Offshore support vessel VOS Stone of Breskens, Holland
VOS Stone steaming towards the outer harbour at Great Yarmouth.
Name: VOS Stone
Vessel type: Offshore support vessel
Home port: Breskens
Flag: Netherlands
IMO: 9730517
MMSI: 244030181
Call Sign: PBMW
Crew: 12
Total accommodation: 87
Length overall: 79.48 m
Beam: 18.4 m
Max draught: 6.35 m
Gross tonnage: 4,965 tons
Net tonnage: 1,489 tons
Max deadweight: 2,526 tons
Fuel capacity: 1,140 m3
Engines: 2 x MaK 8M 25C
Engine output: 2 x 3,220 hp (2,400 kW) at 750 rpm
Speed: 12 knots
Builder, hull: Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding, Fuzhou, China
Yard number: DN-78M-14
Builder, outfitting: Damen Shiprepair, Oranjewerf, Netherlands
Keel laid: 23rd. December 2015
Launched: 18th. June 2016
Delivered: July 2017
Owner: Vroon Offshore Services BV, Den Helder, Netherlands
Collision with wind turbine.
At 11.06 hrs. on 10th. April 2018, Vos Stone was operating in the Baltic Sea's Arkona Offshore Wind Farm at transition piece TP AB01, a wind turbine under construction. While a construction team was making the necessary preparations to feed cables at TP AB01 they were called back to the ship due to deteriorating weather conditions. The return of the team to the ship was carried by means of the Ampelmann 'walk2work' (W2W) gangway and was completed a littler later. Just minutes after casting off from the wind turbine, the ships master decided to test an emergency control system, which resulted in the loss of control of the ship.
The wind and waves pushed Vos Stone back against TP AB01. The 1st. Officer regained control of the ship shortly before the collision, but there was no longer sufficient time to prevent it. The turbine sustained minor damage, while three crewmembers onboard the Vos Stone suffered minor injuries as a result of the impact. The damage to the ship was so bad that it needed repairing at a shipyard.
Offshore support vessel VOS Stone of Breskens, Holland
VOS Stone steaming towards the outer harbour at Great Yarmouth.
Name: VOS Stone
Vessel type: Offshore support vessel
Home port: Breskens
Flag: Netherlands
IMO: 9730517
MMSI: 244030181
Call Sign: PBMW
Crew: 12
Total accommodation: 87
Length overall: 79.48 m
Beam: 18.4 m
Max draught: 6.35 m
Gross tonnage: 4,965 tons
Net tonnage: 1,489 tons
Max deadweight: 2,526 tons
Fuel capacity: 1,140 m3
Engines: 2 x MaK 8M 25C
Engine output: 2 x 3,220 hp (2,400 kW) at 750 rpm
Speed: 12 knots
Builder, hull: Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding, Fuzhou, China
Yard number: DN-78M-14
Builder, outfitting: Damen Shiprepair, Oranjewerf, Netherlands
Keel laid: 23rd. December 2015
Launched: 18th. June 2016
Delivered: July 2017
Owner: Vroon Offshore Services BV, Den Helder, Netherlands
Collision with wind turbine.
At 11.06 hrs. on 10th. April 2018, Vos Stone was operating in the Baltic Sea's Arkona Offshore Wind Farm at transition piece TP AB01, a wind turbine under construction. While a construction team was making the necessary preparations to feed cables at TP AB01 they were called back to the ship due to deteriorating weather conditions. The return of the team to the ship was carried by means of the Ampelmann 'walk2work' (W2W) gangway and was completed a littler later. Just minutes after casting off from the wind turbine, the ships master decided to test an emergency control system, which resulted in the loss of control of the ship.
The wind and waves pushed Vos Stone back against TP AB01. The 1st. Officer regained control of the ship shortly before the collision, but there was no longer sufficient time to prevent it. The turbine sustained minor damage, while three crewmembers onboard the Vos Stone suffered minor injuries as a result of the impact. The damage to the ship was so bad that it needed repairing at a shipyard.