On March 7, Jan De Nul’s (JDN) new multipurpose vessel, named Isaac Newton, hit the water from slipway No. 2 at the Uljanik shipyard. After launching a few barges, this was the first launch of a large vessel for the Croatian shipyard in 2015. Furthermore, Isaac Newton is the first DP2-class dynamic
On March 3, over 60 visitors attended Iceni Marine Services’ celebration of the arrival of the company’s new wind farm support vessel (WFSV) in London. Before leaving to work on a significant O&M contract, Iceni Venture sailed up the River Thames on Tuesday and moored at St. Katharine Docks, Tower B
Hamburg-based Opus Marine has signed an order for a Twin Axe hull Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) from Damen Shipyards Group. The FCS 2610, being constructed at Damen Shipyards Singapore, will be the first Damen vessel in Opus Marine’s fleet. Following delivery, the FCS 2610, which Opus Marine is going to
Tidal Transit’s vessel Katie Louise and her crew will work on washing the towers of the 88 wind turbines which make up the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, located between 9-17 miles off the coast of North Norfolk in the Greater Wash. “This is an industry cleaning project of different scale,” sa
MMT, contracted by Offshore Marine Management (OMM), has completed geophysical, geotechnical and cable crossing surveys in preparation for the installation of the COBRAcable, which will connect the Netherlands and Denmark. The project was completed with a four-vessel solution between early September
On March 7, Jan De Nul launched the world’s largest multipurpose cable laying vessel Isaac Newton at the Uljanik shipyard in Pula, Croatia. The Isaac Newton will be able to perform different jobs as a trenching and offshore support vessel, as a subsea rock installation vessel and as a cable laying v
Acta Marine has acquired Offshore Wind Services B.V. (OWS) of Rotterdam, including the UK subsidiary OWPMS Ltd. OWS owns 10 Crew Transfer Vessel that are operated to transfer technicians and parts to and from offshore wind turbines. OWS will be renamed Acta Marine Wind Services. The daily management
CTruk, in collaboration with BMT Nigel Gee, has added a 26m Semi-SWATH vessel to its offering, for which it believes to be an ideal solution to meet the increasingly complex demands of the burgeoning European offshore wind industry. Essex-based CTruk is the second largest producer of crew transfer v
Jan De Nul’s new multipurpose vessel Isaac Newton was launched at the Croatian shipyard Uljanik Brodogradiliste on Saturday, March 7. The vessel can be deployed on a variety of projects: installing subsea cables, trench dredging and subsea rock installation. In cable-installation mode, Isaac Newton
CTruk has decided to feature the Volvo IPS system on its second CTruk MPC22. Since the launch of its first-of-class CTruk MPC22 late last year, the company has incorporated performance feedback into future builds. The 22m multi-purpose catamaran with 7.5m beam and 1.25m draft has a 20 tonne flexible
Following successful sea trails on Southampton Water, ‘Iceni Venture’ was handed over to Iceni Marine Services, based in Lowestoft on 27 February. Prior to the vessel commencing work on a significant O&M contract, ‘Iceni Venture’ was sailed up the River Thames and moored at St. Katharine Docks, Towe
Van Oord will deploy Nexus, its first cable-laying vessel for constructing offshore wind parks, with a two-day event on the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam. Ms J. Damen-Carli, the wife of Mr K. Damen, member of the supervisory board at Van Oord and chairman of Damen Shipyards Group, will christen the ve
The operational management of the Acta Orion, the flagship of Den Helder based company Acta Marine, will be carried out by specialist ship managers SeaMar Services, also based in Den Helder. Both parties signed an agreement for a number of years. The Acta Orion, a 108m long and 16m wide wind farm su
Piriou has secured a new order for a wind farm support vessel, the WFSV 26w “Ocean Wind 8 of Hartlepool”. Built by PIRIOU in Vietnam, “Ocean Wind 8 of Hartlepool” will be delivered to AIS (Marine) 2 Limited at the end of March 2015 in Europe to be operated in the North Sea. The vessel […]
