Installation Vessel Pacific Osprey Named in Denmark

One of the world’s largest installation vessels the Pacific Osprey, operated by Danish company Swire Blue Ocean, was named in a ceremony on 3 April. The installation vessel constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea offers a crane capability of 1.200 tonnes, a transit speed in excess of 13 knots, single cabin accommodation for 111 people, and the ability to operate in water depths of up to 75 metres.

Superior characteristics

Facts Pacific Osprey The vessel’s particulars include a length of 161 metres, a breadth of 49 metres and a depth of 10.4 metres. By fixing her six jack-up legs to the seabed and lifting herself up to 17 metres above the surface of the ocean, Pacific Osprey can conduct offshore wind farm installation in a manner least affected by wind and waves, and with maximum accuracy and promptness. Combined with a usable deck area in excess of 4.000 square metres and a total jackable weight of 8.400 tonnes, the vessel offers operational flexibility in the installation of offshore wind farms.

Holger Grubel, Project Director of the DanTysk wind farm, says:

“Thanks to the superior characteristics of the Pacific Osprey that meet all our main requirements in terms of safety, efficiency and performance, we expect the installation of the turbines to run smoothly. The vessel has a capacity of carrying and installing up to 11 3.6 MW units at a time. We are very happy to have secured the Pacific Osprey for the construction of one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms.”

Naming ceremony

Commencing in the summer, the vessel will load the wind turbines at Esbjerg in Denmark before being transported to the DanTysk construction site 90km west of the island Sylt in the German North Sea. A naming ceremony for the Pacific Osprey was held on 3 April at the Fayard shipyard in Danish Odense.

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Press Release, April 5, 2013