Ingeteam has secured a contract to provide an electrical power system as well as an Integrated Automation System for Jan De Nul’s offshore jack-up installation vessel Voltaire. Currently under construction at COSCO Nantong shipyard in China, the Voltaire is said to be the largest wind farm installat
Ulstein Verft has floated out Bernhard Schulte’s new service operation vessel (SOV), destined for the Merkur offshore wind project
Dutch shipbuilder and ship designer Damen has developed a new concept vessel – the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) 9020. According to Damen, the new vessel has been designed in response to calls from vessel operators for great vessel versatility offshore. “We were approached by several different opera
High Speed Transfers’ (HST) first FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel HST Hudson has begun work on the Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. HST Hudson started the work in mid-January and will be deployed on the 752MW offshore wind farm until autumn, a spokesperson from HST tol
High Speed Transfers (HST) has taken delivery of HST Euan, its fourth FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel, from Damen Shipyards. HST Euan was loaded onto a heavy-lift vessel at Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey in mid-January bound for Rotterdam, the Netherlands. To remind, Damen floated out the
Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) has contracted Blue Water Shipping to transport Pacific Osprey’s new crane boom from NOV’s manufacturing yard in China to Denmark. The boom was loaded onto SAL’s M/V Wiebke on 21 January and left the yard the day after. The vessel is expected to reach Denmark around 1 March. S
50Hertz Offshore has contracted FRS Windcat Offshore Logistics to provide crew transfer vessel (CTV) services for operations in the German Baltic Sea. Under the framework agreement, FRS Windcat Offshore Logistics will provide a CTV for the entire duration of the five-year contract. The CTV is expect
DEME Group’s DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion has undergone the first liquid natural gas (LNG) bunkering. The world’s largest LNG bunker vessel Kairos, operated by Nauticor, supplied Orion with LNG at the Port of Rostock in Germany. According to DEME, this marks only the second ship-to-ship LN
NAVA Ship Design Office has designed a wind farm support vessel (WFSV) which will service the offshore wind sector in Poland. The vessel will provide accommodation for 16 persons and will feature two MTU 12 V 2000 M72 diesel engines speeding up to a maximum of 25kn. Poland has set a goal to develop
Diverse Marine has signed a contract with Turner Iceni for the modification and upcycling of the Iceni Courage crew transfer vessel.
The China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard has installed 78 out of 162 blocks in the dock of Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) new wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. According to OHT, the hull structural steel construction of the remaining blocks is also taking shape. In tota
Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Ltd. has shared a video showing the WaveWalker 1 walking jack-up barge in action at the project. WaveWalker 1 has been at the Thorntonloch Beach in East Lothian, Scotland, over the last week, exploring the best options for installing the wind farm’s offshore export cab
Van Oord’s crane vessel Werkendam has arrived at the IJsselmeer to start working on the Windpark Fryslân nearshore wind farm project. The vessel will be involved in the construction of an artificial island off the Frisian coast, Windpark Fryslân said. With a land area of 2ha and a submerged, shallow
Norwegian shipyard Ulstein Verft has contracted Hydroniq Coolers to deliver the seawater cooling system to the cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora. Under the contract, Aalesund-based Hydroniq Coolers will supply its Pleat seawater cooling system for the CLV Nexans Aurora. The Pleat coolers will
