Delivery of ‘Tia Elizabeth’ Scheduled for Next Month

It was planned that Tidal Transit’s latest vessel, Tia Elizabeth, would be delivered and formally handed over at Seaworks International 2013 on 25 June 2013.

However the delivery of this latest addition to the growing Tidal Transit fleet of innovative offshore wind farm personnel transfer vessels has now been delayed into next month.

Ginny Louise and Eden Rose, Tidal Transit’s existing vessels, are both under charter to Scira Offshore Energy working on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, so it has been agreed that Mercurio Plastics will use the berth originally allocated to Tidal Transit.

The specification of the vessel greatly exceeds the current fleet being used for the same purpose in the UK. The vessel’s MCA Cat 1 coding and 10,000 litre fuel tanks allow it to work up to 150 miles offshore, well within the range of the UK’s forthcoming Round 3 offshore wind farms. The vessel provides four crew members and twelve passengers with comfortable beds, bathrooms, galley, internet access and entertainment facilities, allowing wind farm engineers and support technicians to live and work offshore for up to several days at a time.

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Press Release, June 20, 2013