CAPE Holland, a Venterra Group company, has secured a contract with CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) to supply its CAPE VLT-640 Tandem Vibro Lifting Tool for the installation of pin piles for the offshore wind turbine and substation jacket foundations at the Fengmiao 1 project site in Taiwan. CDWE,
Windward Offshore has taken delivery of its second commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), Windward Paris, from Vard, which delivered the new vessel ahead of schedule at its Vard Brattvaag yard, according to the vessel owner. The CSOV follows the delivery of the company’s first vessel of this
Dutch shipbuilder and designer Neptune Marine has launched the hull of the dual-fuel cable installation and repair vessel destined for compatriot N-Sea Group. The hull of the 100-metre-long cable-laying vessel (CLV) Altera hit the water last weekend, starting its journey from the shipyard in Poland
DeepOcean has upgraded a multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel it chartered from Olympic Subsea with dedicated cable-lay and installation capacity for offshore wind. The two Norwegian companies entered into a two-year time charter agreement for Olympic Ares in March 2023, with an op
Cadeler has signed a preferred supplier agreement for the transportation and installation of monopiles and transition pieces at a large offshore wind farm located in European waters, the company said on 28 January, without disclosing the client or project details. Under the agreement, which is subje
UK-based XLCC has rebranded and relaunched as Aquora, with a focus on cable installation and manufacturing to address the “critical demand” for high-voltage cable supply in the UK and Europe. Aquora will focus first on installation, utilising a new, UK-flagged cable-lay vessel (CLV), which will also
Kongsberg Maritime said on 26 January that the company would support a floating wind construction (FWCV) vessel by HANA Shipping “with a complete deck machinery package designed for demanding offshore operations”. The new 127-metre vessel is being built for the Ulsan floating wind projects in South
Government officials from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK are set to sign a declaration confirming the ambition to build 300 GW of offshore wind in the North Seas by 2050, and an investment pact with the offshore wind industry and transmissi
Wind turbine installation at EnBW’s He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany has reached the halfway mark with 32 of the total of 64 Vestas 15 MW turbines now in place, the developer said on 22 January. Cadeler’s installation vessel Wind Orca installed the first V236-15.0 MW wind turbine at the He Dr
The global fleet of offshore wind installation vessels could support achieving up to 400 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, provided that additional vessels are ordered and deployed, alongside supportive market conditions, according to a scenario study by the Kuehne Climate Center. The study also
Vard has delivered a new vessel built for Norwind Offshore, Norwind Maestro, which will be deployed on a German offshore wind farm. The new commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) is built to the VARD 4 19 design and constructed at Vard Shipyards Romania, with final outfitting, commissioning,
SAFEEN Drydocks, part of Noatum Maritime and a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports (AD Ports) Group, has acquired full ownership of Astilleros Balenciaga Shipyard in Spain for a total consideration of EUR 11.2 million. The shipyard, which will be known as Balenciaga Shipyard going forward, has delivered a
Norway-headquartered subsea services provider OMS Group has signed contracts with Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein for the design and construction of two cable-laying vessels (CLVs). Designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions, the ULSTEIN SX252 vessels will be 130 metres long and 22 metres wide and will ha
Only one wind turbine is left to be installed at the Vineyard Wind 1 site off Massachusetts, according to the project owner’s complaint filed with the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The 806 MW offshore wind farm was planned to be completed by 31 March and start delivering power
DEME has taken delivery of its second new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Norse Energi, at the CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China, after the first WTIV, Norse Wind, was delivered last year. The company’s new vessels are already contracted on offshore wind projects and will start working in the
