The Ireland-based Shannon Foynes Port Company is investing EUR 28 million in jetty infrastructure and a port logistics park, aimed at transforming the Shannon Estuary into an international supply chain hub for floating offshore wind. The investment, co-funded by the EU’s “Connecting Europe Facility”
The Seaway Alfa Lift foundation installation vessel is not expected to be operational on offshore wind projects during 2022, according to Stuart Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer of Seaway 7. As reported, Seaway Alfa Lift suffered an incident with the A-frame on the 3,000t Liebherr crane in Octobe
After civil engineering company Roadbridge was placed into receivership last week, the developer of the Seagreen offshore wind farm and its Tier 1 supplier for onshore cable works, SSE Renewables and Nexans, are now working to identify if and how this would affect the project and on potential mitiga
Singapore-based Marco Polo Marine and Seatech Solutions International will co-develop two new vessels for the offshore wind industry: a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) and a Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), for which the companies say will be the first SOV and CSOV designed in Asia. The
UK-based marine consultant Waves Group Ltd (Waves Group) has secured the Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) contract for the construction of the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm off north-east England. Currently, the company is also providing MWS services for 1.2 GW Dogger Bank A. Dogger Bank Win
Kongsberg Digital and the UK-based University of Plymouth have joined forces to create a new system that will support the installation, operation, and maintenance of floating offshore wind farms through simulator technology. The partnership aims to provide offshore wind project teams and crew with f
After recently appointing Royal HaskoningDHV together with Mott MacDonald for the production of an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) for their 1 GW floating wind project in Ireland, DP Energy and Iberdrola have now hired Fehily Timoney and Company, together with Intertek and MarineSpace,
Fugro Netherlands Marine has won the contract to carry out geophysical investigations at the IJmuiden Ver V and VI offshore wind sites in the Dutch North Sea. The IJmuiden Ver V and VI areas are located in the northern part of the IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone, and the investigation area covers approx
Deutsche Windtechnik has won an EU tender to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services at the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The tender was carried out by DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind GmbH & Co. KG. Both wind farms are owned by Vattenfall (51 per cent) an
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has sold the first W-type gangway to offshore shipping company Olympic Subsea ASA. The new motion compensation system will be permanently fixed on Olympic Orion in 2023 when the vessel is expected to be converted from a multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) int
Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started reviewing Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) for nine offshore wind projects totaling 9.1 GW in capacity, with more than half of the nine projects led by European developers. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our si
France has launched the competitive tendering procedure for the development of two 250 MW floating offshore wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea. The winners of these competitive bidding procedures will be selected in 2023 and the two wind farms are expected to be commissioned by 2030. The two wind f
Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with power generation company Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd (KOSPO) to drive Shell’s floating offshore wind and renewable energy ambition in South Korea. Under the MoU, the two energy companies will explore collaborat
A naming ceremony has been held at Astilleros Gondán Shipyard for Edda Breeze, a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) built for the Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind. This is the first of five CSOVs Astilleros Gondán S.A is building for Edda Wind. Designed by Salt Ship Design, the 88.3 metre-lo
