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Frisia Offshore gets third CTV cat

A third crew transfer and supply catamaran has joined the fleet of wind farm service company Frisia Offshore, expanding the north German firm’s fleet capability and engagement in the North Sea wind energy sector. The 22m long and ca. 8.6m wide Wind Force III was built at the Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats. It has joined sister Wind Force II, introduced last year and built by the same yard, and Wind Force I, which was designed and built in 2009 at Germany’s Schiffswerft Diedrich. It will transfer offshore technicians to and from the German mainland or the East Frisian Islands and offshore wind farms in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. On completion Wind Force III sailed the 1,200 kms from Baltic Workboats to Frisia headquarters in Norddeich under its own steam after a construction time of 10 months and went straight into service. It is powered by twin CAT C32 main engines each of 895kW, operating over ZF 3050 gearboxes and has a maximum speed of 25 knots, according to Frisia Offshore. No complete data sheet was supplied but her predecessors, which also have CAT C32 engines of 895kW, drive fixed pitch propellers. An earlier report said the newbuild had C4.4 marine gensets, also from Caterpillar. - See more at: http://www.maritimejournal.com/xporttoprint/ship-and-boatbuilding/frisia-offshore-gets-third-ctv-cat#sthash.vFsBxCE3.dpuf