Pioneering Spirit’s new jacket lift system is materialising
After eighteen months of production at sites around the globe, the unique jacket lift system is beginning to take shape on board the world’s largest ship, the Pioneering Spirit. Assembly is in full flow, with...Read more
Tetrahedron wins award for new offshore wind crane
Tetrahedron has won Windpower Monthly’s innovation of the year award for its novel cranes that can install the next generation of 12-20-MW offshore wind turbines. The cranes can upgrade existing wind turbine installation vessels with minimal modification to the hull or be...Read more
Huisman to build 2600-mt crane for OIM Wind’s new installation vessel
Huisman has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore for the delivery of a 2600-metric-tonne Leg Encircling Crane for OIM Wind’s BT-220IU Wind Installation Unit. The LOI includes the option for...Read more
SAL moves into offshore wind installation business
Harren & Partner, the owner of SAL Heavy Lift, is jumping into the expected turbine installation vessel gap with a new company and a jack-up installation vessel. SAL Renewables will focus solely on offshore maintenance...Read more
Keel laid for first Jones Act compliant offshore wind vessel
Dominion Energy has contracted Keppel Offshore & Marine to build the first Jones Act compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel. It will cost about USD 600 million and will be built at Keppel’s yard in Brownsville,...Read moreKnud E. Hansen presents new wind turbine installation vessel design
Ship design agency Knud E. Hansen presents a new platform, the Atlas C-Class. The wind turbine installation vessel is currently the only one capable of carrying six of the new-generation 14-16 MW wind turbines, and...Read more
Construction kicks off for Jan De Nul’s new 5000-tonne crane vessel
First steel has been cut for Jan De Nul’s new crane vessel Les Alizés. With its 5000-tonne crane, the floating installation vessel will mainly be used for wind farm construction, but it is also suitable...Read more
‘Shortage of offshore installation vessels looms by 2025’
The global wind turbine installation fleet will be undersupplied to meet demand after 2025, reports Rystad Energy. This opens up room for more specialised vessel orders and conversions of oil and gas heavy-lift vessels, the...Read more
DEME’s new turbine installation ship recovers electricity from waste heat
Belgian dredging company DEME and Taiwanese shipbuilding group CSBC have recently begun construction of the floating and heavy lift installation vessel Green Jade for the Taiwanese offshore wind market. To reduce its carbon footprint, the...Read more
Dominion orders Huisman crane for first Jones Act installation vessel
Dominion Energy has selected Huisman Equipment to fabricate the crane for the United States’ first Jones Act compliant offshore wind installation vessel. Huisman joins a consortium of offshore wind industry leaders to build the vessel,...Read more
Seajacks’ Scylla takes over Orion’s jacket installation job at Moray East
Despite the coronavirus pandemic and last-minute crane failure prior to the delivery of its new offshore installation vessel Orion, DEME Offshore has installed the first jacket of the Moray East wind farm on time. The...Read moreHuisman crane for CSBC-DEME’s new installation vessel Green Jade
The floating DP3 heavy lift and installation vessel Green Jade will be equipped with a Huisman crane. Belgian offshore contractor DEME is building the ship with its Taiwanese partner CSBC. The Offshore Mast Crane is...Read moreDEME gives go-ahead for installation vessel with 4000-tonne crane
Together with its Taiwanese partner CSBC, Belgian offshore contractor DEME has decided to build another installation vessel with a huge crane and dynamic positioning (DP). The Green Jade is being built by CSBC in Kaohsiung...Read more
Pacific Osprey’s sets sail with upgraded crane
Swire Blue Ocean’s offshore installation vessel Pacific Osprey is returning to operations with an extended crane boom designed. This is to allow the vessel to install the latest generation of wind turbines. The installation project was...Read more
Offshore contractor Allseas to significantly cut crew headcount
Offshore contractor Allseas will reduce its workforce by a few hundred in the course of 2020, which will mostly impact its vessels’ crews. The company says it is forced to do so due to the...Read more
Seaway Heavy Lifting not impacted by cost reductions at Subsea 7
Last week, Subsea 7 announced it would cut 3000 of the 12000 jobs it provides worldwide. According to a spokeswoman, its Dutch/German subsidiary Seaway Heavy Lifting will not be affected by these cost-cutting measures. ‘Faced with...Read more
Van Oord wins Sarint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm contract
Ailes Marines is in charge of the development, construction, installation and operation of the offshore wind farm in the bay of Saint-Brieuc. The company has selected Dutch marine contractor Van Oord to transport and install...Read more
Van Oord’s Aeolus installs last foundation for Borssele wind farms
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has completed the installation of 77 foundations for the Borssele III and IV wind farm. For the last six months, the Aeolus has been deployed for the transport and...Read more