North Star has completed its dedicated fleet of four ships to serve the largest offshore wind farm in the world.
Grampian Tweed is the fourth Service Operation Vessel (SOV) built by North Star for the Dogger Bank wind farm to the east of northern England.
All four are hybrid propulsion vessels with 60 cabins, a length of metres and a breadth of 19 metres.
In three years North Star has spent £270 million (€325 million) on its Dogger Bank tonnage, and placed 160 seafarers in roles for Dogger Bank – with another 160 to be recruited for other contract charter commitments, it says.
“The naming of the Grampian Tweed is a proud moment for all of us across the business,” said Gitte Gard Talmo, CEO of North Star. “Our in-house teams have worked tirelessly to ensure that this SOV, alongside its sister vessels, meets the highest standards of safety, efficiency, and environmental responsibility.”
The christening ceremony was held at Associated British Ports’ new Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF)
Dogger Bank is an isolated sandbank in the North Sea that is believed to have once been a land mass connecting the UK to mainland Europe. The belief is backed up by evidence of human activity, vegetation and mammals in the general area, and following the last ice age it gradually became an island and then was submerged completely.
The wind farm development zone covers an area of 8,660km2 spanning UK, Danish, German and Dutch waters ranging from 18m to 63m in depth.
