Briggs Marine to provide crew transfer vessel support for Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm

Briggs Marine has secured a contract to provide crew transfer vessel (CTV) services to the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland.

Briggs Marine continues to support the offshore wind sector having secured a contract to provide Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) services to the EDF Renewables UK and ESB-owned Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm project as it progresses from the construction phase into the operations and maintenance phase. The three-year contract will see Briggs Marine continue to provide its CTV Vessel, Forth Engineer, to facilitate the transfer of technicians and equipment from NnG’s operations and maintenance base in Eyemouth to the offshore wind farm in the Firth of Forth.

The 26 m long Damen 2610 CTV vessel will have the option of using Briggs’ Forth Estuary facility in Burntisland, where Briggs is headquartered. Forth Engineer will transfer up to 12 technicians at any one time to the wind farm as well as be able to carry cargo, fuel, equipment, and specialized tools. The Forth Engineer CTV has the ability to carry out boat-to-boat transfers as well as perform the more routine push-on transfers in order to transfer technicians onto the offshore structures.