Vard has announced that its first hull for the Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV), ordered by Rem Offshore, arrived at Vard Søviknes in Norway. The hull was launched at Vard Braila in Romania in July and will now be finalised at Vard Søviknes. The CSOV is 85 metres long and has a beam of
St. Johns Ship Building has held a keel laying ceremony for the second Incat Crowther 30 crew transfer vessel (CTV) that the company is building for WINDEA CTV in compliance with Jones Act regulations in the US. At the beginning of this year, WINDEA CTV began construction of its three 30-metre hybri
Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso is en route to the VARD Brattvaag yard in Norway for construction finishing, following its launch at the VARD Tulcea shipyard in Romania last week. Van Oord placed an order with VARD for the 131-metre-long vessel at the end of 2020 as part of the strategy t
The first wind turbine jacket foundation has been installed at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm located some 15.5 kilometres off the East coast of Scotland. Following the arrival of the first 10 steel jackets on site, Saipem, through its subcontractor Heerema, lifted the first steel win
Edda Wind has taken delivery of its service operation vessel (SOV), Edda Brint, from Spain’s Astilleros Balenciaga . Edda Brint is the second vessel delivered as part of a seven-vessel newbuilding programme. This is the first of two SOVs Astilleros Balenciaga is building for Edda Wind. The second SO
Cadeler has signed a Letter of Intent with an undisclosed party described by the Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator as ”a blue chip client in the industry” to explore the possibility of long-term use of one of Cadeler’s two O-class vessels. The LoI covers offshore wind farm assi
Norway-headquartered Equinor has chartered Seacat Columbia, a new BARTech 30 crew transfer vessel (CTV), from Seacat Services, for operations at its Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon wind farms offshore Norfolk, England. The charter will cover service at the 317 MW Sheringham Shoal and the 402 MW Dudgeon
Fugro has finished fieldwork on a geophysical, geotechnical, and environmental site investigation contract for RWE Renewables’ Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farm and export cable routes. The array area covers approximately 1,000 square kilometres with over 100 kilometres of proposed export c
Van Oord’s next-generation green cable-laying vessel Calypso has been launched at VARD’s Tulcea shipyard in Romania. Van Oord laid the keel for its new 130-metre cable-laying vessel in December last year. The Dutch company placed an order with VARD for Calypso a year before the keel laying ceremony
Japan’s Shimizu Corporation has launched and named the 142-metre Self-Elevating Platform (SEP) vessel, Blue Wind, at Japan Marine United Corporation’s JMU Amtech in Aioi City. The jack-up has a total width of 50 metres, a total length of 142 metres, a total tonnage of 28,000t, a maximum lifting capa
Equinor has extended a contract with Island Offshore Shipholding LP for Island Clipper, a combined platform supply vessel (PSV) and walk-to-work (W2W) vessel, which has supported the company’s Oseberg oil and gas field in Norway and is scheduled to also work on the Hywind Tampen floating offshore wi
Vard has launched the hull for the first of two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) ordered by Norwind Offshore at Vard Braila in Romania. The vessel is named Norwind Gale and its hull will be finalised at Vard Brattvaag in Norway, according to the manufacturer. Ordered in October last
The first steel has been cut for the offshore wind installation vessel (WIV) ordered by Maersk Supply Service at the Sembcorp Marine shipyard in Singapore. In March, the Denmark-based Maersk Supply Service ordered a wind turbine installation vessel and won its first contract with Equinor and BP to i
Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler has announced an agreement with an undisclosed customer that secures the utilization of the company’s F-class vessel for a period of up to four years. The agreement comes with a minimum guaranteed utilization and a high level of flexibi
