Umoe Rapid shows no sign of fatigue after a series of 24/7 crew transfers, sailing up to 250 nm per day.

WAVECRAFT™ Umoe Rapid, operated by World Marine Offshore has recently been awarded a 12 months charter to provide crew and cargo transfer, supporting turbine installation work at one of Germany’s largest and most distant wind farms.

This long-term charter is the latest in a series of jobs Umoe Rapid has been awarded since its delivery in May of this year. The vessel has proved notable performance, working for Statoil at Hywind Scotland, world’s first floating wind farm. Umoe Rapid has also earlier served at German North Sea, performing general crew and cargo transfers, and full substation personnel transfers.

Umoe Rapid’s impressive performance of 45 kn max. speed / 40 kn service speed, safe boatlanding in up to 2.5 m wave height, 25 per cent reduction in fuel consumption, compared to traditional windfarm CTVs in high speed, and substantially reduced seasickness, reported by crew and passengers and shown by third party monitoring, proves this craft to be a reliable and profitable workhorse of a vessel.

Even in rough weather and challenging sea conditions, Umoe Rapid has demonstrated high speed and excellent seakeeping capacity, expanding safe accessibility of wind turbines and other offshore installations to an average of 33 technicians per day.

 

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Launching new WAVECRAFT™ Voyager series for offshore Oil & Gas sector

Umoe Mandal’s WAVECRAFT™ series of high-speed, all-composite service vessels have been purpose-designed for fast crew transport, and offer offshore operators a long-range economical, commercially feasible and safe alternative to helicopters.

Umoe Mandal AS, a specialist Norwegian shipyard, has now launched its WAVECRAFT™ Voyager series, customized to deliver substantially reduced transit time, excellent seakeeping and superior fuel economy, transferring personnel to far-from-shore installations so smoothly that they arrive refreshed and immediately ready for work.

“The market has been waiting for this,” says Are Søreng, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Umoe Mandal. “Any operator that is shuttling crew by helicopter today is thinking about reducing their use. Not only can we offer a commercially-viable alternative to helicopters, WAVECRAFT™ Voyager really doesn’t have an equivalent vessel in the market for comparison.”

WAVECRAFT™ Voyager may be delivered in a standard or as a high-performance version. Both have equally unmatched speed and seakeeping capabilities, and offer superior fuel economy, reducing environmental impact and downtime, and increasing overall productivity. WAVECRAFT™ Voyager maintains this excellent performance even in high sea states and can transport crew at sprint speed of 50 knots.

WAVECRAFT™ Voyager vessels are designed as an air-cushion catamaran, based on proven surface-effect ship technology (SES), which has been successfully employed for more than 25 years on numerous Umoe Mandal deliveries to navies and to other commercial applications.

Utilizing an active vertical motion damping system, WAVECRAFT™ Voyager allows for reaching the offshore installations even when the distance from harbour is far and the weather for safe operations is narrow in almost half the time, compared to alternative vessels. While reducing wave-induced motions on the vessel, Voyager offers unrivalled seakeeping capabilities, which virtually eliminates sea-sickness. “To our knowledge, WAVECRAFT™ vessels are the only vessels that can control heave motions”, notes Mr. Søreng.

“We understand that these vessels will work in harsh, remote conditions and they are designed to excel in this environment,” he adds. “When we deliver a vessel we ensure its crew is fully trained in its operation, so that they can maximise performance and maintain the vessel in good order with a comprehensive spare parts package.”

Umoe Mandal offers alternative vessels in its WAVECRAFT™ series, tailored to suit crew transfers for particular applications in renewable energy and defense sectors.

Leo Hambro, MD of Tidal Transit and operator of Umoe Firmus, reported that the vessel is performing exceptionally well on the site, cutting the transit times from three hours to one and half.

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Source: http://www.4coffshore.com/

Umoe Mandal takes part in the Climate Breakfast event at Norwegian Climate Foundation (Norsk Klimastiftelse) discussing new possibilities in Offshore Wind sector.

Watch Tom Harald Svennevig, CEO of Umoe Mandal AS present “Business Opportunities within Offshore Wind”.

Norsk Klimastiftelse was established in 2010 and is actively working towards solutions for reduction of climate emissions. Learn more http://klimastiftelsen.no/

Source: http://klimastiftelsen.no/

Technicians are not sailors. They get seasick just like many others. In addition, a long boat trip in rough seas is not the best way to recharge for a workday in a challenging environment. Statoil supports development of new technology that will offer technique that is more efficient that will in turn, increase efficiency and safety, says Marine Operations Manager for Statoil’s Hywind offshore wind farm, Anders Wikborg.

Wikborg explains that Statoil has supported this project technically, financially and operationally.

 

Statoil tester båt som skal gjøre folk mindre sjøsyke på jobb

Teknikerne er ikke sjøfolk. De blir sjøsyke som mange andre. I tillegg er en lang båttur i urolig sjø ikke den beste oppladningen for en arbeidsdag i krevende omgivelser. Statoil støtter utviklingen av ny teknologi for å få mer effektiv teknikk som igjen øker effektivitet og sikkerhet, sier marin driftsleder for Hywind, Anders Wikborg.

Wikborg forteller at Statoil har støttet dette prosjektet teknisk, økonomisk og operasjonelt.

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Seasick technicians are a serious problem for Statoil’s offshore wind farm projects. In addition to being unpleasant for those personally effected, it is also a safety risk and it causes problems with efficiency.

Reduced safety is because discomfort can make it difficult to perform the tasks appropriately. Longer downtime, since time used on transportation becomes an expense, compromising operations and maintenance.

-That’s why we want to test out new solutions that can contribute to solving this problem, and at the same time reduce transit time for new offshore wind projects, explains Wikborg, Marine Operations Manager for Statoil’s Hywind.

 

Sjøsyke havvind-teknikere er blitt et stort problem. Det skal denne båten fikse.

Sjøsyke teknikere er et reelt problem for Statoils havvindsatsing.I tillegg til å være ubehagelig for dem det gjelder, er det også en sikkerhetsrisiko og det skaper problemer for effektiviteten.

Redusert sikkerhet fordi ubehag kan gjøre det vanskeligere å utføre oppgavene på en ønsket måte. Lengre nedetid fordi tiden brukt på transport går på bekostning av drift og vedlikehold.

– Derfor ønsker vi å teste ut nye løsninger som kan bidra til å løse dette problemet, og samtidig redusere reisetiden for nye havvindprosjekter, forklarer Wikborg, marin driftsleder for Statoils’ Hywind.

Read full article in Norwegian at www.tu.no