The shipping company Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO) has added the next special vessel to its fleet. The “Windea Carnot” was built at Ulstein Verft in Norway.
The ship is a so-called Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), intended for use in offshore wind farms. The “Windea Carnot” was christened on March 6. It is the third of a total of three sister ships built by Ulstein for BSO. The shipping company has been integrating the ships into its offshore fleet since the middle of last year. BSO now operates a total of six specialized vessels for the global offshore energy industry.
“The offshore market offers promising prospects. We are therefore delighted to have added the ‘Windea Carnot’ to our portfolio,” said Matthias Müller, Managing Director of Bernhard Schulte Offshore. “The Ulstein design, which is characterized by reliability, flexibility and innovative features, is very popular in the offshore industry.”
The “Windea Carnot” is equipped with Ulstein’s “Twin X-star” solution, which is intended to guarantee high maneuverability and reduced ship movements. At the same time, the ship’s fuel efficiency is improved. The CSOV has a hybrid battery drive and is prepared for operation with methanol as soon as the fuel is available in sufficient quantities. It will be used for operation and maintenance as well as construction work in offshore wind farms, even under demanding conditions.
The CSOV offers comfortable individual cabins for up to 90 of the charterer’s offshore employees and has a centrally positioned, height-adjustable work gangway and an elevator tower for safe passenger and cargo transfers. In addition, the “Windea Carnot” is equipped with a helideck for helicopters (maximum weight 8.6 t).
A 3D motion-compensated crane with a lifting capacity of up to 5 t supports offshore handling operations, while stowage spaces and stepless access optimize logistics on board. In addition, a height-adjustable boat mooring system enables stepless transfer between the CSOV and smaller crew transfer boats – “an important safety feature when operating in offshore wind farms”, BSO announced.
The vessel is named after the French physicist and engineer Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, who is widely regarded as the father of thermodynamics. This naming continues the tradition of the two sister ships “Windea Curie” and “Windea Clausius”, which were named after the physicists Marie Curie and Rudolf Clausius.
