MO5, an aluminum wind farm high speed service vessel built by Afai Southern Shipyard for an English ship owner was launched on 15th May 2019.

All parties involved in the project participated the launching ceremony in Afai Southern Shipyard, including ship owner Mr. Robert Mainprize, director of Pan Ocean Marine Mr. Michael Wang, director of CSDC (Dalian) Mr. Yu Dexin, director of BV (Guangzhou) Mr. Wu Zheng and general manager of AFAI Mr. Chen Xiaoliang, etc.

MO5 is a more professional aluminum wind farm high speed service vessel that combines the rich experiences of wind farm service vessels operating in the UK and other European countries, after almost 6 years since the first concept and 3 years of detailed planning. The ship has a length of 26 meters, equipped with propellers and bow thrusters, which can work normally under the very rough sea conditions with a transfer height of 4.5m maximum, meets various professional functional configurations required for wind farm service and greatly improves the efficiency of service. Both to the design and construction, a large amount of new technology was applied. The successful construction and launching of MO5 are significant for AFAI, as she formally enters into the market of wind farm service vessel, after remarkable achievements in the market of aluminum high speed ferries, aluminum ro-pax, lithium sight-seeing cruisers and public service ships. MO5 has enlarged the diversity of AFAI products. AFAI will explore more cooperation with the ship owner in the industry of wind farm service vessels, introducing the rich and advanced experiences of operation and maintenance from the UK and Europe to China, in order to provide better service for Chinese ship owners and users, as well as to promote the Chinese wind farm service industry to be more professional and safer.

Most of the installation, testing and oil flushing was completed in MO5 at the dock, so commissioning can be carried on after launching. Sea trial is expected to mid of June after all commissioning.