News

Fri, 7 Jan 2011

Class rules for wind farm vessels

The Classification Society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has published class rules for wind farm service craft. The rules were published on 1 January 2011 and contain two class notations; Windfarm Service 1 for craft trading domestically and carrying up to 12 technicians, and Windfarm Service 2 for other craft carrying up to 60 persons on board.

The class notation Windfarm Service 1 for domestic operations is voluntary and represents a complete technical standard. Windfarm Service 2 applies to craft intended to carry up to 60 persons and are typically longer than 24metres in length.

Further details can be obtained here.