The Wind Farm Support Vessel (WFSV) Directory is a new publication from the Offshore WIND group of products. It provides the industry a compact and handy overview of operating wind farm support vessels in the European offshore wind industry. Each vessel is displayed with a photo, a selection of main
The Dutch maritime technology company Micanti has designed a 100% environmentally friendly antifouling foil. Its working is based on small fibers, which make it very unattractive for organisms to attach to the hull of a ship. The innovative nature of this invention and the successful launch of it wi
DP Energy has disclosed its plans for a tidal energy project off Fair Head in Northern Ireland, BBC informs. The company will carry out public consultation before submitting the planning application for the construction of a 100 MW tidal array. DP Energy stated that it is still considering the techn
Mike Unsworth, the project director of the UK Round 3 Navitus Bay wind farm, named the new South Boats built vessel Seacat Ranger before she joins the impressive Seacat Services fleet based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Before the button was pressed to release the champaign bottle to smash on the B
After spending three days in the ABP port of Southampton, MPI Workboats’ two 19m wind farm support vessels will head out to their new assignments. MPI Lucinda and MPI Trifaldi, built by Isle of Wight-based South Boats IOW Ltd, and delivered earlier this year, are currently at Seawork International,
The European Union’s Ocean Energy Forum announced its Steering Committee members today at its first working meeting in Dublin. The Committees, composed of an all-star cast of European ocean energy actors, commenced work on a comprehensive strategy for the commercialisation of the renewable ocean ene
Blue Water’s global sales team for the wind industry gathered in Esbjerg for a two-day seminar. Here, the team exchanged their views on innovation and creativity on the wind market. In addition, the seminar included an interesting presentation from the consultant company Make Consulting which focus
Around 3,000 delegates from around the world descended on Glasgow today to discuss the growing offshore wind sector, generating £2.4 million for the city in the process. Fergus Ewing MSP, Scotland’s Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, and Michael Fallon MP, Business and Energy Minister, wil
NOF Energy has expanded it sold-out annual supplier day to feature an extended networking session to offer companies the chance to engage key companies from the energy sector supply chain. The Annual Supplier Day, which takes place on Wednesday, June 25, at Hardwick Hall, in Sedgefield, County Durha
SeaEnergy PLC’s subsidiary SeaEnergy Ship Management Limited (“SEASM”) has entered into a 51:49 joint venture (“JV”) with Go Offshore (Asia) Pte Ltd (“GO”) a Singapore based shipping company, with SEASM having 51%. The JV called GOSeaEnergy Ship Management Limited (“GOSeaEnergy”) will manage GO’s ve
Future higher penetration levels of wind energy will call for dynamic power management of offshore wind farms. This will enable operators to optimise the wind farm power output based on market signals. Within the FLOW project “Dynamic Power Management”, Ecofys is subcontracted by TenneT and Eneco to
The latest offshore wind support vessel to leave the CTruk production line in Essex made straight for Southampton and is currently on show at berth V25 at annual commercial marine exhibition and forum, Seawork. Ocean Warrior, a brand new 18.5m advanced composite twin-hull CTruk 20T MPC was officiall
Windwave Workboats have launched Susie S, the first of the new Damen FCS 2008 crew transfer vessels at Seawork. The vessel, the first of this type from Damen, is a 20m, Bureau Veritas classed, aluminium catamaran utilising Damen’s proven Twin Axe design. Windwave Workboats Commercial Director, Peter
A meteorological mast is shortly to be installed at the West of Duddon Sands (WoDS) Wind Farm. GEOSEA’s self-propelled jack-up ‘Innovation’ started carrying out the installation on Wednesday, 4th of June. The vessel will be on site for approximately 6 days, depending on weather. West of Duddon Sands
