BMT Nigel Gee design for Njord Offshore

摘要

BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is to provide a design for up to eight 26m windfarm support vessels (WFSVs) to be built by Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine. The vessels are to be built for Njord Offshore Ltd, which has already taken delivery of eight BMT designed 21m WFSVs, also built by Strategic Marine. Developed from BMT's well established range of WFSVs with Njord Offshore, the vessels will be 26m in length with a beam of 9.1m, powered by four Scania DI16 070 diesel engines, driving Servogear controllable pitch propellers (CPP) through a combining gearbox. Capable of speeds in excess of 27.5 knots with 10 tonnes of deadweight, the vessels will have a resiliently mounted superstructure together with the BMT-patented active fender system. They will be built to the DNV Wind Farm Service 1 R1 class notation suitable for operation up to 150 nautical miles from shore. The first two vessels will be delivered early in 2015.