Cwind deployed Wight Shipyard Co (WSC) to build the world’s first hybrid surface effect crew transfer vessel, which is to operate Borssele 1 and 2 offshore windfarms located 23 kilometres off the Dutch coast in mid-2020.
WSC will construct the project from its development stage until its delivery.
The vessel will be equipped with the Hybrid SES propulsion engine, providing it with a sprint speed and extreme bollard push from its 1,600 kW installed diesel engines, which can be battery boosted up...
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