Siemens Gamesa, Amasus Offshore, and deugro Danmark have entered into a long-term charter agreement for two newbuild vessels, Rotra Futura and Rotra Horizon, customized for transporting offshore wind turbine components, which will be delivered in 2025. The new concept builds upon the existing Rotra
Jan De Nul’s new offshore wind installation vessel Voltaire has called Port Esbjerg after arriving from the UAE and before heading to the UK for its first assignment. Voltaire is so far the largest installation vessel to call the Danish port, where it will mobilise for work on Dogger Bank Wind Farm.
Umoe Mandal has selected Shoreline Wind’s O&M Design software for its high-speed crew transfer vessels (CTVs) working in offshore wind to deliver accurate outputs for maintenance strategies and costs for offshore wind developers and operators. The Norwegian shipbuilder’s fleet of CTVs for offshore w
Norway-based shipbuilding company Vard has signed new contracts for the design and construction of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) for the UK support vessel operator North Star. The ships are of VARD 4 22 design, produced in collaboration with Vard Design in Ålesund, Norway. The
SMST has been awarded a contract by Damen Shipyards for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment for the two newbuilds Elevation Series Commissioning Service Operating Vessels (CSOVs) for Windcat Offshore. Under the contract, SMST will deliver a gangway (Telescopic Access Bridge L-Series) combi
NOV has once again signed contracts with CIMC Raffles to supply a GustoMSC™ NG-20000X self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel design for Havfram’s second vessel on order at the shipyard. The NG-20000X-HF vessels are among the largest wind installation jack-ups in the industry, NOV sa
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has released a report on the US offshore wind market, outlining a rapidly growing pipeline of projects across 32 leases totaling 51,377 MW of expected capacity which is enough to power the equivalent of more than 20 million homes. Altough the US currently l
The offshore wind sector must take action to address a rising tide of mechanical breakdown issues, component failures, and serial defects ensuing from the deployment of ever-larger offshore wind, according to GCube Insurance (GCube), an underwriter for renewable energy projects. GCube’s new report,
Ziton has entered into new strategic agreements with the wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa, extending the current charter contract it has with the company and signing a new charter for another jack-up vessel. The current charter agreement for the vessel Wind Enterprise will be extended for four and
Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eneti, has signed a contract with an undisclosed client in northwest Europe for one of its NG2500-class vessels. The contract is planned to start in the fourth quarter of 2023 and it has a duration of between 90 and 145 days. According to Eneti, the
Denmark-based Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has ordered two next-generation crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to be delivered in 2024. The two vessels will form a new class of N-O-S-designed CTVs called the I-Class and are part of a newbuilding and conversion programme intended to meet the offshore
Fugro has completed what is said to be the world’s first fully remote ROV inspection of an offshore wind farm using its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The operations were carried out at the Aberdeen offshore wind farm in the North Sea, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment
German offshore wind developer RWE and maritime support provider Acta Marine have signed a long-term vessel supply agreement which they say will pave the way for the decarbonisation of offshore wind farm operations. According to the companies, the agreement is to build and operate two ‘green’ servic
Cyan Renewables has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with China-based Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry to build its first Ulstein-design foundation installation vessel (FIV). The vessel will be equipped with a crane of at least 5,000 tonnes, with the design specifically optimised for efficient installat
