Cooperation deal for German and Dutch wind

Their intention is to invest together in new crew transfer vessels through a joint venture which will serve as growth platform for the German and Dutch market. Workships Contractors, the sole ship manager of OWS’ fleet, and FRISIA-Offshore will be working together in operational matters.

OWS is a joint venture between ferry operator Doeksen and Workships. It offers crew transfer vessels, multi-purpose accommodation vessels and data solutions to the offshore wind sector. Following the acquisition of Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Ltd. (OWPMS) in March this year by OWS, Workships Contractors can add OWPMS’ wide experience of operating crew vessels in the UK to their 24 years worldwide offshore experience.

Workships Contractors arranges clients for OWS’ 10 dedicated wind farm service vessels, which range in size from 15m to 21m. They are operating crew transfer vessels in the UK, the Netherlands and Denmark for companies such as Vattenfall, Visser&Smit and ENECO. The OWS fleet has conducted over 350,000 safe transfers in the past seven years.

FRISIA-Offshore is an offshore wind dedicated subsidiary of the ferry operator AG Reederei Norden-Frisia and is located at the German North Sea coast. In addition to two multi-purpose vessels for wind farm projecting activities, FRISIA-Offshore operates two crew transfer vessels.