So now that the security segment has been talked about much, we should probably look at whether there are any diversification beyond O&G chartering and security boats. That would bring us to the offshore wind support vessels that have been mentioned in the Annual Reports.
As we all know, Penguin has been partnering BMT in the design for their boats. Back in May 2019, BMT announced their tie up with Penguin in producing the SATV and CTV to service offshore wind farms.
"In March this year the Specialised Ship Design division of BMT attended an official keel laying ceremony for their revolutionary, new 36m Service Accommodation Transfer Vessel (SATV). BMT has partnered with Penguin Shipyard International (PSI), an established builder of high-speed commercial vessels for the SATV and the new 26m Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV)."
https://www.bmt.org/news/2019/bmt-introd...t-seawork/
What strikes me in the announcement is that the vessels are commissioned in a Joint Venture between PSA Marine and Ta Tong Marine. Our very own PSA! That does drive some confidence in the quality of the client.
In Nov 2019, BMT announced the Ventus Beigang (峰达北港) on their twitter
https://twitter.com/BMTVesselDesign/stat...2441760769
Apparently this vessel has been put to work at the Formosa 1 offshore wind farm.
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/psa...in-taiwan/
This marks the delivery and start of service for the CTV. So what about the SATV? I am speculating that the delivery of that will take place in 1Q2020, will share when I have concrete evidence of that happening.
Next will be addressing the need for more vessels in this area of servicing. This would bring us back to what the scale of the Taiwan offshore wind farms are. If you have gone to Taipei in the recent year, you would have notice those windmills while on the highways. According to this article, "Formosa is one of the three projects approved by Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Energy as part of its target to build 1,000 wind turbines by 2030 to support the Taiwanese Government’s plans to produce 4GW of electricity through offshore wind. It also announced 36 sectors for offshore windfarm development in 2015."
https://www.power-technology.com/project...wind-farm/
So basically, there is a huge market to service potentially. The CTV and SATV being deployed are likely for servicing phase 1 and 2 of the Formosa 1, which are for 32 wind turbines in total. So there is the potential demand for these vessels. Formosa 1,2 and 3 are expected to generate 2GW in total energy. Formosa 2 is expected to start commercial operation in 2021 to generate 376MW (128MW for Formosa 1)
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Energy/...power-game
PSA has also partnered up with Njord Offshore in servicing the Europe side of the wind business. Currently the vessels are being manufactured by another shipyard. But what's to say these can't flow into Penguin's books?
https://www.psamarine.com/businesses/offshore-wind/
So for 4Q 2019 what are we expecting in the results and the annual report? At least 1 CTV for the windfarm and several flex fighters with Homeland IOS Ltd. And that's the minimum at the moment. So are you looking forward to it?
That's quite a long post for now. Still have some more to share, but that's for another time.