Njord Offshore has taken delivery of its latest crew vessels. Delivered today, Njord Odin is the first out of four 26m IPS Class vessel to be delivered this year. The vessel, capable of transferring 12 passengers and four crew members, is expected to undergo sea-trials this month. Njord Offshore man
The first Wave Craft vessel has been christened and is now undergoing sea trials outside the yard in Mandal. Owned by Umoe Wind and built by Umoe Mandal, the vessel, Umoe Ventus, was christened by CEO Jens Ulltveit- Moe’s wife earlier this month. If everything goes as planned, the vessels will head
On February 9th 2015, the first Seatower gravity based foundation (GBS) for the Fecamp offshore wind farm was successfully installed 15km off the coast of Normandy. During the course of this project, towage specialist BOLUDA FRANCE provided its expertise, procurement and towage services to contribut
Team Humber Marine Alliance’s (THMA) Chairman Mark O’Reilly was at the Port of Grimsby yesterday, where he got onboard the ESVAGT FROUDE, Siemens new Service Operation Vessel (SOV). Havyard Ship Technology from Norway has designed and built the vessel, specially purposed to provide service and maint
James Fisher Marine Services’s (JFMS) multi-purpose wind farm support vessel, Dart Fisher, has been formally named by the vessel’s Godmother Maria McCaffery MBE, CEO of RenewableUK at a dedication service held at Griffon Hoverwork, Southampton. The service, attended by key customers, partners and Th
Esvagt’s first offshore wind Service Operation Vessel (SOV), “ESVAGT FROUDE”, went on contract on Wednesday February 18th, while her sister ship, “ESVAGT FARADAY” is contracted to start at the beginning of April – in both cases to work for Siemens Wind Power. The German energy company has provisiona
Clinton Marine Survey AB has increased the fleet with another survey vessel. M/V Wind was purpose built for the Swedish Maritime Administration, as hydrographic survey vessel, at Boghammar Marin AB shipyard in Sweden. The vessel will deliver a state-of-the-art resolution to the survey market and has
DBB Jack-Up’s newbuild WIND SERVER was awarded the Offshore Renewables Award 2015 at the Annual Offshore Support Journal’s conference held on Wednesday in London. The award was given to J/U WIND SERVER as the vessel provides a new way to service and maintain offshore wind turbines and fills a gap in
Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV has ordered a self-propelled DP2 crane ship from Royal IHC. The vessel will be operated by Scaldis. The design was drawn up in-house in cooperation with Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam, part of Royal IHC on the basis of the extensive experience that Scaldis has acc
Seacat Services, an offshore energy support vessel operator, launched Seacat Courageous, the firm’s second 26-metre crew transfer vessel. Seacat Courageous, which will hit the water for the first time following an official naming ceremony this morning at the South Boats IOW yard in Cowes, is set to
MPI Offshore will use Teesport Commerce Park in Middlesbrough to use as its UK base over the next six years. The lease agreement, signed with PD Ports, will see MPI Offshore establish a base for its fleet of installation vessels, which include the MPI Adventure, Resolution, Discovery and Enterprise.
Today the crane vessel Rambiz, towed by the Multratug 4, arrived at the Dutch port of IJmuiden. Here it will pick up the OHVS for installation at the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, some 23 kilometres off the coast. Installation will take place in the next few days depending on suitable weat
BLG Logistics has transported over 600 tons of heavy equipment for the MPI Enterprise installation vessel (previously known as VICTORIA MATHIAS) that MPI Offshore recently acquired from RWE Innogy. The ship’s equipment, that was temporarily stored in Bremerhaven, has now been transported to the Cont
Turbine Transfers Ltd has reported healthy activity in the Crew Transfer Vessel market after winning new contracts and gaining extensions to existing deals from several major customers. The Wales-based company will shortly be sending six CTVs to the Ijsselmeer to work on Siemen’s new Westermeerwind
