OWA funded wave craft to be built

One of the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) Access Competition winners Umoe Mandal has signed a contract to build their vessel – the Wave Craft.

The new concept is extremely fast, which opens up shorter weather windows for maintenance, and the air cushion provides good stability for transfers.

The first UM Wave Craft will be delivered in January 2015.

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