Rhenus receives new multipurpose platform supply vessel for offshore projects

Rhenus Offshore Logistics, working in conjunction with A1 Offshore Solutions, started operating a supply vessel with extensive functions on 1 January 2019. The customer TenneT is using the ship for supply trips to offshore platforms as well as performing inspections and repair work on structures and submarine cables from the base port of Emden.

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

The “Connector Express”, which was constructed in 2002, was converted for its new assignment at Fayard shipyard in Odense, Denmark, between October and December 2018; it was equipped with an accommodation module to house as many as 40 technicians. The vessel also has free deck space measuring more than 700 square metres, a 26-AHC crane with a lifting capacity of up to 26 tonnes and a cargo rail crane with a maximum hoisting capacity of ten tonnes.

It is possible to equip the “Connector Express” with two remotely operated underwater vehicles to check and repair submarine cables and offshore structures beneath the surface of the water at any time. It also has a drone platform, a sonar device for exploring the seabed and an ultra-short baseline underwater navigation system. For the moment, the vessel will mainly be used for six converter platforms in German waters, which are operated by TenneT and have to be supplied with food and spare parts. Three more platforms will probably be added to the list during 2019.

“We were able to beat off the competition from many competitors thanks to our unconventional approaches in the bidding structure and the associated broad knowledge about our customer’s needs; we’d like to thank TenneT Offshore for placing its trust in the concept that we’ve presented,” says Moritz Kukel, Head of the Chartering & Marine Asset Management at Rhenus Offshore Logistics. “We’ve found just the right partner for handling this kind of major project in A1 Offshore Solutions.”

Rhenus has chartered the “Connector Express” on a long-term basis; more projects with similar structures are in the planning stage.

About Rhenus
The Rhenus Group is a logistics services provider with global business
operations and annual turnover of EUR 4.8 billion. Rhenus has business
sites at 610 locations worldwide and employs 29,000 people. The Rhenus
business areas – Contract Logistics, Freight Logistics and Port Logistics
– manage complex supply chains and provide a wealth of innovative
value-added services.

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