Jack-up construction vessel launched

The self-propelled vessel "Nora" was built for Master Marine ASA of Norway. It was designed by Global Maritime, and classified by the American Bureau of Shipping. "Nora" is 111.8 m long and capable of carrying up to 260 people. The vessel’s service jacks are self driven and equipped with DP2, two pedestal cranes each with 750-tonne capacity and a large open deck area of 2,500 sqm.

This type of vessel is deisgned to provide a safer, environmental friendly and cost effective alternative for load out, transportation, offshore installation and hook up of offshore structures. Furthermore, the vessel is fully self contained, able to instal offshore structures weighing up to 7,200 tons, replacing several service, crane and accommodation vessels normally used in offshore wind field development.
"Nora" will be used to instal 88 wind turbines and two substation modules at the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm in the UK for Scira Offshore Energy Limited.