Van Oord’s jack-up Aeolus has left the bay of Saint-Brieuc and is en-route to her home port in Vlissingen, the Netherlands after the installation of foundations at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm was halted due to a leak of hydraulic fluid in the drilling equipment. Van Oord is in charge of tran
Knud E. Hnsen has presented a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) design in its Atlas series, which can carry four 14 MW wind turbines. The Atlas A-class WTIV is specifically dimensioned for transporting and assembling wind turbines on top of pre-installed foundations. The foundations, which
Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard has bid farewell to the service operations vessel (SOV) Wind of Hope. Ordered by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), Wind of Hope’s first assignment will be on Ørsted’s 1.4 GW Hornsea Two off the UK, which will be the world’s largest wind farm once completed. The vessel will opera
Following the replacement of the main crane on its jack-up vessel Wind Orca, Cadeler has decided to do the same on Wind Osprey, which is currently installing wind turbines on the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK. The company contracted NOV to upgrade Wind Orca with a new and improved crane
Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus has stopped installing the foundation pin piles at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm after experiencing technical issues with the drilling equipment. Van Oord is responsible for the transport and installation of 62 jacket foundations for the wind turbines, thr
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Blue Tern installed the 50th Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbine at the Moray East offshore wind farm, marking the halfway milestone. The 50th turbine was installed at 22.40 local time on Thursday, 10 June. Last work on the turbine was completed at 05.14 on Friday, 11 Ju
Kongsberg Maritime has won contracts to design and equip two construction service operation vessels (CSOV/SOV) for the Norway-based shipowner Awind AS. The combined contract value is approximately NOK 250 million (around EUR 25 million). Destined for the offshore wind market, the new CSOVs will be b
The US-based Green Shipping Line (GSL) has signed a Teaming Agreement with the Dutch marine vessel engineer DEKC Maritime to pursue Jones Act-compliant offshore wind vessel solutions in the United States. This announcement follows a string of deals by GSL, including an agreement with Keystone Shippi
The Fugro Synergy survey vessel is currently conducting a geotechnical survey in the Dogger Bank C array area and export cable route, while the vessel Wind of Pride is performing inspection works in the Dogger Bank A array area and the export cable routes for Dogger Bank A & B. According to the late
Farra Marine has taken delivery of Farra Orla, the first catamaran wind farm service vessel to sail under the Irish flag, from Penguin Shipyard. The Singapore-based shipyard started building the 27-metre vessel for the Irish vessel operator in September 2020. Farra Orla, designed by Incat Crowther,
Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Leonardo da Vinci has completed its first trip to open sea and is ready to begin sea trials. After completing the last outfitting phases, Leonardo da Vinci will undergo sea trials for approximately two weeks and will run three turns of tests. After draught re
Strategic Marine, a shipbuilding company based in Singapore, has delivered two 27-metre crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to the UK-based offshore support vessel provider WEM Marine. The CTVs, powered by two Caterpillar C32 engines driving fixed pitch propellers, can accommodate 24 technicians and three
DEME Offshore’s jack-up Sea Installer has arrived at the Port of Hull in the UK to load the first set of turbine components to be installed on the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. Sea Installer is joining her sister vessel Sea Challenger on the project which has already installed the first b
Cemre Shipyard has delivered Groenewind, DEME’s first-ever service operations vessel (SOV), to its owner. “DEME’s first dedicated and world’s first SWATH type service operation vessel Groenewind that will serve 3 different windfarm sites is delivered to her client”, the Turkish shipbuilder said via
