A service operation vessel built at Gondan shipyard in Spain for Norwegian shipowner Østensjø Rederi has started sea trials.
The service operation vessel (SOV) Edda Mistral left the yard and headed to the Port of Gijón where the ship will complete its sea trials programme.
Once delivered, the SOV will work for Ørsted on the Race Bank and Hornsea Project One offshore windfarms off the coast of the UK.
Edda Mistral is a sister vessel to the recently delivered Edda Passat. Both have a length of approximately 81 m and a 17 m beam. They have capacity to accommodate up to 40 offshore wind technicians who will perform maintenance tasks on the windfarms. They have a crew of 20.
Both vessels are equipped with an Uptime 23 m heave-compensated walk-to-work gangway, a 3D motion-compensated crane and a crew transfer vessel (CTV) landing system with bunkering facility for CTVs.
In addition to the gangway, the vessels have a helideck and an 11 m daughter craft that will allow safe transfer of technicians to turbines.
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