Heerema Marine Contractors’ semisubmersible crane vessel Balder has replaced Saipem 3000 at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland, taking over the installation of piles for the project’s jacket foundations. Balder arrived at the project site in October to install the first ten jacket f
Norway-headquartered Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract for two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) from Pelagic Power. Under the contract, which is worth NOK 300 million (approximately EUR 29 million), Kongsberg Maritime will be responsible for providing advanced vessel design and e
Edda Wind has ordered another Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) from Gondan Shipbuilders in Spain. This will be vessel number six in the series built at Astilleros Gondán shipyard in addition to the existing vessels Edda Passat and Edda Mistral delivered by the same yard in 2018. The ves
Edda Wind and Ørsted have extended the charter agreement for the service operation vessel (SOV) Edda Passat, prolonging its deployment on the Race Bank offshore wind farm in the UK for seven months after the firm contract expires in March 2023. The contract has been extended at day rates in excess o
Strategic Marine has signed an order to build three crew transfer vessels (CTVs) from Chartwell Marine which will be progressively delivered between 2023 and 2024. The Brevity-class catamaran design vessel is 27 metres long and has a capacity of 32 personnel. Due to its signature hull form optimisat
The Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) has launched IWS Skywalker, the first Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in the Skywalker series, chartered for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. The vessel will now continue outfitting alongside the yard’s quay to be ready for oper
Cyprus-headquartered alternative investment fund manager Pelagic Partners has made entry into the offshore wind market with a 2+2+2 newbuild order for Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) at Cochin Shipyard in India. The order has a value of over EUR 350 million and the vessels are expect
CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has signed a contract that covers the transportation and installation of the foundations, turbines, and offshore substations for the Hai Long offshore wind farms in Taiwan. This milestone between CDWE and Hai Long Offshore Wind follows nearly three years of planning
Mainprize Offshore has won a contract for the provision of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) during the construction phase of the Vesterhav Nord and Syd offshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea. Under the contract, awarded following a tendering procedure, the UK-based company will be providing a 24-pa
The Service Operations Vessel (SOV) Windea Leibniz has returned to Ulstein Verft in Norway for an upgrade after which the vessel will be ready for assignments in the Baltic Sea as well as the North Sea, with a status as a Construction Service Operations Vessel (CSOV). Windea Leibniz, the second SOV
Huisman has completed a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for its first Jacking Gearbox, which will be part of the Jacking System that is specifically designed for wind turbine installation jack-up vessels. The Jacking System is available in two gear versions – L and XL versions – suitable for vessel de
Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel Wind Osprey has installed the 70th Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbine at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The installation of the 70th turbine marks the halfway milestone on the 140-turbine project, Cadeler said. Once
The developers of the West of Orkney Windfarm have completed its 2022 offshore and nearshore surveys for the project area, located around 25 kilometres off the Sutherland coast in Scotland. This milestone achievement covered geophysical and benthic surveys of the seabed across the 675 km2 offshore o
Norway-headquartered GC Rieber Shipping has placed an order for two WindKeeper service operations vessels (SOVs) for offshore wind operations at Cemre shipyard in Türkiye. The shipowner and project house has set up a stand-alone company for the vessels called WindKeeper with a total investment of ap
