Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has placed an order with Strategic Marine for two new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to expand its fleet from five to seven ships. The new vessels are expected to be delivered in early 2025. The two new CTVs will be built by Singapore’s Strategic Marine and are sisterships to t
Heerema Marine Contractors has demonstrated a noise reduction of 24 decibels (dB) during installation work at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany, where the offshore construction specialist employed a noise mitigation spread with equipment supplied by IQIP. The Netherlands-based Heerema M
The Dutch/German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT is working on a concept for an offshore subsea transformer that could, according to the TSO, speed up the offshore grid expansion. At the end of June, TenneT launched a tender in Germany for feasibility studies into the concept. Acc
German clean energy asset manager, Luxcara, has signed a preferred supplier deal with China’s Mingyang Smart Energy for the supply of wind turbines to the Waterkant offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The reservation agreement covers the supply of 16 of the “world’s most powerful offshore
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in Germany, covering trenching, transport, and installation of inter-array cables. RWE has recently made the final investment decision for its entire Nordseecluster, involving offshore wind
Heerema Marine Contractors has been awarded contracts for the transportation and installation of monopiles and transition pieces, as well as offshore substation jackets and topsides for Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in Poland. The contracts were signed with MFW Baltyk II Sp. z.o.o.
Maersk Supply Service has launched Maersk Offshore Wind, a new company that will provide installation services to the offshore wind market based on a new offshore wind installation vessel (Maersk WIV) concept. The design and concept are estimated to reduce the installation time of offshore wind turb
Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry, Archer, is taking over its compatriot Moreld Ocean Wind (MOW), a floating wind engineering and technology company. Once the acquisition transaction is completed, MOW will be renamed Archer Wind. Archer acquired a 100 stake in MOW through an agr
Equinor and Polenergia have signed reservation agreements with the consortium of Sif and Smulders for the manufacturing of 100 transition pieces (TPs) for the Bałtyk II and Bałtyk III offshore wind projects in Poland. The developers, through two of their joint venture companies (each for one project
Jan De Nul Group has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the installation of high-voltage export cables that will bring renewable energy generated at the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm ashore. Jan De Nul will connect the offshore substation of the F
Anma Offshore Wind Energy has selected Denmark-headquartered Ramboll for detailed foundation design and certification support for the 532 MW offshore wind farm in South Korea. Ramboll has secured the contract for WTG Foundation Detailed Design of the wind farm’s 38 14 MW units, which will be support
Sif Group is planning to commence the production of monopile foundations for the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project next month at its Maasvlakte site in the Netherlands. The first steel plates for the 810 Empire Wind 1 wind farm have been delivered at Sif’s Maasvlakte site, and the first transition
The Netherlands’ Damen Group has signed a contract with Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM) for the construction of a new service operation vessel (SOV) that will serve offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The SOV will be built at the Damen shipyard in Vietnam and is slated for delivery at the end of 2026. This is
Navantia Seanergies has manufactured the first monopile foundation for Iberdrola’s UK offshore wind project East Anglia Three at Navantia-Windar’s monopile factory in Fene shipyard, in A Coruña, Spain. The Navantia-Windar consortium will deliver 45 monopiles for the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore
