Acta Marine has acquired Offshore Wind Services (OWS), based in Rotterdam, including the UK subsidiary OWPMS Ltd. OWS owns ten Crew Transfer Vessels that are operated to transfer engineers and parts to and from offshore wind turbines.
OWS will be renamed Acta Marine Wind Services. The daily management of the company will remain with Workships Contractors, which has been providing these services to OWS over the last years. The main contact persons for clients, suppliers and the vessel crews will remain unchanged.
Growth in Offshore Wind
Acta Marine is based in Den Helder (the Netherlands) and owns a fleet of forty workboats. The acquisition of OWS is part of Acta Marine’s strategy to generate growth in the offshore wind market. OWS has performed more than 400,000 safe crew transfers to and from offshore wind turbines since its start in 2006.
Recently, Acta Marine also announced it has ordered a large offshore wind service vessel that can accommodate a total of 75 persons. This “walk-to-work” vessel is scheduled for delivery later this year.
