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The Wind Innovation is a residential ship for use in the construction of offshore wind farms . The ship was built in 1999 as a geophysical research and survey ship and converted into a residential ship at the end of 2015.
history
Research ship
The ship was built under construction number 150 by Mjellem & Karlsen Verft as a geophysical research vessel for the Norwegian shipping company Eidesvik . The hull was supplied by Stocznia Gdynia. The construction contract was signed on March 27, 1998. The keel was laid on May 1st and the launch on December 13th, 1998. The ship was completed on May 26, 1999. The ship, which sailed under the Norwegian flag with home port Haugesund , was put into service in June 1999.
The ship was initially chartered under the name Veritas Viking II to the Veritas DGC company for eight years. In 2007 the charter of the new company CGGVeritas (Compagnie Générale de Géophysique-Veritas), in which Veritas DGC had merged, was extended by six years. The ship was now operated as the Viking II .
Barge
In summer 2015 the ship was sold to the company C-bed and handed over at the beginning of October of that year. The ship was then converted into a residential ship for use in the construction of offshore wind farms at the Fayard shipyard in Munkebo, Denmark . The design for it came from Wärtsilä Ship Design, who originally also designed the ship class. C-bed brought the ship under the flag of the United Kingdom and London became its new home port .
Technical data and equipment
The ship is powered by two MaK - diesel engines of the type 9M32, each with 4,320 kW power driven. The motors act on two propellers via reduction gears . Two Brunvoll FU 63 with 1,200 kW power in the bow area and a Brunvoll FU 63 with 1,200 kW power as well as a Brunvoll FU 80 with 1,425 kW power in the stern as well as an extendable Aquamaster rudder propeller with 1,200 kW power are available as cross-thrust control systems. The ship thus has a system for dynamic positioning .
Two generator sets and an emergency generator are available for power generation. The generators originally came from Mitsubishi (type: S6R-MPTA). When the ship was converted, they were replaced by two Caterpillar generators (type: 3516 DITA) with an output of 2250 kW each. The emergency generator is a Mitsubishi S6B3-MPTK with 570 kW of power.
The ship is equipped with a helipad in the aft section . The deck has a diameter of 22.2 m and can be loaded with a maximum of 11.9 t. The helipad can be approached by Sikorsky S-62 helicopters .
In the midship area there is a Norcrane crane on the port side , which can lift 5 t. Before the conversion, cranes were installed on both sides of the ship. Another crane was located in the bow area in front of the deckhouse . On the aft deck, on the starboard side, an extendable gangway up to 23.4 m long was installed, which allows workers to safely step from the ship to offshore systems according to the positioning standard "DP2 Walk to Work" by observing the ship's movements in the Compensates for swell. 12 20-foot containers can be loaded on board .
The deckhouse with the navigating bridge is located in the forward area of the ship. The crew's lounges and cabins , galley, mess rooms and other utility rooms are located here on five decks . During the use of the ship as a research and surveying ship, the workshops and workrooms required for the work as well as cabins for the research staff were set up here. Most of the workshops and work rooms were replaced by additional cabins in the course of the renovation. There was space for 60 people on board. Since the conversion to a residential ship, the ship has 80 cabins for workers. The cabins are designed as single cabins, but there is the option of accommodating up to 105 people with additional beds. In addition to a restaurant and various lounges and leisure rooms, there are three offices and a conference room on board. The engine room is located below the deckhouse .
Web links
- M / S Wind Innovation , Main specifications, C-bed Floating Hotels
- Wind Innovation , Brochure, C-bed Floating Hotels (PDF, 259 kB)
- GA plan of the ship type ( Memento from February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 973 kB)
- Detail pictures of the ship , C-bed
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Viking II , data sheet, CGGVeritas (PDF file, 1.5 MB). Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ↑ Time charter for Veritas Viking II extended , Offshore Shipping Online, February 19, 2007. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ↑ a b Un ancien navire sismique de CGG transformé en flotel , Mer et Marine, November 26, 2015. Accessed February 2, 2017.
- ↑ Eidesvik Hands Over Viking II , Subsea World News, October 2, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ↑ C-bed Floating Hotels chooses FAYARD for the Wind Innovation Conversion , Fayard (PDF file, 330 kB). Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ Wärtsilä Ship Design to supply design for offshore vessel conversion , press release, Wärtsilä Corporation , November 25, 2015. Accessed February 2, 2017.
- ↑ a b Ariane Wagner: C-Bed increases the residential ship fleet , THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung , November 30, 2015.
- ↑ C-Bed Sends Viking II on a Hotel Makeover , Offshore Wind, November 25, 2015. Accessed February 2, 2017.
- ↑ Christian Eckardt: C-Bed receives another residential ship for offshore use , VEUS-Shipping.com, Vereinigung Europäische Schifffahrtsjournalisten eV (VEUS). Retrieved February 2, 2017.