OHT orders jackup installation vessel

    Oct. 5, 2020
    OHT ASA, through its wholly owned subsidiary VIND Offshore Installation 1 AS, has signed the complete shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Industry Holdings for the first of two turbine installation vessels.
    (Courtesy OHT)
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    Offshore staff         

    OSLO, Norway – OHT ASA, through its wholly owned subsidiary VIND Offshore Installation 1 AS, has signed the complete shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Industry Holdings for the construction of the first of two turbine installation vessels.

    The vessels, currently referred to as VIND 1&2, will be of GustoMSC NG-14000XL-G design.

    According to OHT, they will be designed and built specifically to install the future-generations of offshore wind turbines and XL monopiles and will operate with reductions in their environmental footprints.

    The first unit is scheduled to be delivered in 2Q 2023.

    10/05/2020

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