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Danish shipowner and offshore wind specialist Ziton has expanded its fleet of operations and maintenance jackup vessels. The company, acquired by a fund advised by Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management last year, is adding the 2011-built unit named Wind Discovery for an undisclosed sum, taking its fleet to six dedicated O&M jackups. “This addition strengthens our position as a trusted service provider in the offshore wind sector with the largest fleet of operational jack-up vessels,” said Thorsten Jalk, CEO of Ziton. The Wind Discovery was built in China for MPI Offshore and initially went by the name MPI Discovery before it was taken over by Jan De Nul in 2018 and renamed Taillevent. The Belgian marine contractor sold the vessel in 2021 to a Chinese buyer for work in the Asian market, where it operated as Hui Hai Yi Hao. Ziton said the vessel would go on a charter with an unnamed “large customer” in the second quarter of 2025. |
