MPI Workboats Orders Two New Vessels

MPI Workboats is pleased to announce that an order has been placed for two additional wind farm service vessels. The two vessels will be built at the South Boats Medina Shipyard on the Isle of Wight, UK and, when delivered next year, will bring the total number of vessels in the MPI Workboat Fleet to eight. At present, five vessels are in service and a sixth (MPI Dulcinea) is scheduled for delivery later this month.

Designed specifically for MPI Workboats, the South Catamaran 17m LS can fulfill a multiplicity of roles demanded by wind farm site owners and operators. The vessel has an overall length of 17.5 metres, 6.4 metre beam and draft of 1 metre and offers an ideal solution for the wind farm support sector.

VESSEL PARTICULARS

Length o.a. 17.5 m
Length hull 17.00 m
Beam overall 6.40
Lightship draft 1.00 m
Lightship displacement 45 tonnes
Total fuel capacity 4,600 ltr
Range 350 nm (16 hrs @ 22 knots)
Water capacity 400 ltr
Complement (total) 12 passengers + 3 crew