James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has won a contract for the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of temporary pontoons at the Newhaven Port which will be used during the construction phase of the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm. JFMS has worked closely with its sister company Mojo M
MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Discovery dry-docked at A&P Group’s Tyne yard on 6 May. The 20,000-tonne vessel will undergo specialist repair before it returns to service. Works will include inspection and repair of Azimuth thrusters and Tunnel thrusters, installation of two new
Wind Farm Support Vessels (WFSVs) have increased in size in the last twelve months following the changes to the UK and German codes and regulations which allowed the vessels to be longer than 24-metre load line and to carry more than 12 technicians, and the trend is set to continue, according to Ed
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein plans to increase its presence in the offshore wind industry after posting a NOK 95 million loss in the quarter ended 31 March 2016 due mainly to a downturn in the offshore oil and gas sector. ”The downturn in the offshore sector and a tricky market ha
Dutch maritime contractor Van Oord installed the 50th turbine at the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands over the last weekend, according to Gemini Windpark. The installation of the 150 4MW Siemens turbines started in February 2016 when Van Oord’s offshore installation v
A2SEA has won a contract to install a part of 174 Siemens 7MW turbines at the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One wind farm off the Yorkshire Coast. In spring 2019, A2SEA will deploy its offshore installation vessel, Sea Installer, to work on the turbines at the site located 120 kilometres off the coast. ”It
DONG Energy has exercised an option for a second Service Operation Vessel (SOV) at Østensjø Rederi, which once built will transfer turbine technicians to the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One wind farm. The 81-metre long vessel will be delivered in the third quarter of 2018. She is a sister vessel to the SO
The offshore wind industry will soon launch its latest reference guide: the Offshore WIND Vessel Directory 2016. This third edition of the directory, produced in close cooperation with the vessel builders and operators in the industry, offers an updated overview of the available vessels in the marke
Denmark’s A2SEA has contracted two UK shipyards to fabricate and install sea fastenings on two of the company’s turbine installation vessels which are set to start working offshore UK. A&P Tyne will fabricate and install the sea fastening on Sea Challenger, which was contracted to work on the 402MW
Siemens Wind Power has awarded Aqualis Offshore with a contract for a series of assessments of a jack-up vessel in relation to maintenance operations that the vessel will perform on offshore wind turbines at a variety of wind farms in the North Sea. Aqualis Offshore’s office in London, UK, will cond
Gardline Geosurvey Ltd and Neptune have entered into a strategic partnership which will see Gardline’s DP2 multi-role survey vessel, the MV Kommandor, enhanced with the permanent installation of Neptune’s Explorer 06 100HP Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Manned by staff from both companies, the ves
Norway’s Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA completed their merger today, 5 May, with Bonheur ASA as the surviving entity. The completed merger implies that all assets, rights and obligations of Ganger Rolf ASA are transferred into Bonheur ASA. As a corollary, Ganger Rolf ASA is liquidated and deleted
Turbine Transfers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holyhead Towing Company, has won a contract to support Van Oord during the installation of foundations at the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay. Porth Eilian, an 18-metre offshore support vessel, has been deployed to provid
Island Phoenix, a 14-metre South Boats IOW-built jet drive catamaran has joined the Commercial Rib Charter (CRC) fleet after a signing ceremony held at the South Boats IOW headquarters in Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 3 May. ”This multipurpose catamaran is a perfect fit for CRC,’’ said CRC director
