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UMOE provides high-speed crew transfer vessels for offshore installations
- Published 30 June 2022; updated 30 September 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. Marked available; listed under Offshore wind / Operation and maintenance, Maritime / Ship design and ship’s equipment, and Energy.
- Umoe Mandal’s WAVECRAFT™ Surface Effect Ships are high-speed crew-transfer vessels for offshore installations, including wind farms and oil platforms. The air-cushion catamaran hull and motion-control system are described as improving speed, stability and boarding safety in rough conditions, shallow water and confined spaces.
- Hulls use lightweight composite sandwich material. The article says this weighs two-thirds as much as aluminium and one-quarter as much as steel while remaining as strong, and claims the lower vessel weight can reduce fuel use by up to 30%. It also says WAVECRAFT can operate at up to twice the speed and wave height of comparable vessels, with lower power use, maintenance and CO₂ emissions. These are vendor claims; the article provides no test conditions or independent results.
- The page cites an offshore-wind market forecast from USD 27 billion in 2017 to USD 55 billion by 2022; that forecast is historical. WAVECRAFT is manufactured by Umoe Mandal, which the page says had more than 30 years of advanced-vessel design/build experience.
- Linked to SDGs 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure).
- Contact: Are Søreng, VP Sales and Marketing, AS@um.no. Company: UMOE MANDAL AS, Gismerøyveien 205, 4515 Mandal, Norway; um.no. A phone-number reveal control is present.