UK-based owner Purus has secured a multi-year service contract with Denmark’s wind turbine manufacturer Vestas for newbuild C/SOV.
The contract will utilise Purus’s newbuild C/SOV, Purus Chinook, which is currently under construction in Vard’s shipyard in Norway.
The ship will start its contract with Vestas immediately after the vessel’s launch in 2025.
The vessel named Purus Chinook will have the capacity to house up to 120 people. It will also offer an all-electric gangway, 18-metre helideck, 5+ tonne 3D motion compensated crane and next-generation Chartwell 12 passenger daughter craft.
The owner says that the cutting-edge vessel will be the first Vard 419 delivered to Purus’ operated fleet, with her sister vessel, Purus Coriolis, expected for delivery in 2026.
Purus currently owns and operates gas carriers, construction service operation vessels (C/SOVs) and crew transfer vessels (CTVs).
Financial details about the deal have not been disclosed.
