Massachusetts-based Imtra has recently delivered a searchlight, wipers and LED lights to the first US-flagged offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel (CTV) – the Atlantic Pioneer. Imtra has supplied the Colorlight CL20 high-output searchlight, Decca Straight Line wiper system, and LED deck, interior
Statoil has shared a timelapse of the 1,500-tonne jacket for the Dudgeon substation being loaded onto a barge in Lowestoft yesterday. The jacket, built by Sembmarine SLP, will be towed around 100 kilometres to the offshore construction site located some 32 kilometres off the coast of North Norfolk,
A&P Group’s Tyne yard has secured a maintenance and repair contract for MPI Offshore’s wind turbine installation vessel MPI Adventure, docked at A&P Group’s Hebburn yard last week ahead of a two-week programme of works. The 20,000-tonne vessel has recently been contracted to support the commissionin
The story of offshore wind farms moving farther from shore and wind turbines being installed in deeper waters does not finish with gigantic vessels and foundations, but extends to the almost entire supply chain, where equipment is also getting bigger and services are being adapted to the industry’s
Atlantic Marine has completed the removal of boulders from the seabed where export cables for DONG Energy’s 580MW Race Bank offshore wind farm will be laid. The company used the ROV/boulder & UXO removal vessel Atlantic Explorer to carry out the task over a four-month period. Race Bank is located so
DONG Energy and Seacat Services have signed a two-year contract for four crew transfer vessels to support construction operations at the Race Bank offshore wind farm. Ian Baylis, Managing Director of Seacat Services, said: “Our work with DONG Energy on Race Bank over the coming months will enable us
Danish shipping company Blue Water Shipping (BWS) has won a contract to handle and transport jackets and piles constructed for the 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. The wind farm comprises 70 turbines with four-legged jackets fastened to the seabed with four p
Antwerp-based Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors N.V. has chosen the name of Gulliver for its heavy lift, DP2 vessel currently under construction in China. Gulliver, formerly known as RAMBIZ 4000 due to its lifting capacity, got its name following the keel laying ceremony held at the Hong Qiang sh
Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, the developer of the 40MW Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm in Pori, Finland, and Jan De Nul NV, the project’s main contractor for marine construction, have invited local businesses to join the two companies in constructing the world’s first offshore wind farm suitable for icy cond
Vroon has taken delivery of VOS Star, the second and final subsea-support vessel (SSV) in a series ordered at China’s Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding. The vessel, a DP2, SPS-coded, 68-metre SSV, was delivered during a short ceremony held at the shipyard on 13 April 2016. VOS Star left the shipyard on
Over the last weekend, Belgium’s GeoSea installed the final foundation at the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm located approximately 40 kilometres north of the island of Juist in the German part of the North Sea. All 54 monopile foundations were also fitted with the associated transition pieces
E.ON has awarded Turbine Transfers with a contract for three vessels to be deployed at the Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The UK wind farm service and support vessel operator has been working at the site for the previous few years, and was now chosen to continue the work for a furth
Frisia-Offshore GmbH has added another 22-metre catamaran – the Wind Force III – to its fleet of Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs). The Wind Force III is identical to the company’s 2009-built Wind Force I and the 2013-built Wind Force II. The new CTV will join the sister ships in transferring offshore te
The floating hotel Wind Ambition has set off on a new campaign to provide accommodation for crews working on four offshore wind farms in the German North Sea, C-bed, the owner and operator of the vessel said without specifying which farms the crews will be servicing. The project commenced in April 2
