Van Oord has signed an agreement with Vroon Group to acquire MPI Offshore, a specialist offshore wind installation contractor.
M.C. Construction (Cleveland) has completed the fabrication and mobilisation of steelwork for MPI Adventure ahead of the vessel’s upcoming works on the removal, upgrade and re-installation of turbine blades at the London Array offshore wind farm.
Jan De Nul Group and Vroon Group have signed agreements to transfer part of the offshore business of MPI to Jan De Nul, including the ownership of the jack-up vessel MPI Discovery together with its crew, as well as a number of MPI’s employees.
US offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind has adopted a procedure designed to prevent impacts to commercial fishing gear from offshore wind energy activities.
Njord Offshore has signed a contract with BMT for two 23m crew transfer vessels (CTVs), following the launch of its two BMT-designed 27m CTVs Njord Zenith and Njord Zephyr. The new vessel duo will also be built by Cheoy Lee Shipyards in China.
The walk-to-work vessel Stril Server, together with the crew transfer vessel Marieco Mariah, is currently working on cable commissioning works on wind turbine foundations at the Beatrice project site, in preparation for the installation of wind turbines.
Offshore Transfer Devices Ltd has been awarded further funding from the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) that will support the commercialisation of the Tube Docking Device (TDD) access system.
Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus has wrapped up sea trials off the North Holland coast, marking the completion of the modification campaign that commenced in 2017. Now, the vessel is ready to start working on the Norther offshore wind farm.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Brave Tern has arrived in Esbjerg, Denmark, and is loading the first set of wind turbine components to be installed on Vattenfall’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm.
Acta Marine’s first 24-passenger capacity crew transfer vessel (CTV) Offshore Wielingen is currently working at the Arkona offshore wind farm, which marks its first mobilization.
Van Oord has ordered lifting slings from Cortland, a global ropes and slings specialist, for the installation of monopiles and transition pieces at the Norther offshore wind farm in Belgium and Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in Germany.
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) has awarded Møkster with a new contract for its vessel Stril Server to be deployed for walk-to-work activities at the Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland.
Following news that Nexans signed a deal with Ulstein Verft for the construction of its new cable laying vessel, the Nexans Aurora, UK marine engineering company MAATS Tech informed that it will supply a deck spread for the vessel.
Nexans Subsea Operations and Ulstein Verft have signed a contract for the construction of a large, DP3 cable laying vessel, to be named Nexans Aurora and delivered in 2021.
