One good Seawork leads to another

The details of the project were revealed at Seawork International 2013.

During last year’s event PSP met with Njord Offshore, which manages crew transfer vessels for the offshore windfarm sector, to discuss the company’s logistics needs. Conversations continued long after the exhibition and, as a result, PSP was awarded the contract to move two wind farm boats from Singapore, where they had been manufactured, to Rotterdam.

The workboats, Njord Puffin and Njord Petrel, were loaded in Singapore on 23June. Weighing in at 45 tonnes each and standing 12.7m high, they were lifted onto transportation vessel MV Thorco Serenity and secured for the voyage to Rotterdam.

PSP’s managing director, Frank Dixie, said: “This latest contract is further proof of our insatiable hunger to become market leaders in commercial marine logistics. It also shows the green shoots are there for those quick enough to go after them and determined enough to see them through. Renewable energy is a huge and continually growing market that we are keen to establish ourselves within.”

Njord Offshore’s commercial director Tom Mehew added: “One of our major challenges with building our 21m crew transfer vessels in Singapore has been their final delivery trip to Europe. PSP’s experience in the shipping of yachts and commercial vessels and their responsive and flexible approach has ultimately been essential in meeting these challenges.”

Andrew Webster, MD of Mercator Media, which organises Seawork International said: “Stories like this are exactly what Seawork International is about, bringing together complementary companies from the commercial marine industry to do real business. Many congratulations to PSP and I hope to hear more tales like this coming from this year’s event.”