Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Order for COSCO

Liftboat for wind turbine installation ordered from COSCO Shipping Group

COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd., has signed a contract valued over US$150 million with an European shipowner to build a vessel specially designed for the purpose of installation of offshore wind turbines.

The construction will be the second jack-up vessel which COSCO will be building for the shipowner which will be designed to be able to carry 8 to 10 wind turbines at a time to operate at water depths of up to 45 meters and will have a crane capacity of up to 900 tonnes.

Delivery of the vessel to the shipowner is expected to take place in 2014.