North Star named the Grampian Kestrel at a ceremony at the Vard Langsten shipyard in Tomrefjord, Norway, on Tuesday, May 6.

The Grampian Kestrel is the first of two CSOVs to be delivered by North Star this year, as part of the firm’s drive to support its growing portfolio of offshore wind clients.

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The new vessel, of VARD 4 22 design, will go on service with EnBW and precede the decade-long minimum charter contract the firm signed in 2024 to provide a service operation vessel (SOV) for the German energy utility firm’s He Dreiht wind farm in the North Sea.

“The Grampian Kestrel marks yet another milestone in our strategy towards making North Star a leading SOV provider in Europe,” said Gitte Gard Talmo, CEO at North Star, which has offices in Lowestoft, Aberdeen, Newcastle and Hamburg.

“The vessel is built to service all aspects of an offshore windfarms’ lifecycle and has a competent North Star crew to ensure we deliver our........

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