North Star Renewables, VARD, and Alicat have held steel cutting ceremonies to mark the start of construction of three service operation vessels (SOVs) and the associated daughter craft bound for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm offshore the UK. The hybrid-powered vessel fleet is specifically designed to su
Edda Wind, owned 50/50 between Wilhelmsen and Østensjø, has launched an initial public offering (IPO) on the Oslo Stock Exchange with plans to use the proceeds to support its existing offshore wind vessel newbuilding programme, as well as to back potential further newbuild opportunities. “This listi
Offshore wind construction company Eneti announced on 8 November that it would issue USD 200 million (around EUR 173 million) in shares of its common stock for public offering and would use the net proceeds to fund the construction of its offshore wind installation vessel programme. Scorpio Holdings
The Marine Management Organisation has given consent for the Associated British Ports’ GBP 25 million development of the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) for offshore wind at the Port of Lowestoft, UK. Following East Suffolk Council’s approval for the land-side elements, ABP has the necessar
Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S has secured a preferred supplier agreement (PSA) with an undisclosed client for the transport and installation of next-generation wind turbines. The contract has a final value above EUR 45 million and the installation project will b
Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction and DEME Offshore have established a joint venture company, Japan Offshore Marine (JOM), to collaborate in the field of offshore wind construction in Japan. JOM, owned 51 per cent by Penta-Ocean and 49 per cent by DEME, will engage in investigation, engineering, proc
The first phase of construction has been completed at the Saint-Brieuc wind farm offshore France, with the work scheduled to resume on 1 March 2022 at the latest, Ailes Marines, the developer of the 62-turbine project, said. The operations are fully completed, and Van Oord’s Aeolus is ready to leave
Dong Fang Offshore, a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction and the largest owner and operator of dedicated wind farm support vessels in Asia Pacific, has put the first Taiwan-flagged walk-to-work (W2W) vessel into operation, after converting a construction support vessel (CSV) to better serve the off
Singapore-based Sam Pan Marine Holdings Pte Ltd has ordered six Strat Cat 27 (SC27) vessels from Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd, with an option to build and deliver six more vessels. Sam Pan Marine Holdings has also appointed Strategic Marine Group as the exclusive commercial agent to provide commerci
Seaway 7 has reported there has been an incident involving the main crane on board the Alfa Lift foundation installation vessel, currently under construction at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu. According to the company, there was an “unplanned movement” of the folding A
Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the first offshore test of a novel method of assembling and installing XXL wind turbines onboard a floating, dynamically positioned (DP) vessel. The method was tested in the Dutch North Sea onboard the giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir. Heerema per
Rouen-based company Thomas Services Maritimes (TSM), which has a joint venture with Windcat Workboats in France, has been selected to provide crew transfer to and from the Fécamp offshore wind farm, being built by EDF Renouvelables, EIH Sarl (owned by Enbridge and CPP Investments), and wpd Offshore.
Mayflower Wind, a 50/50 joint venture between Shell New Energies US and Ocean Winds, has signed an agreement with Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding/Duclos Corporation for the specification, design, and manufacture of a Jones Act-compliant, hybrid diesel electric crew transfer vessel (CTV). The multi-party
Ørsted has contracted Jan De Nul for the transport and installation of 107 XXL monopiles and one offshore substation topside at Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. Under the final contract signed with Ørsted, Jan De Nul will deploy its new installation vessel Les Alizé
