Jan De Nul’s jack-up Vole au vent has left the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Port loaded with the first set of GE Haliade wind turbine components to be installed on the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire – France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. Vole au vent is transporting the first four sets to the installat
DNV has signed a classification contract with the Norwegian shipowner Edda Wind for two new Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). The vessels, being constructed to serve offshore wind farms during commissioning and operation, will be built at Colombo Dockyard PLC in Sri Lanka. The CSOVs,
Bart Gorsse tells about his role as Chief Engineer supervising the building process of the Les Alizés, Jan De Nul’s newest offshore installation vessel in the Navingo Career Podcast. The Les Alizéz is being constructed in China at the moment and is due for delivery in second half of 2022. Bart talks
CDWE, a joint venture between the Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC and DEME Offshore, has launched Green Jade, the first floating, DP3 heavy lift and installation vessel to be built in Taiwan. The launching ceremony was held at CSBC’s shipyard in Kaohsiung, where the vessel was also built. CSBC now expect
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has won two contracts, one with Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) to supply two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with integrated equipment solution, and the other with Sembcorp Marine to supply the Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) with comprehensive techno
Sembcorp Marine will build the next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) ordered by Maersk Supply Service to ABS Class, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) said. Two new feeder barges and two diesel-electric hybrid tugboat units will also be built to ABS Class by Kirby Offshore Wind (KOW
The first of the 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167DD wind turbines has been installed at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farm project offshore Taiwan. The first batch of turbine components was transported from the Port of Taichung, and the first turbine was installed at the site by Seajack Scyll
Denmark-based companies Offshore Windservice A/S and C-Bed I ApS have won EU tenders to provide support vessels during operations and maintenance (O&M) services at the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Both tenders were carried out by DanTysk Sandbank Offshore Wind Gm
The installation of wind turbines at the 480 MW Saint-Nazaire, France’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, is set to start in April. ”All the teams, at sea and on land, are mobilized to load the towers, nacelles and blades which will allow the installation of the first wind turbines at sea f
Energy company RWE is partnering with the UK’s largest port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), and the Port of Milford Haven to investigate the scaling-up of port facilities in support of a pipeline of gigawatt-scale floating wind projects offshore Wales, the UK. Working together under a Memo
Siem Offshore has deployed two vessels on offshore wind projects in Taiwan, according to the company which just announced it had signed a contract for its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel Siem Sapphire. For Siem Sapphire, the company said it will support walk-to-work operations and provide a
The recently announced wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for which Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine won a shipbuilding contract is now confirmed to have been ordered by Maersk, whose subsidiary Maersk Supply Service has just revealed that it signed a firm contract with a joint venture between Equin
Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S said that the company tripled its revenue in 2021 and returned to profitability. The revenue for 2021 totaled EUR 61 million, an increase of 212 per cent against EUR 19.5 million in 2020. The growth reflects a 77 per cent utilizatio
Singapore-based Vallianz Holdings Limited and Royal IHC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the design and construction of a next-generation Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the offshore wind market, which will be operated by Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement Deutschland. Under the te
