Walk to Work vessel information

The Bibby WaveMaster 1 is unique as a purpose-built vessel for the deployment and retention of offshore support and maintenance engineers. Its development has been driven by functional requirements, based on feedback from potential end-users. WaveMaster 1 has on-site work and storage facilities plus accommodation for up to 70 maintenance personnel, management and a crew of 20. She is able to stay out at sea for voyages of up to one month and feature dynamic positioning (DP2). Crucially, she is equipped with a motion-compensated transfer gangway to allow maintenance personnel to walk between vessel and offshore structure.

Thanks to WaveMaster 1’s success, Bibby Marine Services have secured a built-to-tender sister vessel, the Bibby WaveMaster Horizon. Based off the same Damen design, the WaveMaster Horizon will be working a long term contact chartered to Siemens Gamesa and EnBW in the German North Sea. This second vessel adds a 2t capacity 3D motion-compensated crane to its deck, as well as a revised warehouse layout and a larger two-floor gym. 

 Custom-designed and constructed with Damen, the WaveMaster enables offshore wind operators to work more eff iciently, safely and in maximum comfort for up to 30 days at a time. Optimised for working efficiency in terms of storage, workflow and logistics.