On 25 January 2022, the ZPMC shipyard, China, and Ulstein Design & Solutions AS signed the ship design contract on two types of Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Shanghai Electric Windpower Group. These are the first purpose-made SOVs designed for the Chinese Offshore Wind industry

Ulstein Design & Solutions and  Shanghai Electric have joined forces to be the first movers into the Chinese offshore wind Operations & Maintenance (O&M) segment. As the first and most advanced SOVs in China, the design process was carried out based on Ulstein’s vast experience within offshore wind farm O&M practice.

Representatives from ZPMC and Ulstein’s sales office in Shanghai at the signing on the basic design SOV contracts.

The first SOV project contains two different designs, both with the ULSTEIN iconic design features, the X-BOW® and the X-STERN®. Accommodated with 60 POB and 100 POB respectively, these designs are the future enablers to their owner, Shanghai Electric, providing high-efficient, robust, and state-of-the-art O&M service to the end customers. Both designs will focus on optimizing their operational capacity, capability and economy. With batterie installed, the vessels will provide a greener footprint when servicing the renewable energy segment.

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