Vole au Vent

Vole au Vent is a jackup heavy lift ship built in 2013, and currently flagged in Luxembourg. It was in Halifax this past week to collect components for an offshore wind farm being installed of the coast of the US. More detailed information is available on Shipfax and Halifax Shipping News. 

Vole au Vent jacked up at Woodside on her four spuds. The ship carrying the windmill components, Bigroll Beaufort, can be seen to the left. 

Support columns and windmill blades are still onboard Bigroll Beaufort in this image.

Bigroll Beaufort to the left and Vole au Vent to the right at Woodside.

When not jacked up on her spuds, Vole au Vent is a self propelled ship, and has multiple thrusters for station keeping.

A close-up showing Vole au Vent's helicopter landing pad, bridge superstructure, and three large box thrusters.

One detail in particular that I found interesting is that her large Liebherr crane appears to be built _around_ the aft starboard spud, suggesting to me it might be a custom design for this ship.

The Liebherr crane is built around one of the spuds used to raise the ship.

Vole au Vent left port a few days ago, with only a portion of the windmill components onboard - suggesting she will be back to pick up the rest.