Jan De Nul has selected Imeca for the delivery of an electrical motion-compensated pile gripper for its new floating installation vessel – Les Alizés. The tailor-made gripper, with an integrated X-Laboratory guidance and survey system, will allow safe and efficient installation of next-generation mo
DNV has been contracted to carry out project certification for the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. The project, located some 23 kilometres off the Polish coastline where geotechnical surveys are about to begin, is being developed by PKN Orlen and the Canadian company Northland Powe
U-Ming Marine Offshore Company Limited (UMO) has placed an order for two Inertia M3 high-speed trimaran crew transfer vessels (CTVs) at Marsun Shipyard in Thailand. UMO is a recently-established joint venture between Taiwan’s bulk shipping company U-Ming Marine Transport Corporation and Denmark’s Wo
Ørsted has released an update on its tender qualification system for the upcoming wind turbine procurement for two offshore wind farms in Poland, developed jointly with PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. The company said it would use the Achilles Utilities Nordics and Central Europe (UNCE) qualification
Navantia and Windar announced today (2 July) that they will build a factory for XXL monopiles on the grounds of the Fene shipyard in Spain after Iberdrola closed a framework agreement with the partnered companies for future offshore wind farms, valued at EUR 400 million. The framework agreement betw
The Letter of Intent (LoI) for the construction of a Windfarm Development Vessel (WDV) – issued last year by Triumph Subsea Services to InfraStrata plc – has been formally cancelled, Triumph Subsea said after InfraStrata reported the LoI had been set aside as the shipbuilder was not confident the pr
EnBW has issued a call for tenders for Operational All Risk Insurance Policies for two of its offshore wind farms in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. The developer is seeking Combined Property Damage and Business Interruption All Risks Insurance for the operational phases of the offshore wind fa
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has awarded a combined 2,658 MW of offshore wind capacity to two projects, one developed by a joint venture between EDF and Shell and one by Ørsted. In an announcement on 30 June, NJBPU said that, in a unanimous vote, the Board awarded 1,510 MW of cap
An operator of two offshore wind farms in Germany has opened a tender looking for a service operation vessel(s) to support operations and maintenance (O&M) campaigns on the two projects over the coming years. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You
RWE Renewables, through its Polish subsidiary Baltic Trade & Invest Sp. z o.o., has signed Letters of Intent (LoI) with three Polish companies from the maritime sector, which will support the construction of the FEW Baltic II 350 MW offshore wind project in Poland. RWE has entered into cooperation w
Chinese submarine cable manufacturer Hengtong has delivered the 35 kV cables and accessories for the Hiep Thanh and Tra Vinh V1-2 nearshore wind farms in Vietnam. According to the company’s update on social media, Hengtong delivered the subsea cables on 29 June, when they sailed out of China on boar
Vestas and Iberdrola have finalised the wind turbine supply contract for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany. The final contract follows the selection of MHI Vestas as the preferred supplier for the project in 2019 and the agreement Vestas signed this May following the takeover of MHI Ves
Cerulean Winds, a company that recently unveiled a project for the production of green hydrogen and electrification of offshore oil & gas assets with 200 floating wind turbines off Scotland, has named the first of its delivery partners. The company has selected NOV as the exclusive provider of float
Eager.one has produced a Jacket Lifting Tool (JLT) specially made for the installation of jacket foundations that will be carried out by Boskalis on a Taiwanese project. While Eager.one left the project unnamed, the company did say its tool will be used during loading, unloading and installation of
