ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) is marking UN Day of the Seafarer 2022 by celebrating the stories of those who take to the seas to make the journey to Net Zero a reality for its offshore renewables projects.
Organised by the
Seafarers play a key role in offshore wind projects, carrying out works such as crew transfers, operational surveillance, construction monitoring, metocean monitoring and forecasting, unexploded ordnance investigation and disposal, waste management and environmental response, and offshore emergency response.
SPR's marine and site operations are overseen by a dedicated team, which includes six Master Mariners - the highest level of professional qualification among mariners and deck officers. They can serve as the master - or captain - of any merchant ship, of any size, operating anywhere in the world.
In 2021, the team was responsible for a work programme involving around 2,400 seafarers on some 90 vessels across the
SPR's team of Master Mariners includes two women. More than 24,000 women are estimated to serve as seafarers across the globe; however, this represents only 1.2 per cent of the global seafarer workforce.
Chief Officer
She said: 'I absolutely love what I do and it's great to work with seafarers from across the world to deliver projects that will help us all enjoy a cleaner and greener future. It would be impossible to build an offshore windfarm without that partnership with the seafaring community - whether that's a bottom fixed site off the coast of Suffolk or a floating wind project off the coast of
Captain
Eilidh started her career with a cadetship with Maersk, working on the deep-sea container fleet and studying for her qualifications. After completing her Chief Officers' certification, she worked on platform supply vessels in the
She said: 'As demand for green electricity continues to grow - and we build more and more offshore renewables projects - seafarers will continue to be an integral part of our extended team. We have a really strong seafaring community here in
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