Bureau Veritas’ (BV) new guidance notation for wind farms service ships is aimed at maximising the efficiency of new offshore[ds_preview] wind farm service vessels. »BV NI 589 Wind Farms Service Ships« is a service notation which covers ships specifically designed to operate in offshore wind farms for transfer of personnel from shore, mother ships or accommodation units to offshore wind farms and perform lifting operations required for wind turbine servicing.
The classification society’s note and guidance will help designers and yards use BV rules for steel ships and rules for High Speed Craft, combined with the rules for vessels under 500 GT, to develop new designs which will be light, fast, safe, and have good sea keeping abilities, while being able to work close to turbines, yet will also be cost-effective.
The note does not cover vessels built for installation and assembling of wind turbines or heavy maintenance and repair works for which transportation of wind turbine main parts is needed because the company already published specific guidance for these vessels.
