Adira Renewables, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore’s offshore services provider Kim Heng and Soiltech Engineering Co Ltd Korea (STE), has launched a geotechnical survey vessel, rebuilt/converted in 2024, into the water. Kim Heng announced today, 15 April, the completion of the christening ce
The first of 66 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines that will make up the Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan has been installed. The major milestone for Ørsted’s 920 MW offshore wind project also marks a milestone for Siemens Gamesa, whose SG 14-236 DD wind turbine model is installe
SMST will supply mission equipment for the construction-commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) that will be operated by Deutsche Offshore, a joint venture between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DOS). For the new vessels, the Dutch vessel equipment provider will supp
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas for its full liquid hydrogen-based service operation vessel (SOV). The liquid-hydrogen SOV is said to be able to operate 95 per cent of the time with zero carbon emissions, with the vessel only releasing wa
Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has taken delivery of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) converted to run entirely on biomethanol that has been chartered by Vestas. According to N-O-S, this is the world’s first 100 per cent biomethanol-powered CTV. “We now operate the world’s first single fuel biometha
Norway’s VARD has signed a EUR 113.5 million contract with Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) to design and build an offshore subsea construction vessel that will be dedicated to performing work in the offshore wind and telecom sectors, with the contract also including options. The 121.3-metre-lo
The offshore installation vessel Seaway Strashnov will install the remaining two monopiles at the Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm site next month. According to a Notice to Mariners from the project, the work is planned to commence on 7 April and continue until approximately 30 April. The heavy lift
Fred. Olsen Ocean has entered into an agreement to sell its 50 per cent stake in United Wind Logistics (UWL) to United Heavy Lift. The Norwegian company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bonheur ASA, acquired the 50 per cent ownership in UWL through the contribution of new equity in the amount of EUR 12
The first wind turbine has been installed at the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The 1.4 GW project, developed by RWE, will comprise 100 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW turbines, half of which will be fitted with recyclable blades. The wind turbine was installed by Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vesse
Denmark’s Cadeler has taken delivery of its latest jack-up wind turbine installation vessel, Wind Pace, which will be deployed in the US. Delivered on time and within budget, Wind Pace becomes the seventh vessel in Cadeler’s portfolio of wind turbine installation vessels, said the company. The vesse
Marubeni Corporation, through a wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired a 25.1 per cent stake in Windward Offshore, the Germany-based provider of offshore wind service vessels. Windward Offshore, established by Diana Shipping, Serafin and SeraVerse, RIVE Private Investment, Blue Star Group, and SeaRen
South Korean subsea cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has decided to expand its offshore wind business with plans to maximise the synergistic effect of cooperating with its subsidiaries to deliver solutions to the offshore wind industry. Starting on 24 March with its subsidiary LS Materials, four
Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak is en route to the site of the Sofia offshore wind farm with the first set of Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD turbine components. The vessel departed the port of Hull on 20 March, according to the available AIS data, and is heading towards th
Edda Wind, through its subsidiary West Energy, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with a holding company established by Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and the Swedish shipping company Rederi AB Älvtank for all outstanding shares in Puerto de Llafranc S.L., the registered owner of the
