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Brave Tern - Working on the Edge (episode 3)

September 29, 2014

Assembly personnel and the crew work hand-in-hand on the jack-up vessels used to install wind turbines in offshore wind farms. The technicians are highly paid because they are in demand.

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But the seamen aboard the Brave Tern are feeling the budget pressure in many ways. Shipping companies have to cut costs. In Part 3 of their series "Brave Tern - Working on the Edge," our reporters Grit Hofmann and Carmen Meyer investigate the pressure in this industry and its effects on shipboard life.

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Brave Tern 3

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Assembly personnel and the crew work hand-in-hand on the jack-up vessels used to install wind turbines in offshore wind farms. The technicians are highly paid because they are in demand. But the seamen aboard the Brave Tern are feeling the budget pressure in many ways. Shipping companies have to cut costs.
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