Acta Marine, the owner and operator of construction service operations vessels (CSOVs) for the offshore wind industry, will deliver one of its four CSOVs currently being built in Turkey under a French flag. Currently under construction at Tersan Shipyard, CSOV Acta Pegasus will fly the French flag,
The Netherlands’ Damen Group has signed a contract with Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM) for the construction of a new service operation vessel (SOV) that will serve offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The SOV will be built at the Damen shipyard in Vietnam and is slated for delivery at the end of 2026. This is
Florida-based St. Johns Ship Building has delivered Windea Enterprise, the second of three Jones Act-compliant crew transporter vessels (CTVs) ordered by Windea CTV, a partnership of Hornblower Wind and MidOcean Wind. This marks the third CTV delivery by St. Johns within six months. At the beginning
China-based Tier 1 supplier to the offshore wind industry, ZTT, will put its flagship monopile installation vessel Zhongtian 39, launched in October 2023, through an upgrade to prepare the vessel “to take on its next mission with unmatched capabilities”. The upgrade will include the integration of a
Damen Shipyards Group has developed a new concept for offshore charging said to offer a way to dramatically reduce emissions during the operational phase of an offshore wind farm. The system envisages a fully electric crew transfer vessel (CTV) which can charge at either a turbine or one of Damen’s
UK-headquartered North Star has secured debt investment of up to GBP 425 million (approximately EUR 500 million) to accelerate its ambition to add 40 hybrid service operation vessels (SOV) to its fleet by 2040. The committed financial package of GBP 225 million includes term facilities from existing
The first of Cadeler’s M-class wind turbine installation vessels, Wind Maker, has been launched at Hanwha Ocean’s shipyard in South Korea. Eneti, which merged with Cadeler last year, placed an order with Hanwha Ocean, formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, for two Gusto MSC NG
DEME Group has launched Yellowstone, said to be the world’s largest fallpipe vessel, which is now preparing for its first project, the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), the largest offshore wind farm under construction in the United States. Officially named by the Princess of Belgium, He
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the third Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid in an order of three to the offshore wind services provider, Purus. The vessels have been designed to provide low crew transfer services to the offshore wind sector. The contract for the three vessels was signed in Oc
North Star has secured a contract with Siemens Gamesa to build a hybrid service operations vessel (SOV) bound for long-term charter at the 1.4 GW East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm, located off the Suffolk coast, England. The construction project for the SOV of VARD 4 19 design has been awarded by
The keel for the first Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV) for the US offshore wind industry, Acadia, was laid on 2 May at the Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The vessel was ordered by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) in 2021 and the first steel for
Denmark’s Cadeler has inked an installation vessel reservation agreement with an undisclosed client, worth up to EUR 700 million, for upcoming wind farm installation projects. If all options are exercised during the four-year agreement, this would represent the largest deal in Cadeler’s history, the
Cadeler has placed an order with China’s COSCO Heavy Industries for its third A-class wind farm installation vessel, scheduled to be delivered in the first half of 2027. Cadeler has entered into a binding contract for the manufacture and delivery of its third A-class vessel, Wind Apex. The contract
Iberdrola has contracted Van Oord for the installation of wind turbine foundations and the supply and installation of inter-array cables for the Windanker offshore wind farm that the Spanish renewable energy company is building in the German sector of the Baltic Sea. Under the contract, the Dutch of
