Tuco’s new baby

The new design is a dedicated service boat and crew transfer vessel for offshore wind farms. The boat has been developed as a little sister to the 13m version presented earlier this autumn.

The 11m meter vessel is constructed to be lifted on and off larger mother vessels featuring a davit system and it can be outfitted with hook systems of the owners choice. Besides single point hoisting the craft can be launched and recovered by a built-in slipway system in the transoms of the mother ships offshore.

Tuco Marine directly targets the third round offshore service and accommodation vessels, serving the far offshore farms on deep waters.

These farms are situated so far offshore, Tuco say, that daily travel to and off shore is not possible and technicians are therefore accommodated on larger mother vessels or on accommodation platforms. This requires stabile daughter crafts that are capable of transporting personal from the accommodation units to and of the installations.

The ProZero range’s big selling point, as always, is that the boat is constructed from carbon fibre composites due to the industry’s increased focus on fuel efficiency obtained by less operational power needed. Cranage limitations mean that this lighter construction could also allow a larger daughter craft vessel to be specified than if it was traditionally constructed.

By Jake Frith