Cooperation agreement for future WFSV designs
BLRT Marketex and BMT Nigel Gee Ltd (BMT) have signed an agreement whereby BMT will provide vessel designs to BLRT Marketex.
The relationship has provided immediate success, with an outline agreement for BLRT Marketex to construct four new 24m highly flexible and high capacity Windfarm Support Vessels for the operator Sure Wind Marine.
Sure Wind Marine, based in the northeast of England, provides safe reliable and flexible offshore vessels for the renewables industry throughout Europe, with all of the group’s vessels being built to DNV class to enable unrestricted operation in European waters. The new vessels are currently in the design stage and construction is expected to start later this year.
BLRT Marketex is an industrial company in Estonia offering advanced complex solutions from steel, stainless steel and aluminium for oil & gas, renewable energy, industrial and marine markets. Currently, it is building four 20m WSVs for Sure Wind. BLRT Marketex belongs to one of the leading industrial holdings on the Baltic Sea, BLRT Grupp, which operates five shipyards, including two in Tallinn, Estonia.
BMT has a well-established range of WSVs with eleven vessels currently in build in six different shipyards.