Wind Farm and Offshore

Austal’s range of customised offshore support vessels are designed to provide efficient, safe and reliable methods of personnel transfer and service supply. Austal’s patented Ride Control System (RCS) - successfully proven in commercial operation for more than two decades - ensures a safer, more productive platform, even when conditions get rough.

Offshore Vessels
Applying proven capabilities in passenger and vehicle passenger ferry design and construction, Austal has successfully developed a number of oceangoing, offshore vessel platforms, suitable for a range of offshore applications including crew commute and equipment transfers.

Windfarm Vessels
Combining fuel efficiency with advanced seakeeping characteristics, Austal‘s ‘Wind Express’ platforms are the premier transportation solution for the offshore wind farm industry. Utilising Austal’s world-renowned advanced hull design and engineering capabilities, each vessel is specifically designed to provide offshore wind farm operators with a rugged, reliable and efficient multi-purpose work boat platform. Characterised by their optimum personnel comfort and safety, each vessel in the Wind Express series can be further customised to suit specific sea conditions, routes, and payload requirements. Like all Austal vessels, the Wind Express series offers the peace-of-mind that comes from dealing with a highly experienced shipbuilder with an established network of vessel service and support centres worldwide.

With dedicated commercial shipbuilding facilities in Balamban, Philippines supported by our global design, innovation and engineering resources, Austal delivers fast, cost effective offshore and windfarm solutions to operators, worldwide.