At the harbour in Nexø, a new sign has been put up on the shipyard building by the ship hoist in the South Harbour. It is Sydhavnens Motorværksted from Rønne that is opening a branch in Nexø in order to carry out ship repairs on land.
”We would like to be able to haul smaller ships ashore and carry out ship repairs on them, and an offer from Nexø Harbour has now given us the opportunity to do so. Ship repair is a core task in our daily operation, but we have had to turn customers away because we had not set ourselves up for that possibility. Now we can guide the ship to Nexø in advance if the need is there, and that is an advantage,” says Claus Andersen, owner of Sydhavnens Motorværksted. ”And if, for example, we need overnight accommodation in connection with the work, there are also good opportunities in Nexø.”.
Carsten Andersen, Port Director for Nexø Port, says that they are very pleased that Sydhavnens Motorværksted is also establishing a base in Nexø. We have capacity in the form of suitable buildings and a port hoist that is not being used enough today, and we expect that the new partnership can be a solution to that.
”In 2014, we were co-initiators of Offshore Center Bornholm (OCB), and through this we have seen an increasing opportunity to also service more of the smaller vessels used, for example, for crew changes or vessels involved in seabed surveys. It is the water depth in Nexø Harbour that influences the sizes of vessels we can bring ashore there,” explains Claus Andersen.
Within offshore activities, people talk about two types of crew vessels: the so-called CTVs and SOV vessels. CTVs, which is short for crew transfer vessel, are the smallest boats, which typically sail crew out to the turbines and back home on a daily basis. They are therefore also built in such a way that they are suitable for berthing at the turbines, so that the turbine can be accessed as safely as possible. SOV stands for Service Operation Vessel, is significantly larger and stays stationed out at the offshore wind farm as far as possible, where it functions both as a base and office for the technicians and can have a warehouse and workshop on board. An SOV is equipped with a gangway that is ”clicked” onto the turbine, so that there is a safe ”path” from ship to turbine that the technicians can use. In addition to the personnel working with the turbines, the ship has its own crew, informs Lone Reppien Thomsen, from OCB.
”In future, it must also be expected that there will be a number of changes and requirements for marine engines, including smaller ones, as a result of the green transition in the maritime sector. We already have close cooperation with major marine engine and technology developers, and here they are well ahead when it comes to the development of engines for very large ships, which in future will run on fuels from renewable energy, Claus Andersen says, and continues:
”Right here and now, however, we are setting up our new facilities in Nexø. Initially, there will not be permanent staff in Nexø, but there will be a telephone number so people can reach us.” Generally, Sydhavnens Motorværksted is preparing for the future; this is happening through local collaboration, but also in Germany and Poland, where a new partnership has been established with TASK Engineering GmbH. Together, we have founded TASK Engineering ApS, which is located on our premises at Rønne Harbour. To be considered for larger offshore projects, we are also in the process of preparing the business for ISO certification, with Business Center Bornholm having put us in touch with skilled consultants.
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