Chartwell and Diverse seal hybrid CTV order from High Speed Transfers

Industry leading new construction, refit and repair provider Diverse Marine Ltd. and industry leading crew transfer vessel service provider, Turner Iceni are pleased to announce that a new building contract has been signed for the construction of ‘Iceni Valour’.

The 24m offshore wind crew transfer vessel has been designed keel up by Walker Marine Design of Southampton to meet the specific requirements of Turner Iceni and Gwynt Y Mor Offshore Wind Farm Ltd. who have the vessel under long term charter from next year.

As well as developing a hull form suited to the prevailing wave conditions on site other main considerations were to maximise the superstructure width but still allowing for full crew walk around, a resilient superstructure to minimize structure borne vibration noise levels throughout the saloon and wheelhouse, flat working decks forward and aft with ramped side decks and simplified systems to maximise reliability and ease of maintenance by the crew and shore side support teams.

The vessel is to be powered by MAN V12-1400 main engines coupled to ZF gears and Hamilton HM651 waterjets complete with AVX control system, featuring JetAnchor GPS positioning system. Humphree ride control system provides active stabilisation and improved performance/reduced fuel consumption in varied load and trim conditions.

Ben Colman, Director of Diverse Marine said “We are delighted to continue our working relationship with Turner Iceni and to be awarded the contract to build the ‘Iceni Valour’. A great deal of work has gone in to developing this design to ensure optimum performance for the project it is committed too on long term charter. To have signed our fifth new build in two years is incredible and these vessels slot nicely into our scheduling alongside refit and repair projects. We are humbled and very thankful for Turner Iceni’s support and we look forward to delivering this project on budget and on time early next year.”

Richard Thurlow of Turner Iceni said “It is great to place our first new build in three years with Diverse Marine; their performance delivering three major refits over the last twelve months gave us every confidence in their ability to deliver to the highest standards and it has been a pleasure developing our requirement with them. We have had to meet our client’s requirements for a long term charter and also integrate and develop our Turner Iceni core DNA to develop this new next generation platform that we can develop to suit other projects and charter opportunities”.