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
Huisman to build 1600-mt crane for Japanese offshore wind
Huisman will deliver a 1600-metric-tonne Leg Encircling Crane to PaxOcean Engineering. The crane will be placed on Penta-Ocean’s new self-elevated platform to install twelve-megawatt wind turbines and various foundations including monopiles. The self-elevated platform (SEP) will...Read more
Heerema welcomes its new crane vessel in Rotterdam
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has arrived in the Port of Rotterdam for the first time. Kolga, Heerema’s newly upgraded tug, joined Sleipnir at sea to guide the vessel into the Caland Canal. They...Read more
World’s largest crane vessel Sleipnir on its way to Rotterdam
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir will arrive in the Port of Rotterdam for the first time on Saturday, March 21. Since its delivery to Heerema in July 2019, the vessel has been busy...Read more
Penta-Ocean orders GustoMSC design installation vessel
Japanese offshore contractor Penta-Ocean Construction has placed an order for a new installation vessel with the PaxOcean Group. The GustoMSC design self-elevating platform will be equipped with a 1600-tonne main crane and be used to...Read more