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A wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) to be built in Singapore will be teamed with U.S.-built tugs and barges to install the Empire Wind offshore turbine project outside New York Harbor, according to wind developers Equinor and BP, and Maersk Supply Service. Copenhagen-based Maersk said it's been developing a design concept since 2019 with "unique feeder capabilities" to make its WTIV 30% more efficient than using other jackup vessels. Without any U.S.-flag installation vessels built yet, offshore wind developers are expected to rely on the feeder model - using Jones Act-compliant tugs and barges to carry wind turbine components out to foreign-flag WTIVs at sea. |