Seaway7 Bids Farewell to One in every of Trade’s First Basis Set up Vessels

Seaway7 is saying goodbye to Seaway Yudin, one of many firm’s founding vessels and one of many first vessels of its measurement to serve the offshore wind business, having entered the offshore wind building market in 2009.

In a social media submit revealed on 2 February, Seaway7 mentioned that the corporate mentioned farewell to the vessel on 1 February and that Seaway Yudin “will enter a brand new chapter in its energetic life, underneath new possession.”

The corporate didn’t disclose who the brand new proprietor is and whether or not the vessel will proceed working within the offshore wind/offshore power sector. OffshoreWIND.biz reached out to Seaway7 by way of electronic mail, with the corporate but to reply.

Referred to as Stanislav Yudin on the time Seaway7 was Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), the 1985-built vessel was initially working within the oil and fuel sector, earlier than crusing out to its first offshore wind undertaking in 2009.

The primary offshore wind farm the vessel labored on was Better Gabbard within the UK, the place Seaway Yudin was deployed to put in the monopile foundations and the substation.

Since then, the vessel has contributed to the completion of over 20 renewables initiatives in the UK, Germany, Denmark and Taiwan, in line with Seaway7.

Again in 2013, the vessel was engaged on basis set up on the Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm within the UK, after transporting tripod foundations to the Trianel Windpark Borkum in Germany earlier that yr.

Seaway Yudin returned to the Trianel WindPark Borkum space in 2018, when the vessel was working underneath a contract for monopile basis set up on the second section, Trianel Windpark Borkum II.

Within the UK, the vessel was additionally deployed on jacket basis set up on the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland, which additionally noticed Seaway7’s Seaway Strashnov (previously Oleg Strashnov) engaged on putting in the jackets.

In Taiwan, Seaway Yudin was chartered for pin pile set up on the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm.

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