TIV MPI Adventure

TIV MPI Adventure is a wind turbine installation vessel that was built in 2010 by Cosco Nantong Shipyard, China.

Description
MPI Adventure is 138.55 m long, with a beam of 40.80 m. She has a draught of between 3.5 m and 5.5 m, with a depth of 10.00 m. She has an air draught of 67.00 m when operating at a 5 m draught. The ship is propelled by three Rolls-Royce US 355 FP azimuth thrusters. She has three bow thrusters. These are powered by six 3,625bhp Rolls-Royce Bergen C25:33L-8 diesel engines.

MPI Adventure has accommodation for 112 crew, with a maximum of 200 people able to be accommodated on board. Equipment installed includes a crane which has a capacity of 1000 t at 25 m radius. An auxiliary crane has a capacity of 160 t at 70 m radius and a third crane has a capacity of 50 t at 25 m radius. The ship is fitted with six 73.00 m jacking legs. She can jack up in waves 3.5 m high and at windspeeds of up to 14 m/s with a maximum current of 1.86 m/s. Once jacked up, the ship can operate in waves of 10.00 m high, windspeeds up to 36 m/s and currents of 2.21 m/s. She can operate in water up to 40 m deep, with the legs sinking into the seabed by 5 m and the ship raised 7.80 m above the surface of the sea.

History
MPI Adventure was launched on 27 August 2010. The naming ceremony was held on 19 January 2011 at Qidong, Jiangsu, China. She was delivered to the United Kingdom from China on 21 March 2011. MPI Adventure is flagged to the Netherlands. She is allocated the IMO Number 9530084, the MMSI Number 245924000 and the Call sign PCKV.

MPI Adventure was used to install wind turbines in the London Array.