VARD within a short period carried out the conversion where the vessel, which is 268 feet long, was equipped with larger and modernized accommodations for 60 passengers. She operated in the oil and gas market in Asia and Australia and arrived in Norway in November 2021 where the extensive rebuilding and outfitting process started. The vessel was originally built as a platform supply vessel developed for the oil and gas market. The 4,100 dwt vessel was acquired in the fall of 2021 after having previously operated at the MMA Responder. “This is our first vessel, and we look forward to seeing the vessel leave the shipyard and enter operation.” “Together with VARD, we have based our project on an existing vessel, and have specifically designed and converted the ship for global service and maintenance operations at offshore wind farms,” said Svein Leon Aure, CEO of Norwind Offshore. For Norwind, which was established last year by Farstad, Volstad, and Kleven, the attraction was a quicker path to enter service while the company is also building new vessels designed for the wind sector. The handover and renaming of the vessel as Norwind Breeze took place on May 30 in Norway about six months after it arrived at the shipyard. As an example of the opportunities, a 2021 startup for the offshore sector, Norwind Offshore, working with Vard has repurposed a seven-year-old offshore vessel into a new Service Operation Vessel (SoV) for offshore wind. The rapid growth in the offshore power generation sector is creating new opportunities for the creative reuse of offshore skills and vessels from the oil and gas sector which has been in a long-term downturn.
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