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Installation support vessel “Siem Moxie” christened in Hamburg
E.ON utilises new offshore installation support vessel
April 10, 2014 + + + The new installation support vessel
of Norwegian marine operator Siem Offshore was christened “Siem Moxie” at
the naming ceremony today at the port of Hamburg. E.ON is taking over the
patronage of the ship.
The “Siem Moxie” has a length of 74 meters
and a beam of 17 meters. Its design drew on a wealth of experience within
the offshore business. Its specific role will be to support work crews to
the platforms and foundations in order to prepare for the submarine cable
pull-in and terminations. In addition the vessel can also be utilised to
support the erection and
maintenance of the wind turbines, which are
typically installed once the installation of submarine cables has been
completed. The “Siem Moxie’s” low fuel consumption makes it particularly
environmentally friendly.
The vessel’s key features are a 3D
motion-compensated knuckle boom crane and an active motion compensated
personnel transfer gangway, permitting the safe transfer of work crews.
Thanks to the ship’s active roll stabilization capabilities, offshore
works can continue even in challenging sea and wind conditions. “We chose
the “Siem Moxie” because it will make our installation operations
extremely safe and efficient,” Sven Utermöhlen explains. “In addition it
will help make the construction of offshore wind farms more
cost-effective, thereby helping this technology move closer to market
maturity.”
The “Siem Moxie” will be deployed on E.ON’s Amrumbank
West offshore wind farm project by Siem Offshore Contractors for the
installation of the inner array grid submarine cable system. It will be
the vessel's first area of operation.
Amrumbank West is an offshore
wind farm located north of Helgoland in the North Sea, which E.ON has been
building since January 2014. Capital expenditures on the project will
total about €1 billion. Amrumbank West will extend over 32 square
kilometres. Its 80 technologically advanced 3.6 megawatt wind turbines
will give it a total capacity of 288 megawatts, enough to power up to
300,000 households. Since 2006, E.ON has invested just under €9 billion in
renewables and is currently the world’s third-largest operator of offshore
wind farms.
Source: E.ON
Siem Offshore AS - Siem Moxi
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