DEME has contracted Innosea to assess the operability of its jack-up vessel Innovation ahead of the construction work on the 496 MW Iles d’Yeu and Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France. Under the contract, Innosea, part of the renewable energy consultant OWC, will provide a range of advanced engi
Edda Wind’s commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) Edda Boreas has commenced the contract for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, under which the vessel will be supporting commissioning operations for the next two years. The company took delivery of Edda Boreas from Gondan Shipyard in
North Star’s second hybrid-propulsion service operation vessel (SOV), which the shipbuilder and designer Vard just delivered to the company, will be mobilised for work on Dogger Bank Wind Farm three months earlier than planned as North Star was awarded new scope on Dogger Bank A. The new SOV, named
Bernhard Schulte Offshore has signed an agreement with Ulstein Verft for the design and construction of two methanol-ready commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs), with options to order four additional vessels. The CSOVs, measuring 89.6 metres in length with a beam of 19.2 metres, are of the
Vard has delivered the Grampian Derwent service operation vessel (SOV) to North Star, the second of four SOVs designed and being built by Vard that have been chartered to support operations and maintenance (O&M) work at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK. The delivery of Grampian De
Ørsted and Esvagt have signed an agreement for a second methanol-powered service operation vessel (SOV). The SOV is a sister vessel to the world’s first methanol-powered SOV which is scheduled to enter service off the UK East Coast in 2024. The second SOV will be ready for launch in 2026, where it w
A keel laying ceremony was held for Cadeler’s first X-class wind turbine installation vessel at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Qidong, China. The vessel is the first of two that Cadeler has ordered from COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry under a contract signed with the company in June 2021
The fast-paced development of the offshore wind industry is causing the emergence of new, unforeseen jobs to which ports cannot cater as there is a lack of people and a lack of port capacity, Jesper Bank, Chief Commercial Officer of Port Esbjerg, said during a presentation in Denmark. Although the n
Belgium-based DEME has announced that the vessel Green Jade, the first floating, DP3 heavy lift and installation ship constructed in Taiwan, officially joined its fleet. Green Jade joined DEME’s fleet after a naming ceremony was held at the Kaohsiung shipyard in Taiwan. The vessel is similar to Orio
Blåvinge, a consortium comprising Fred. Olsen Seawind, Hafslund and Ørsted, has launched a pilot project that aims to explore whether installation vessels for floating offshore wind, and in particular anchor handling vessels, can use green ammonia as an energy carrier for maritime operations. The go
Jan De Nul’s heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has arrived at the Port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands to kick off and load the first monopiles to be installed at Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in Germany. Jan De Nul’s newbuild vessel will soon arrive on the offshore construction site located off the north
GEOxyz has been selected by the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to carry out geophysical and geotechnical surveys for the export cable route for the Nederwiek III offshore wind farm (NW3) in the Netherlands. The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and TenneT are pla
Ørsted has designed and developed its own uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for offshore metocean measurement campaigns. The USV has also achieved DNV’s type validation as a floating LiDAR system and is set to enter serial production. The company, whose employees invented the concept which has now been
Cadeler has purchased the latest-generation Liebherr Ram Luffing Offshore Crane for its O-class wind farm installation vessel (WFIV) Wind Osprey. The acquisition is part of the company’s upgrade initiatives through which by early 2024, its O-class vessels will be ready to support the next generation
