3/28/2023 0 Comments Dp2 vessel meaning![]() Mr Roelofs owned already accommodation vessels. The company currently owns a fleet of 7 vessels, 4 accommodation barges (of which one is rated the most luxurious hotel barge), a flat pontoon barge and, in the offshore wind industry, 2 DP accommodation ‘walk-to-work’ vessels. Offshore WIND also spoke to Marcel Roelofs, owner of Chevalier Floatels bv. There are, however, not always enough hotels available at a port.” It is then that a floatel could already quickly become a good alternative. “The people that go out to the wind farm on a daily base in CTVs will have to stay overnight at a hotel. When asked whether there is a kind of minimum distance from the port after which a floatel would become a more economic solution he replies that it does not necessarily depend on the distance from the wind farm to the port but more to the nearest hotel. In addition to meeting rooms for relaxation the vessels have a game room, cinema, TV lounge and fitness room on board. Additional improvements included in-cabin video systems, new beds and showers. ![]() In order to reply to that demand the Wind Solution was revamped in 2014, adding 20 additional cabins, all single cabins. When asked whether there have been any developments in the past few years Mr Hjorth replied that there has been more need for additional comfort and privacy for the technicians and engineers on board. Mr Hjorth: “We and our clients are considering our vessels as an offshore project base camp.” C-bed is following the developments and intend to enter the market of smaller types of offshore accommodation vessels too. The passengers are transferred to the turbines by means of CTVs. The accommodation options range from 100 to 300 plus single cabins, depending on the vessel. Since we spoke a third one, the Wind Perfection, was added to their fleet. ![]() All three vessels are flagged in the UK, representing the highest standards. The vessels can stay out at sea for up to a month at a time. At that time C-bed had 2 floatels in operation, the Wind Solution and Wind Ambition. Offshore WIND spoke to Mr Flemming Hjorth, Senior Sales Executive at C-bed at the EWEA Offshore event in March to catch up since we wrote about them in 2012. The company has been involved since 2008. One of the first companies to ‘introduce’ this concept is C-bed Floating Hotels. Several companies such as C-bed Floating Hotels and Comfort at Sea have already had their vessels chartered to serve as an accommodation vessel for offshore technicians at offshore wind farms for some time. Not only do the existing vessels, mainly converted ferries, continue to help out at wind farms, either during construction, or later, in the O&M phase, new designs specifically optimised for these wind farms further offshore are now also being introduced. ![]() With some of the current and more future projects being built further at sea in harsher sea states this concept is now gaining ‘ground’. The concept of using vessels as hotels, or floatels, accommodation vessels, or recently, SOVs, or whatever name you give them, has been available in the market for a while. ![]()
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