OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

In June 2019, The Helen Mary completed a 3 month contract for Skyspecs, providing a support vessel for their drone operations in the German and Dutch North Sea sector. Helen Mary was particularly suitable for this project, as she was built in 2015 to BV Unrestricted Navigation Class, specifically for operation on wind farms further offshore, with accommodation for additional crew and passengers and a large aft deck. The vessel was used as a platform to allow Skyspecs’ drones to perform autonomous inspections of the wind turbines and blades, to produce health reports and highlight any defects on the units. Over the period, the Skyspecs team successfully inspected 5 sites, for 3 different clients.

Inverlussa Marine Services have also supported Partrac Ltd over several of their projects in the Sound of Islay, West Islay and Kylerhea. Most of the work carried out was deploying and retrieving ADCPs which was very challenging given the high tidal stream conditions. All our larger class of landing craft have high lift rudders and bow thrusters which give excellent manoeuvrability.