Hamburg, 02ndMarch 2017
Shipping company Bernhard Schulte and ICBC Leasing jointly namedthesecond wind farm service vesselfor their customer SIEMENS.
The godmother Dai Ling named the second wind farm service vessel of the Hamburg based shipping company Bernhard Schulte and Beijing based ICBC Leasing “WINDEA LEIBNIZ”.The German mathematician, philosopher and physicist Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz proposed in the 17th century to use wind power to operate pumps.
The naming ceremony was held in Ulsteinvik, Norway at the Ulstein Verft where the vessel was built.The vessel has been designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions AS.
Starting from April, the vessel will work at the Sandbank wind farm in the German Bight for Siemens Wind Power Service to ensure the production of green energy from 72 wind turbines.
The usage of the so-called Service Operation Vessels (SOV) will improve the efficiency of service operations at offshore wind farms. The vessel functions as a reliable and environmentally sound platform for wind farm operations and maintenance support, technician accommodation and transport, and the provision of exceptional levels of safe and reliable access to offshore installations.
“The vessel has the special X-STERN hull shapewhich allows to be positioned with the stern faced towards the weather instead only with the bow”, Matthias Müller, Managing Director of Bernhard Schulte Offshore, said. He continued: “Her award-winning sister vessel WINDEA LA COUR, which is working in the Dutch Gemini wind farm since August, has already proven that this leads to improved weather resilience, greater operability and reduced power and fuel consumption while on DP mode next to the wind turbine.”
Both vessels are co-owned witha Chinese company. Johann Schulte, representative of the Schulte family, said: “We are glad to add another vessel to our joint venture with ICBC Leasing and extend thelong relationship with our Chinese partners”.
Main particulars of the vessel:
Length 88m, breadth 18 m, speed 13.5 knots, accommodation for 60 people and equipped with a motion compensated gangway system (Uptime) to transfer technicians to the wind turbine.
About the companies:
ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.is part of the largest financial group in the world (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China). With one of the youngest aircraft fleets, competitive maritime assets, ‘big ticket’ equipment and custom private leasing solutions, ICBC Leasing has the full breadth of perspectives on every aspect of the leasing industry.
Bernhard Schulte Offshore GmbH is the offshore unit of Bernhard Schulte, a worldwide leading family owned ship owner and ship manager which employs about 17,000 seafarers and about 1,400 people onshore, owns about 90vessels and manages about 580vessels.
WINDEA Offshore GmbH & Co. KG is a joint venture of Bernhard Schulte Offshore, EMS Maritime Offshore and SSC Wind. As representative of a reliable and keen group of specialists WINDEA provides multiple solutions for the construction and the maintenance of offshore wind farms.
ULSTEIN is an internationally renowned provider of ship design, shipbuilding and system solutions for ships. For 100 years, the company has developed future-oriented products and services for the maritime industry.
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