Seajacks UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eneti Inc. and a major provider of installation and maintenance vessels to the offshore-wind sector, has signed a contract with Dutch marine contractor, Van Oord.
Van Oord has selected the Seajacks Scylla, the largest and most capable vessel in the Seajacks fleet. Currently employed through 2022 in Taiwan, the vessel will move to Europe upon completion of its existing turbine installation contract with Ørsted on the Greater Changhua Offshore Wind Farm.
“Securing this charter will bring the Scylla back from the Asia Pacific to the European market by the end of 2022,” said Emanuele Lauro, CEO of Eneti. “For a large and highly capable installation vessel like Scylla, we are seeing numerous opportunities in the U.K. and Europe in 2024 and 2025 as wind turbines increase in size and weight and are located further offshore.”
To date, Seajacks have installed more than 500 offshore wind turbines in Europe and, most recen