Ahead of deployment in US waters.
New crew transfer vessel joins fleet.
Maersk Offshore Wind has officially named its first next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Maersk Viridis, built by Seatrium. The vessel was delivered in late February 2026 from Seatrium’s Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore after completing sea trials and readiness checks. The naming
Ulstein Verft has delivered a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO). The CSOV, named Windea Carnot, is the third of three sister vessels built by the Norwegian shipbuilder for the German offshore wind vessel operator and the first of two ordered by inve
Fleet expansion for cable installation.
Singapore-based shipbuilder and vessel owner Marco Polo Marine has secured approximately SGD 21 million (around EUR 14 million) through a private share placement, with the company planning to channel the funds toward expanding its capabilities in the offshore wind market. The placement involved the
Jan De Nul is expanding its fleet with the addition of two trenching support vessels, with the first being a newbuild and the other to be converted from a water injection dredger. The new trenching support vessel, of an Ulstein design and to be built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) ship
This article was updated to add information about Mitsui O.S.K.’s (MOL) acquisition of a stake in Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt and shares in the company’s C-CSOVs. The first steel has been cut for the first of Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt’s (DO) four construction commissioning service operation ve
Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has delivered the first two Supa Swath vessels to UK operator Mainprize Offshore, marking the initial handover under a multi-vessel programme agreed between the companies in 2024. The delivery represents the first milestone in a contract covering six vess
Greece’s Asso.subsea has signed the shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for the construction of a second next-generation trenching support vessel (TSV), sister to the one announced in September 2025. The TSV Andromeda will be built at CMHI’s Shenzhen Shipyard, where the
Edda Wind has entered into agreements for the potential sale of its fleet of service operation vessels (SOVs) and commissioning SOVs (CSOVs), including newbuilds, with two buyers amongst which the fleet will be split: North Star and an affiliate of Navigare Capital Partners. The vessel operator said
The first wind turbine is now in place at the 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm site in Denmark. Thor will comprise 72 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 DD wind turbines, of which 40 will feature recyclable rotor blades, with 36 turbine towers to be manufactured with a significantly lower carbon footprint than
The first of the 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW wind turbines has been installed at Dogger Bank B, the second phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. This is according to the information in a Notice to Mariners issued by the project on 2 March, which states the wind turbine installation [&hellip
Jack-up vessels Wind Osprey and Wind Pace will start installing wind turbines at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site in the UK around 18 March. Both vessels will mobilise at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, with first load-out for Wind Osprey expected on 15 March, while the first load-out for
OEG has taken the delivery of a multi-purpose crew transfer vessel (CTV), named Fulmar, which recently completed sea trials and will soon be deployed on the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland. Fulmar will be supporting the offshore construction of the 1.1 GW offshore wind farm under a contract
