Briggs Marine to Stay Busy Offshore Scotland with Neart na Gaoithe CTV Contract

Briggs Marine has secured a contract to provide crew transfer vessel (CTV) services to the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in Scotland as it progresses from the construction phase into the operations and maintenance (O&M) phase.

Under the three-year contract, Briggs Marine will continue to provide its CTV vessel, Forth Engineer, to facilitate the transfer of technicians and equipment from NnG’s O&M base in Eyemouth to the offshore wind farm in the Firth of Forth.

The 26-metre-long Damen 2610 vessel can use Briggs’ Forth Estuary facility in Burntisland, where the company is headquartered.

The Forth Engineer can transfer up to twelve technicians to the wind farm at any given time and can also transport cargo, fuel, equipment, and specialised tools.

“Over the last three years Briggs Marine has demonstrated its ability to not only provide the services demanded by our clients, but to do it with safety at the core of everything we do, providing NnG with tangible, real world solutions in challenging environments,” said Iain Ross, Briggs Director of Port and Marine Services.

“We’re delighted to have won the CTV O&M tender and to continue to work with NnG as it progresses into the next phase of the wind farm’s life.”

The 450 MW NnG offshore wind farm, owned by EDF Renewables UK and ESB, is located 15.5 kilometres off the coast of Fife. The project started generating renewable power into the national grid in October 2024.

NnG features 54 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines installed on jacket foundations.

The wind farm is expected to be completed and fully commissioned by summer 2025 and is anticipated to generate enough energy to power 375,000 homes, according to the developers.