The new 18.5 m composite workboat, to be named SC Falcon, is expected to join Sima Charters’ fleet of offshore tender boats in February 2014.
Sima Charters' first CTruk 20T, SC Buzzard, has worked on CWind contracts on London Array and Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farms since its delivery in November 2012.
Sima Charters initially chose the CTruk 20T for its fuel-efficiency and the inherent flexibility of the design.
"The fact that experienced vessel operators are firstly choosing CTruk – and then going on to order more of our composite workboats is testament to the company’s drive to innovate in this sector," says Ben Simpson, CTruk managing director.
"We entered the market in 2010 to provide a safer, better, faster and more cost-effective alternative OWSV [offshore wind service vessels] and three years on, with 12 vessels at work 24/7 around the UK and more in production, we continue to enhance this popular 20T design."
CTruk uses a vacuum infusion technique at its Brightlingsea, UK, shipyard to build composite boats to the highest standards, and has also developed a modular manufacturing process which increases production efficiency.
- For more information about CTruk's composite workboats, see Opportunities for composites in wind farm service vessels (Part 1).
