of eight new windfarm support vessels, including options, to be built by Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine. The vessels are to be built for Njord Offshore Ltd, a subsidiary of Norse Management UK.

Illustration of the Njord Offshore vessel

Developed from BMT’s well-established range of windfarm support vessels, the Njord Offshore vessels will be 20m in length, with a beam of 7m, powered by two MTU 8V2000M72 diesel engines with fixed pitch propellers and capable of speeds in excess of 25 knots. The vessels will be built to the DNV Wind Farm Service 1 notation and will be delivered later this year.
This contract follows the signing of the teaming agreement between Strategic Marine and BMT in September last year and reinforces Strategic Marine’s ability to provide offshore windfarm support vessels into the European market.