Norwegian marine support services company Island Offshore has been awarded a contract for service operation vessel (SOV) services by Equinor for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm project in Norway.
The contract will be served by W2W vessel Island Diligence, with commencement during second quarter of 2022, and has a firm period of 4 months plus options to extend. Island Offshore is pleased to once more have been trusted by Equinor, and especially for one of the first projects regarding floating wind turbines.
Hywind Tampen is an 88MW floating wind power project intended to provide electricity for the Snorre and Gullfaks offshore field operations in the Norwegian North Sea. It will be the world’s first floating wind farm to power offshore oil and gas platforms.
The Island Offshore Group is majority-owned by the Ulstein and Chouest families who have participated in building and managing Offshore Service Vessels since the early 1970s, both directly and through different industrial partnerships.
By Jake Frith
