More CTruks for Offshore Turbine Services

The Pontrilas based offshore wind support provider has proved that CTruk’s innovative composite workboat design offers contract winning features in today’s safety and cost conscious market. The inking of this latest order comes as the company prepared to name their fifth CTruk multi-purpose cat in Brightlingsea last week, the Commodore P.

From the start OTS’ operations director, Nick Bright, has worked closely with CTruk on enhancing the 20T design to fit their specific requirements. With his years of experience as a commercial fisherman, there is little Nick doesn’t know about the demands made on these boats at sea on 24/7 offshore operations.

Originally a staunch aluminium fan, he recalled his first experience of the composite 20T as “a real light bulb moment”. Cruising at 20 knots on the CWind Alliance, Nick ran a real-time fuel consumption comparison with his son, who was skippering a 15m aluminium vessel at the time. Their subsequent discovery that the 3.5m larger 20T was nearly 45% more fuel efficient, at the same speed and with the same payload, was a key point in Nick’s conversion to composite craft.

All five existing OTS vessels are currently at work on CWind contracts around the UK.