VESSEL REVIEW | Alfonsino Arrow – Japan's NYK places locally built windfarm crewboat into service

First vessel in a growing domestically manufactured fleet

The crewboat’s design was relatively new to Japan, having originally been developed for operation in Europe, NYK therefore encountered a number of challenges during development.

“Key challenges included aligning European crewboat knowhow with Japanese shipbuilding regulation and practices and ensuring quality and performance while working within a domestic production framework,” the company told Baird Maritime.

Nonetheless, work continued on the vessel up to final delivery, and she is now able to play a key role in what NYK said is the, “localisation of offshore wind project-related vessels in Japan.”