Forewind has used its latest operations and maintenance trip to the meteorological masts on Dogger Bank to trial new technology and methodology. The trip enabled aerial inspection and survey contractor Cyberhawk to utilise a new advanced camera technology to inspect the overall status of the met mas
Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm), part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, is currently undertaking a major modification and maintenance project on A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer, which arrived at DSAm on 10 April. The yard’s primary focus will be to upgrade the vessel’s main crane. With its in
The Damen Shipyards Group and GustoMSC have started collaborating in order to produce a range of self-propelled and non-self-propelled jack-up platforms for the offshore industries – the DG JACK range. The collaboration, announced at this year’s OTC in Houston, will be based on GustoMSC’s track reco
Dutch SMST has been awarded a contract for the delivery of a 3D motion compensated crane (MCC) for Østensjø Rederi’s new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) which will be deployed at the 580MW Race Bank wind farm offshore UK. The SMST motion compensated crane is designed to transfer equipment to an offsh
Liebherr’s offshore crane division installed a board offshore crane, type BOS 35000, on the Giant 7 heavy lift barge, which installed the first foundations at the Wikinger offshore wind farm at the end of the last month. The crane was specially developed for the use on Giant 7, and the entire projec
HeavyLift@Sea, a German designer of offshore and multipurpose vessels, has presented a design for a purpose-built Offshore Accommodation Vessel (OAV) for operations at offshore wind farms. The OAV serves as a base for up to 60 technicians and crew members. It features 60 single cabins, acoustically
Offshore construction of the Nordergründe wind farm is kicking off this week, with the MPI Enterprise vessel already loading monopiles and transition pieces in Cuxhaven, according to German media. After being contacted by Offshore WIND, wpd, the developer of the offshore wind project, confirmed the
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has introduced a new design for a cable laying vessel featuring an in-house developed Cable Arch system. The LX109 vessel combines the Ulstein Cable Arch system with open top vessel design, resulting in a total of 12,500 tonnes of power cable that can
Remøy Management AS applied to fill several positions on ABB’s new cable-laying vessel, to be delivered next year, and advertised job vacancies. Deemed the world’s most modern cable-layer, the vessel is under construction at Kleven shipyard in Norway, with delivery expected in the first half of 2017
Olympic Shipping, a Norwegian owner and operator of offshore service vessels, has contracted its inspection, maintenance and repair ship Olympic Delta to an unnamed international client for a renewable energy project. The Olympic Delta will start its charter in August for a fixed period of 120 days
Norway’s Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA will complete their merger on 6 May, with Bonheur ASA as the surviving entity, the companies said in a stock filing. The last day the two companies will trade separately on the Oslo Stock Exchange will be 4 May, according to the statement. The merger will be
The cable-laying vessel Siem Aimery, the latest vessel added to the Siem Offshore fleet, was christened in a naming ceremony on Wednesday, 27 April, at the Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Gdansk, Poland. The vessel will now undergo final mobilisation prior to commencing cable loading activities for i
Her Majesty the Queen of Belgium christened the new offshore installation vessel of the Jan De Nul Group today. The vessel, named Vole au Vent, was christened in the Port of Ostend – the base port of Jan de Nul’s team for the Nobelwind (Bligh Bank Phase 2) project – in the presence of the family and
Norway-headquartered ship designer and shipbuilder Ulstein has launched its first ever wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) at its Ulstein Verft yard in Ulsteinvik. The SOV, yet to be officially named, is the first of two being constructed for Bernhard Schulte Offshore. She is chartered out to S
