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Asso Group eyes floating wind market as it acquires SBM Installer
Asso Group has acquired DP3 dive support/constriction vessel SBM Installer following a purchase agreement with SBM Offshore
The vessel was taken over on 19 January 2022 by Asso Group in Algeciras, Spain and renamed Athena.
It will be re-classed with ABS and join the group’s expanding fleet, primarily for use as a trenching support vessel.
“Thanks to its unique twin-deck arrangement and integrated set of anchor handling and towing winches, Athena is an extremely flexible asset, ideally equipped for multipurpose roles in the growing floating offshore wind market,” the company said.
“Following acquisition of Argo, the former Polar King, in 2020, this additional high-spec vessel will significantly improve the group’s capacity and capabilities in the growing subsea cable installation market.”
Asso Group general manager Alexandros Tziotakis said, “This investment confirms once again Asso’s strong commitment to its customers.
“In the last five years we have invested more than €150M (US$170M) to renew and expand the company’s fleet. Today we have completed another fundamental step to enable us to play an active role in the energy transition.”
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