ANTS Offshore Establishes New Ship Service for North Sea OWFs

ANTS Offshore will open a 24/7 available Cargo Run Service to reach all North Sea wind clusters. The service with a DPII vessel starts in spring 2015. 

ANTS Offshore is the new brand of the German SCHRAMM Group, specialized in harbor operations, port services, transport and logistics for offshore wind clusters. With facilities at Brunsbuettel, Hamburg, Glueckstadt, Rendsburg, Helgoland, Harlingen and Eemshaven, the company plans to establish an Offshore-Shuttle-Service based on single cargo runs, utilizing a large DP II Offshore Supply Vessel.

This service covers all regular and even unplanned supplies and disposals to and from offshore substations, wind parks from all over the North Sea Wind cluster as well as offshore construction sites. The DP II vessel is available 24/7 along German, Danish and Dutch coast lines for versatile on-deck cargo as well as for below-deck cargo like fuel, fresh water and sewage water.

Mr. Torsten Andritter-Witt, head of the project, explains: “We are offering an economical and attractive logistic concept for our clients. Transparent pricing per unit like i.e. container or cbm will allow a simple calculation. Weather risks, port costs etc. are on our account. Our clients don’t have to look for vessels any more or pay for high mobilization or demobilization costs for vessels from the offshore supply vessel spot market.

“Using ANTS Offshore is just like booking a taxi ride. But the biggest benefit is the cost sharing concept. The higher the utilization of cargo on board the more cost effective it will get for all clients having cargo on the next run. Our Slogan: Be part of the colony – you will save money. We are very happy to eventually do what everybody was talking about during recent years.“ 

The two years old DP II vessel has more than 3000 sqm deck space, 570 cbm fuel and 400 cbm fresh water capacity and is equipped with respective pumps for offshore discharging. Sewage water tank is also available on board. Due to massive deck space the vessel can also function as a floating storage facility.

For future bookings and reservations of cargo runs, ANTS Offshore Service exclusively have nominated the Offshore Broker House F3O GmbH in Hamburg as Single Point of Contact with 24/7 availability.

Press release; Image: ANTS Offshore