WTIV (Wind Turbine Installation Vessel)
- Category
- offshore-construction
- Size envelope
- DP2/DP3 jack-up; ~150-200 m LOA; 2,500-3,500 t crane
- LOA typical
- ~180 m
- Cargo
- Wind turbines (nacelles + blades + towers)
- Route archetype
- European (Baltic, North Sea) and US East Coast and Chinese and Taiwanese offshore wind farms
- Crew size
- 50-90 plus turbine crew
Overview
The boom segment of the offshore-wind supply chain. Specialised jack-up vessels with large cranes (2,500-3,500 tonne capacity) installing wind turbines up to 15 MW / 260-meter tip height. Voltaire (Jan De Nul), Les Alizes (DEME), Windcarrier (Cadeler + Fred Olsen), Van Oord Boreas - the modern class of WTIVs. DP officer and crane crew demand acute - highest-paying niche in offshore-wind employment.