Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ subsidiary has won a contract to supply a 24-passenger crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the operation and maintenance services of the Eoliennes en Mer des Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm (EMYN), Ocean Winds’ subsidiary.
Siemens Gamesa has selected LD Tide, a joint venture between Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit, to provide the 24-passenger CTV, following an international call for tenders.
The new vessel is scheduled to start operations in the mid-2025.
LD Tide will operate the CTV to ensure the safe transfer of maintenance technicians to the EMYN offshore wind farm.
This is the second contract awarded to LD Tide by Siemens Gamesa, with the first CTV, named Acti’vent, operating at the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm from October 2023.
This new vessel is one of two CTVs currently being built by Strategic Marine, a specialist aluminium shipbuilder based in Singapore.
Earlier this year, LD Tide placed an order for two CTVs to anticipate the growing demand of the rapidly evolving French offshore wind sector.
The CTV will be manned by a French crew and will be operated under French flag.
The EMYN offshore wind farm, with 61 wind turbines, each rated at 8 MW, will have a total installed capacity of 488 MW, generating 1,900 GWh per year, which is equivalent to the electricity consumption of 800,000 people.
“We are very pleased to strengthen our collaboration with Siemens Gamesa, a market leader in the renewable energy field,” said Gaël Cailleaux, renewables managing director at Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.
“We are expanding our presence in the French maritime industrial sector dedicated to offshore wind.”
