Danish shipowner C-bed has clinched a double contract with Orsted for a service operation vessel (SOV) at the world's biggest offshore wind farm.
The deals secure full activity for the SOV into 2022.
The 8,395-gt Wind Innovation (built 1999) is already in full operation on the first of the two assignments with Orsted at the Hornsea One offshore wind farm.
During March, the SOV will then continue to the second and more extensive cable termination project at the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm.
Contract terms have not been disclosed.
C-bed managing director Jesper Nielsen said: "In a very challenging market for SOVs, we are reconfirmed that the experience and service levels on board Wind Innovation is in demand and prioritised by the operators."
Enough power for 1.3m homes
Hornsea Two, which is located 89 km off the Yorkshire coast and will span an offshore area of 462 sq km, will be the world's biggest such farm in 2022.
The plant will have a capacity of 1.4 GW — enough to provide clean power to well over 1.3m homes.
During the project, C-bed will use the Port of Immingham as a base for crew change and the loading of fresh supplies.
C-bed claims that in 2008 it became the world’s first shipowning company offering logistics and accommodation solutions to the offshore wind industry.
Last month, Orsted agreed to charter three innovative hybrid crew transfer vessels (CTVs) that could run on hydrogen in the future.
Shipowners Northern Offshore Services (NOS) and MHO-Co ordered the units last year.
They have now been taken by Orsted to work at Hornsea Two.
