"The ESVAGT SOV is not just a taxi – it's a collaboration"
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.
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.
ESVAGT is a dedicated provider of safety and support at sea and a market leader within offshore wind solutions.
We support the offshore Wind and Oil & Gas industries with a wide range of specialized services: Standby, Emergency Response and Resque Vessels (ERRV), Oil spill response, Firefighting, Tanker assists, Rig moves, Supply services and Interfield transfer of cargo and personnel.
We service offshore wind farms and have a fleet of dedicated Service Operation Vessels (SOV), which ESVAGT pioneered in 2010. The SOVs provide accommodation for technicians, spare time facilities, offices and conference room, storage for small turbine parts, workshops, etc. The SOV offers flexible personnel and equipment transfer capabilities by either Walk-to-Work gangway system or Safe Transfer Boats.
ESVAGT was founded in 1981 and has a fleet of more than 40 vessels and approximately 1300 employees offshore and onshore.
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