Seajacks Scylla Held Up by Bad Weather

Bad weather has delayed the arrival of the world’s largest offshore wind farm installation vessel, the Seajacks Scylla, to the Port of Rotterdam, initially scheduled for the end of January, the Dutch port said in a release.

In early December, Seajacks Scylla started her journey from a Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea to Rotterdam on-board the heavy load carrier vessel, HLV Osprey.

Seajacks Scylla will be the fifth jack-up vessel in Seajacks’ fleet, and will start her first project of installing 67 XL monopiles at the Veja Mate offshore wind farm this spring.

The vessel’s first contract includes the transport and installation of 67 monopiles at the 400MW Veja Mate wind farm, which is expected to begin in April 2016. Scylla has also been hired for DONG Energy’s Walney Extension offshore wind farm, and is scheduled to start her work there in 2017.

The port did not say how long the delay will be. The AIS data currently positions HLV Ospray off the coast of Agadir, Morocco.

Offshore WIND Staff