Seacat Rainbow secures first long-term charter

Offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator Seacat Services has announced that its newly launched catamaran, Seacat Rainbow, has gone straight on to a long-term charter with Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL).

Seacat Rainbow will support operations and maintenance activity for the service team working at BOWL, joining her sister vessel Seacat Weatherly, which is currently on charter with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.

Seacat Rainbow and Seacat Weatherly are the first Chartwell 24 catamarans to enter operational service.

As offshore wind projects move further out to sea, more testing conditions have led to designing vessels which can provide greater safety and passenger comfort.

Seacat Rainbow’s size and enlarged foredeck is said to provide the space needed to allow for greater numbers of passengers and crew to socially distance, as per covid guidance.