CSM Energy, part of the Columbia Group, and Hydrus Engineering have entered into a partnership to assess and retrofit offshore support vessels (OSVs) working in the offshore wind industry to turn them into hybrid vessels powered by both battery and fuel. “The offshore wind market is driven by moving
The Sheng Ping 001 jack-up vessel, formerly Teras Fortress 2, tilted on 25 July while working at the site of China General Nuclear Power Corporation’s (CGN) wind farm off Huizhou, with four people reported missing, China’s media report. The vessel, carrying 65 people, tilted around 11 a.m. on 25 Jul
The China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation is building two offshore wind farm installation vessels, one at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding yard and one at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) yard in Jiangsu. CSSC is building a 2000-tonne wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for CTG and CMHI wi
Hydrogen-based propulsion systems, electric engines and battery technologies are still years away from being operationally effective in the offshore energy support vessel (OESV) sector. So what can OESV operators do to meet the growing demand for lower emissions today? According to Seacat Services (
Red Rock has been awarded a contract by Vard for equipment supply for the three service operations vessels (SOVs) owned by North Star Renewables that have been chartered for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK. Red Rock will deliver two 2T 3D Motion Compensated cranes, a 5T 3D Motion Compensated cra
Vattenfall has issued a call for tenders for the provision of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for its DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in Germany from next year and until 2025. The tender has been divided into two lots, with Lot 1 seeking two CTVs to support scheduled maintenance two times per
Mainprize Offshore has signed a shipbuilding contract with Manor Marine for a 26-metre Supa-Swath catamaran designed by Walker Marine Design. The MO8 vessel, due for delivery in Q2 2022, will be the sixth crew transfer vessel (CTV) constructed by Manor Marine, but the first the company will build fo
North Star Renewables, which won the Dogger Bank Wind Farm tender for the delivery of three service operations vessels (SOVs) earlier this year, is set to sign shipbuilding contracts for the first two SOV daughter craft this September, and the company decided to build them in the UK. According to th
A remotely operated uncrewed surface vessel (USV) has been deployed for a hydrographic survey on an operational offshore wind farm in the UK. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clicking on the link below:
Offshore construction is in full swing at Ørsted’s 900 MW Changhua 1 and 2a wind farm off Changhua County, Taiwan. The second of the two offshore substation jacket foundations has now been installed at the site. The first substation jacket was installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) vessel Ae
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has ordered a 2,600-tonne Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) from Huisman for Eneti’s new build Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV). The crane has a 147-metre long boom, capable of reaching 170 metres above deck. With the lifting capacity of 2,600 tonnes,
Van Oord’s jack-up vessel Aeolus arrived at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm site today (16 July) after leaving the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte terminal on 14 July following the maritime authorities’ go-ahead to return to work off France. The vessel will now resume with the drilling and instal
A new method to install offshore wind turbines is said to cut installation time by 89 per cent, minimise noise pollution and vibrations, and lower the installation costs. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clic
Alpha, a Sparrows Group company, has been awarded a contract to undertake turbine platform modifications in support of a new walk-to-work system at a UK east-coast offshore wind farm. An integrated team from Alpha and Sparrows will manufacture and install push-on plates, access gates, and handrails
