Function
Offshore logistics involves management and coordination of all marine based activities and operations.
What it costs*
About £7.2 million per annum for a 1 GW wind farm.
Who supplies them
The wind farm owner will setup and manage a marine operations centre at the main OMS port. Third party suppliers of marine coordination services and software include ONYX Insight, SeaRoc (Fred. Olsen), Vissim, and Windandwater.dk.
Key facts
Marine coordination involves the 24/7 monitoring of the locations of all vessels and personnel within the vicinity of the project, including the supply and interpretation of specialist tools such as marine coordination software.
Cameras are often located on selected offshore structures to enable CCTV feeds to review conditions and monitor offshore activities.
Operators need to make judgements about the priority of activities based on the scheduled maintenance and unscheduled service workload and weather forecast. The industry is increasingly adopting software simulation tools to maximise operational efficiency in relation to scheduling tasks and deploying resources, taking account of weather conditions, sea state, vessel capability and operational priorities.
Bigger wind farms further offshore and with more complex operational systems will increase the logistical challenge.
Robust communication equipment and infrastructure is a key element of offshore logistics in order to ensure live communication between all personnel.
What’s in it
- I.8.3 Weather forecasting and metocean data
- Marine planning software
- Communications equipment including radio and asset tracking
- Safety planning and systems