Construction has started on CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering’s installation vessel Green Jade at the CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
(Courtesy DEME)
Artist's impression of the Green Jade.
Offshore staff
ZWIJNDRECHT, Belgium –Construction has started on CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering’s (CDWE) installation vessel Green Jade at the CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
This is the first floating DP-3 heavy lift and installation vessel to be built in Taiwan, and she will sail under the Taiwanese flag. Delivery is expected by 4Q 2022.
(Courtesy DEME)
The 216.5-m (710.3-ft) long vessel is expected to have a 4,000-metric ton (4,409-ton) crane capacity and accommodations for up to 160 people.
The Green Jade will also have dual fuel engines and a Green Passport and Clean Design notation. According to DEME, other environmental innovations include a waste heat recovery system that converts heat from the exhaust gases and cooling water to electrical energy, in addition to various other fuel-saving measures.
CDWE, Taiwan’s first offshore wind EPCI contractor, was established in February 2019 by CSBC, the largest shipbuilder in Taiwan, and DEME Offshore.
