Major offshore wind projects in Taiwan have entered or are about to enter offshore construction and the vessels involved have started mobilising and departing for this increasingly active offshore wind market. As one of these projects is reaching this stage, one of the contractors seems to have had
Offshore installation work is set to start this month on a new offshore wind farm to be built off the Scottish coast, for which one of Saipem’s crane vessels and Prysmian’s cable laying vessels will soon mobilise. The DP2 heavy lift vessel S3000 is currently in the Port of Schiedam and will be mobil
Two uncrewed vessels remotely controlled from shore have travelled up to 40 kilometres offshore into the North Sea to undertake survey work for Berwick Bank and Marr Bank Offshore Wind Developments, owned by SSE Renewables. The XO-450 Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), owned and operated by XOCEAN, pe
Dogger Bank Wind Farm has chartered two newbuild Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV) for the construction and commissioning work on Dogger Bank – the world’s largest offshore wind project. Dogger Bank Wind Farm signed charter agreements for one CSOV each with Edda Wind and Awind AS. Under
Nexans has taken delivery of its newbuild DP3 cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora from Ulstein Verft. Nexans Aurora will be named at a ceremony in Ulsteinvik on 8 June, before leaving for its homeport Halden and Nexans’ subsea high voltage cables competence center. The vessel is delivered on tim
US energy company Dominion Energy, Ørsted and Eversource have agreed for Ørsted and Eversource to charter Dominion Energy’s Charybdis, the first Jones Act-qualified offshore wind farm installation vessel in the United States, for the construction of two offshore wind farms in the US Northeast. Chary
The first shipment of wind turbine blades for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm has arrived in France. United Wind Logistics’ module deck carrier Vestvind arrived at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port loaded with six sets (18 units) of wind turbine blades. The 480 MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm,
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has signed three new wind turbine transport and installation contracts with a combined value of up to EUR 124 million. Signed over the last two months, the contracts are linked to work in 2022-2024 in both Europe and APAC regions and will, combined, cover up to 630 vessel day
German vessel operator Opus Marine GmbH has held a naming ceremony in Cuxhaven for Allegro, a new Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710. Allegro is the first vessel of its kind to fly the German flag. Opus Marine will place the vessel within its existing fleet, consisting of six vessels for the offsho
Floatel International has been awarded a contract for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a project, the first for the company in the offshore wind sector. Under the contract, Floatel International will provide an accommodation vessel to support construction activities on Ørsted’s offshore wind farm in Taiwan
Gondan Shipyard has launched the first of four commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) it is building for Edda Wind at its yard in Figueras, Spain. The 88.3-metre CSOV, designed by Salt Ship Design, is the first vessel in the world to use electric Voith Schneider Propellers (eVSP) and has be
The Island Crown vessel has started working at the Moray East offshore wind farm site, providing accommodation and walk-to-work (W2W) services during the project construction activities. Island Crown has joined the fleet of vessels deployed on the project after Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd (MO
40 out of the 100 Vestas V164-9.5MW wind turbines have been installed at the 950 MW Moray East wind farm offshore Scotland. The 40th turbine was installed at the site some 22 kilometres off the Aberdeenshire coast on 20 May, the project’s latest Notice of Operations shows. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s
North Falls Offshore Wind Farm has kicked off the first offshore environmental and geophysical surveys on its array site and along potential cable routes offshore the UK. A trio of wind farm survey vessels will be busy in the Southern North Sea for the next three months on this UK extension project,
