General – Design Concept Approval
K Line Wind Service, together with Japan Marine United Corporation and Nihon Shipyard, has been jointly granted Approval in Principle (AiP) from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for the design concept of the multifunctional floating offshore wind farm support vessel (MFSV).
The MFSV is designed to perform whole mooring works efficiently for floating offshore wind turbine installation, such as transportation of the mooring system, deploying the mooring system on the seabed, and anchor tensioning.
In addition, the MFSV can provide various vessel solutions in each phase of an offshore wind project, including survey, transportation, construction, and operation and maintenance. The multifunctional concept of MFSV is currently under the process of a patent application, according to the companies.
The development of the design concept is subsidized by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as part of a Green Innovation Fund Project, a Technology development project for basic manufacturing and installation cost reduction for floating wind turbines.
