The first X-STERN™ is currently being mounted on the first of two newbuilds to serve the offshore wind service industry. The vessels will be operated by Windea Offshore. Yno 309 and 310 are scheduled for delivery from Ulstein Verft in 2016 and 2017. In addition to being the first vessels from Ulstei
CWind has been awarded a contract for the supply of temporary power supply services to Siemens at Gode Wind offshore wind farm (OWF). Gode Wind 1 (252 MW) and Gode Wind 2 (330 MW) wind power plants are being erected off the North Sea island of Juist, around 45 kilometers from the German coast in [&h
Acta Marine has announced that Rob Boer will join its management board as managing director end of September. Rob Boer (53) has held leadership positions at Dockwise, Nordic Heavy Lift, Van Es Group/Jack-up Barge and recently focused on the offshore wind service and support markets. Acta Marine has
Statkraft has entered into an initial six month charter agreement with Tidal Transit to use the WaveCraft to transport its O&M turbine technicians into its Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm field. The 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is located from 9-17 miles off the coast of North Norfo
Windcat Workboats has launched its latest vessel for the growing renewable energy industry at ABP’s Port of Lowestoft. The vessel, ‘Windcat 38,’ is the first to be launched following the signing of a long term lease agreement between ABP and Windcat Workboats for their new marine engineering facilit
Wind turbine installation vessel, MPI Adventure, installed the final blade of the 80-turbine Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm earlier this week. This operation formed part of an ongoing, long-term charter-party agreement with E.On and followed a foundation installation campaign undertaken by anothe
Alewijnse Marine Systems and international dredging and marine contractor Van Oord have signed a long-term service level agreement covering the Van Oord cable-laying vessels Nexus and HAM601. The contract was started on 1 September 2015 and will run for three years. The partnership involves the mana
Harlingen-based SeaZip Offshore Service BV has signed a newbuilding order for two Damen Fast Crew Suppliers (FCS) 2610. The vessels are yet to be built are expected to be delivered in March 2016 and will primarily be deployed in the building, operation and maintenance of large-scale wind farms in th
Specialist Marine Consultants Ltd (SMC) are providing offshore Marine Coordination for Siemens on Gode Wind 1 & 2. The Gode Wind 1 & 2 project comprises of 97 Siemens 6MW turbines, the first of which was installed in early August. Gode Wind, in the German part of the North Sea, is a DONG Energy proj
CWind has named the latest workboat to join its fleet of crew transfer vessels. CWind Spirit, a 22m catamaran destined to support offshore wind projects in the UK and continental Europe, was named by Gemma Ross at a ceremony in Ipswich. Gemma, a Bid Manager at CWind, was chosen in a draw among staff
Prysmian Group has chartered Global Marine Systems Limited’s cable-laying vessel, the C.S. Sovereign, for the work on 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Her remit will be to install inter array cables, from mid-2016 into early 2017, at the German offshore wind farm that is currentl
MPI Workboats has recently increased its presence at the Sheringham Shoal wind farm. Following a first half to the year at the site, BV Class 22m vessels MPI Snowball and MPI Napoleon have joined two 19m vessels. To remind, MPI Workboats has secured a long-term crew-transfer vessel solution working
The Turbine Transfers vessel “Porth Dinllaen” yesterday undertook an emergency medical evacuation of a critically ill passenger from a Cruise vessel in the Irish Sea. The Port Dinllaen was undertaking her normal work of surveying in the Liverpool channel, for client Van Oord when she was asked to re
BMO Offshore has won the competitive tender for providing vessel motion monitoring systems for the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, jointly owned by SSE and RWE. In April 2015, SSE issued a Request for Information for Vessel Motion Monitoring Systems on the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm, whi
