Kentish Flats Extension export and array cables will commence load out onto two vessels in Nordenham in Germany on 1 May. The vessels BoDo Installer and Nostag 10 will transport the cables to the Kentish Flats Extension site, where they will begin cable laying work later in May. Manufacturing of the
Gardline has commissioned reconfiguration and refurbishment of two 20m crew transfer vessels scheduled for relaunch in Q4 2015. Following the work, the vessels’ foredeck will be extended by 2.2 meters and a two tier wheelhouse will be added allowing for greater visibility as well as capacity for an
Hamburg-based German Renewables Shipbrokers helped in bringing British freight ferry as accommodation vessel into the offshore renewables market. Up to 150 berths for offshore technicians at the windfarm “Nordsee-Ost” were provided by the freight ferry “European Seaway”. For this project the vessel
CTruk will build two more 22m multi-purpose catamaran Wind Farm Service Vessels (WFSVs) for an offshore wind service supplier, CWind, this summer. Peter Jorgensen, CWind managing director, commented on CWind Sword’s performance: “CTruk’s 22m WFSV has proven to be a valuable addition to the CWind fle
This week, the Port of Oostende welcomed the jack-up vessel Thor for the first time. For the next 3 months, Thor will conduct general maintenance on the C-Power (Thornton Bank) offshore wind farm from the Rebo terminal. A few weeks ago, the seasonal maintenance works started on three offshore wind f
Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessel (PTV) Tia Elizabeth is following its sister vessel, Kitty Petra, to fulfill a contract at Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm off the Welsh coast. While the contract for Kitty Petra ended in September 2014, after which she moved on to the Westermost Rough offshor
Global Marine Systems Limited’s vessel Cable Innovator has recently left Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion) after extensive work including the installation of a ballast water treatment (BWT) system and items required for the vessel’s 5-year survey. Global Marine Syste
CWind has ordered four new crew transfer vessels from Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC), a shipbuilding and consulting company based on the Isle of Wight. The order consists of two 23m aluminium catamarans and two 26m aluminium catamarans. CWind currently manages a fleet of 22 dedicated offshore wi
Alicat Workboats Ltd. has delivered the third of class Alicat 21m, ‘Iceni Conquest’ to Iceni Marine Services Ltd., also of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The 21m Alicat design has been proven in service with two other sister craft working on UK offshore wind projects. ‘Iceni Conquest’ has secured a charte
Fugro has been contracted by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, to execute the geotechnical site investigation and geological modelling of sites I and II of the future Borssele wind farm zone. The 1,400MW wind farm zone is located off the Zealand coast at th
Installation of foundations and wind turbines at the Kentish Flats Extension will start on May 1, subject to weather conditions. On behalf of Vattenfall, GeoSea’s offshore wind installation vessel Neptune will be carrying out installation works approximately 8.5 to 13 km north of Herne Bay and Whits
Offshore wind turbines are connected to the grid via subsea cables, through which they transmit electricity. In order to protect the cables, they are usually buried in the seabed. An international offshore and subsea shipping company, Siem Offshore, has demonstrated a typical offshore wind farm arra
Incat Crowther has opened an office in Southampton, United Kingdom, to support a growing European client base and meet the demand for Incat Crowther’s products and services in the region. The company said that this is a result of a strong track record, robust and innovative vessel designs and consul
South Boats IOW has delivered its second of class South Cat 26m, ‘Seacat Courageous’ to Seacat Services Ltd., also of Cowes, Isle of Wight. With the first of class, ‘Seacat Intrepid’, currently working in the German North Sea, the qualities and capabilities of the vessel design have been very appare
