Siemens Gamesa will be supplying the turbine for the new built, which will be the eighth hybrid unit adding to North Star’s fleet of renewable vessels. Earlier, Cochin Shipyard had revealed one confirmed contract and two optional deals for hybrid service operations vessels. The service operations vessel is built on Vard 4 19 design. North Star has also ordered varied design vessels at Cochin Shipyard, which will be delivered to EnBW on a decade-long charter for the He Dreiht wind farm off Germany.
The 85-metre-long hybrid SOVs are designed by a Norway firm and would be built for the service, maintenance, and operational needs of the offshore wind industry. The vessels are equipped with fully electric azimuth propulsion system and 3D motion compensated gangway system (walk2work) which form the mission equipment.
