SMST has been selected by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) to deliver two sets of mission equipment, with an option for a third. Each set includes a Telescopic Access Bridge (TAB-L1), Access and Cargo Tower (ACT), and a 5-tonne Motion Compensated Crane (MCC-M), to be installed on LDA’s newbuild Service Operation Vessels (SOVs).
The vessels, designed by Salt and to be constructed at ZPMC, will operate under a long-term charter with Vattenfall. They are scheduled to begin service in 2027 at the German offshore wind farms DanTysk, Sandbank, Nordlicht 1 and Nordlicht 2. SMST’s walk-to-work gangway system will be installed close to the centreline of each vessel, allowing safe personnel transfers on both the port and starboard sides.
