Siemens has signed a chartering agreement with ship owner Bernhard Schulte for two new service operations vessels (SOV) to be purpose-built for the long-term service and maintenance operations of the Gemini and Sandbank/Dan Tysk offshore wind power plants in the North Sea.
Officials from Siemens and Bernhard Schulte together with its offshore wind affiliate WINDEA Offshore met in Brande, Denmark, to commemorate the project start and sign the chartering agreement. The two new SOVs will be built by Ulstein Verft Norway and will become operational in 2016 and 2017 when both the Gemini and Sandbank offshore wind projects are scheduled to begin operations.
