Jan De Nul’s new jack-up vessel Voltaire has arrived in the port of Able Seaton, UK, from where it is set to start installing GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in early July. Jan De Nul took delivery of Voltaire from China’s COSCO Shipping Shipyard at the end [&
LD Tide, a joint venture between French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and UK-based Tidal Transit, has ordered a hybrid-ready crew transfer vessel (CTV) from Singapore-based Strategic Marine to add to its fleet of vessels servicing offshore wind farms in France. LD Tide currently own
Japan-based Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL) has concluded a time charter contract with Shimizu Corporation for two crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind project in Japan. This marks the MOL Group’s entry into the CTV business. MOL Group company MOL Coastal Shipping will o
Siemens Gamesa has selected LD Tide (a joint venture between Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit) to provide a crew transfer vessel (CTV) that will be used for the operation and maintenance of the 497 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in France. Following an international call for tenders, Siemens
Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries has launched South Korea’s “first” offshore wind installation vessel, named the Hyundai Frontier. The 14,000-tonne vessel is 85 metres long, 41 metres wide, and 6.5 metres high. Hyundai Frontier is equipped with a dynamic position system that maintains an accur
A steel-cutting ceremony was held for North Star’s service operation vessel (SOV) NB 945 at Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam. This is the fourth SOV to be delivered from VARD to North Star for operation on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the North Sea. In March 2021, North Star won the initial contract for [&h
Jan De Nul Group has signed an agreement with RWE for the long-term chartering of two next-generation installation vessels for future offshore wind foundation and turbine construction. The charters are supported by a Service Agreement through which Jan De Nul will provide both in-house and market so
Baltic Workboats (BWB) and Damen Shipyards have signed a partnership agreement for a programme of building Damen’s popular crew transfer vessel (CTV), the Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710, at BWB’s facility on Saaremaa Island in Estonia. The FCS 2710 is a versatile vessel and those built by BWB will un
Norway-based Norwind Offshore has taken delivery of the first of four Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) built by Vard. The delivery ceremony took place in Ålesund, on the west coast of Norway. The naming ceremony was attended by representatives of Norwind Offshore, as well as from Vard
Jan De Nul Group has awarded Huisman a contract for the delivery of a 3,500mt Monopile Spreader Bar that will be equipped on Jan De Nul’s two next-generation installation vessels. The Spreader Bar will support and optimise the installation of offshore wind turbines since it is able to handle monopil
North Star has held a naming ceremony for the Grampian Tyne service operation vessel (SOV) that will be deployed at the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. The vessel was named at Equinor’s Port of Tyne base in the North East of England ahead of its early handover to the Dogger Bank […]
Ulstein Design & Solutions has signed a contract with Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard for two methanol-powered ULSTEIN SX216 construction service operating vessel (CSOV) designs. The vessels will be constructed for the Netherlands-based Acta Marine and will be number 3 and 4 with the TWIN X-STERN solution
Tersan Shipyard has held a keel-laying ceremony for Acta Marine’s second construction service operations vessel (CSOV) NB1121 which is being manufactured in Turkey. Tersan Shipyard is building two DP2 CSOVs for Acta Marine which will be powered with methanol and MDO/HVO. The Dutch vessel owner signe
ABB has secured an order from China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore to deliver an integrated bridge-to-propeller technology for Havfram Wind’s two new NG20000X-HF wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs). ABB scope comprises four Azipod electric main propulsion units with a total propulsion power of
