Three US ports have secured around USD 93.2 million through the Port Infrastructure Development Grants for projects aiming to serve the offshore wind industry. The Arthur Kill Offshore Wind Terminal Project on Staten Island, New York, has secured a little over USD 48 million to fund the dredging of
Belgium’s NHV has become the first helicopter operator to carry out a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) flight in the offshore wind industry, in collaboration with partner TotalEnergies. This project marks the beginning of a long-term collaboration between the two companies to support their commitment
Fred. Olsen 1848 and Huisman have developed a new concept for major component exchange on floating offshore wind farms and aim to bring the solution into operation before the end of this decade. The Floating Maintenance Solution enables major component exchange at a wind farm’s offshore site, with n
Offshore wind service provider CBED has secured a new contract with the owner of the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea which will see the company’s walk-to-work (W2W) service operation vessel (SOV), Wind Innovation, deployed at the two wind farms throughout 2023. Wind
Japanese classification society ClassNK has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maersk Training regarding training for offshore wind farm operators and education for alternative fuel ship crews in Japan and the APAC region. With the signing of the MOU, the two parties said they will coop
Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica-3 and Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica-2 have issued a tender for a geophysical and 3D Ultra High-Resolution Seismic (UHRS) survey at the 2.5 GW Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 wind farms offshore Poland. The tender is divided into two separate lots. Lot 1 covers a 3D UHRS survey of
North Star has launched the first of four hybrid-powered daughter crafts that will be used on the Dogger Bank wind farm offshore the UK from next year. The vessel was launched at a naming ceremony held at the RoyalNorfolk and Suffolk Yacht club in Lowestoft, England, adjacent to the firm’s regional
The first hydrogen bunkering license in the Netherlands has been granted within the port of IJmuiden, allowing Windcat Workboats to bunker the Hydrocat 48 crew transfer vessel with hydrogen in that port, Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Ports (AYOP) said. In collaboration with the IJmond Environmental Se
Avangrid has finalized an agreement to assume responsibility as the operations and management services provider for Vineyard Wind 1, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the United States. The 800 MW Vineyard Wind 1, a 50-50 joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure
Ørsted has inaugurated the Ørsted Taiwan Offshore Wind Farms Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Hub in the Port of Taichung, Taiwan. The O&M hub is the first operations facility with green design and the largest in terms of size and offshore service capacity in the Asia-Pacific region, the world’s lea
Siemens Gamesa has been awarded the firm order for the 112 MW Ishikari offshore wind power project from Green Power Investment, marking the turbine manufacturer’s first firm offshore order in Japan. The order includes 14 SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines, each with a capacity of 8 MW and featurin
Ørsted has awarded Siemens Gamesa with a contract to provide main component exchange services at the 582 MW Gode Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The scope of work comprises the turnkey delivery of specified main component exchange (MCE) services to be performed under the en
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Board (NJEDA) has approved the purchase of a 109.4-acre property which will enable the planned expansion of the New Jersey Wind Port in Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County. The New Jersey Wind Port is a first-in-the-nation infrastructure investment that
Acta Marine is once again equipping two newbuild Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with SMST mission equipment. The cooperation between the two parties is reaffirmed by the contract signed with Tersan Shipyard for a modular W2W system package. ”We are very pleased to be part of the two
