Presentation Description: The US Jones Act Maritime Industry is different to the International Maritime Industry as its primary purpose is to serve a regional market, driven by the Jones Act cabotage requirements. The international market serves a different purpose and the marine equipment that serves this market requires to be redeployed to various parts of the world, which may have different technical and regulatory requirements. This dynamic is evident in the Wind Turbine Installation market, where WTIV are designed to operate in various parts in the world. These designs need to take in consideration these changing requirements increasing the design criteria scope. Recently the WTIV designs that have been evaluated for construction in the US meet this robust criteria, and price level and building complexity has established some very high expectations making the market reluctant to invest in these vessels. We will be presenting an alternative WTIV design, that is tailored for the US Joes Act Market in collaboration with US Shipyard and US Suppliers. This WTIV is designed to be built in US yards and developed to support the US Offshore Installation industry. Our design use as basis a successful US built model, incorporating simple design techniques from similar vessels already built and operating in the US, and a successful US specific operating model, which will be described in more detail during our presentation.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the difference of building vessels internationally and domestically (US), and what design parameters are critical for a successful US built.
how important is collaboration with all stake holders
