Gulliver, a heavy lift vessel currently under construction for the Antwerp-based Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors, was launched in China, on 5 September. In the coming months, further outfitting of the vessel will be carried out at the Qidong shipyard, Scaldis said. Afterwards Gulliver will sail
RV Fugro Synergy has started a geotechnical survey at the site of DONG Energy’s proposed Bay State Wind offshore wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA. The survey is expected to be carried out in 15 days, weather permitting. During the survey, bottom conditions in 18 specific loca
26 Bidders Apply for Borssele III & IV The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has received 26 applications for Borssele III and IV offshore wind sites, the governmental body reported after the tender closed on 29 September. Video: Rotterdam Ready for Offshore Wind with Sif Group Dutch manufactur
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is making a maximum use of its Burbo Bank Extension load-out and pre-assembly site at the Belfast Harbour today. The Belfast Harbour has shared images of three vessels being loaded by components which will make up some of the 32 MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW turbines to be installe
Schmidbauer GmbH & Co. KG has recently used a Modulift spreader combined with a 45m-long beam attached to a gantry and a crawler crane to tandem lift 750t monopiles from pontoons onto land in Cuxhaven on Germany’s North Sea coast. Schmidbauer was challenged by Cuxport GmbH to develop a solution for
The new service operation vessel (SOV) Windea La Cour, chartered out to Siemens Wind Power, started its service campaign at the 600MW Gemini wind farm in the Netherlands last month. The vessel, featuring the X-STERN hull, is the first of two SOVs built at Ulstein Verft in Norway which Bernhard Schul
Fugro is expected to start a geotechnical survey at the site of DONG Energy’s proposed Bay State Wind offshore wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA, on Friday, 7 October. RV Fugro Synergy is expected to complete the survey in around 15 days, weather permitting, a notice to fisher
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has shared a video showing an overview of activities at the Belfast Harbour which serves as the pre-assembly site and the load-out port for the Burbo Bank Extension project. The video shows the arrival of the main components of the 32 V164-8.0 MW wind turbines, the first of
UK-based high voltage engineering specialist, EDS Group, has been chosen to complete cable termination and jointing work at the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. The site which is based off the Sussex coast in the UK will feature 116 turbines, each 3.45MW in capacity. Commencing in the autumn of 201
Areva Sells Its Stake in Adwen to Gamesa for EUR 60 Million Areva has decided to sell its 50% stake in the offshore wind turbine manufacturer Adwen for EUR 60 million to Gamesa, with which Areva had a 50-50 ownership in the joint venture and which is now in a merger process with Siemens. Borssele [&
Siemens has released a video showing a 360° flight to an offshore wind farm. The video explains how the company’s technology and O&M solutions keep the industry moving forward and help reduce costs. The technologies described include Siemens’ wind turbines with Direct Drive technology. The video als
The Offshore WIND International Business Guide 2017 will be launched in January 2017 and will continue to successfully display a large amount of companies who are active in offshore wind industry. Already in its sixth edition, the latest business guide contains more companies than ever proving that
Siem Offshore Contractors GmbH (SOC) has chosen the UK-based JDR Cable Systems Ltd. to design, manufacture and supply inter-array grid cables for the 588MW Beatrice wind farm offshore Scotland. Beatrice comprises 84 Siemens 7MW wind turbines, which will be inter-connected by 91 x 33 kV medium voltag
Transmission assets owner and operator Transmission Capital Services (TCS) has chartered one of CWind’s crew transfer vessels (CTV) on a five-year contract to support works at several of their offshore substations in the United Kingdom. CWind is using one of its MPC19 resin infused composite catamar
