The shipping lines Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) along with the European expert in the wind power, Van Oord shake their hands and inked a MoU in order to jointly own and operate offshore wind installation vessels under the Japanese flag. Specifically, both sides goal to begin operations using a jack up vessel in Japan until 2022, the earliest.
The above-mentioned vessel will have a crane capacity of more than 1,000 mt as it will be cable of installing wind turbines’ latest generation.
Moreover, the vessels are going to be used for the transport and installation of the foundations and the wind turbines for offshore wind farms.
During this partnership, Van Oord will offer its technical support and operational expertise in offshore wind and NYK from its side, will provide its knowledge upon the Japanese market, in order to enhance Japan’s wind power goals.
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In light of the situation, both companies will further explore new opportunities to cooperate on other types of vessels, required for the establishment and operation of wind farms.
Concluding, recently NYK informed that has teamed up in long term transport agreements with MOL and Kyushu Electric Power to deploy the world’s first LNG-fueled large coal carriers.
