This is what makes the cranes of the Sleipnir special
The giant cranes on board crane vessels may all look similar, but crane specialists know better. Heerema Marine Contractors had important choices to make for the 10,000-tonne cranes of the Sleipnir. This concerns both the...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
Penta-Ocean and DEME into Japanese offshore wind
Penta-Ocean and DEME Offshore will work together on the construction of offshore wind farms in Japan and have signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect. The development of offshore wind is gaining traction throughout...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
Pioneering Spirit tests new 5000-tonne crane
Allseas is ramping up the final performance tests of Pioneering Spirit’s new 5000-tonne crane as the final phase of commissioning nears conclusion in Rotterdam’s Alexiahaven. On 16 March, the main hoist overload test (pictured) was...Read more
Siemens preferred supplier for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm
Ørsted has named Siemens Gamesa as the preferred turbine supplier for two offshore wind power projects in the German North Sea totalling more than 1.1 gigawatts in capacity. The award concerns the 242-megawatt (MW) Gode Wind...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
First of Belgian offshore wind farm’s substations ready for installation
The first of two offshore substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm left the construction yard in Hoboken for its final destination in the Belgian North Sea. The 1200-tonne substation has four decks, is fourteen...Read more
Jumbo to provide transport for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
Jumbo Shipping is to support DEME Offshore in its work on Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. The shipping company will transport 165 monopiles from Rostock to Eemshaven and 135 transition pieces from Aalborg to...Read more
Heerema’s Aegir installs jacket and topside for Qatargas
Heerema’s offshore heavy lift vessel Aegir has completed the installation of the 4000-tonne jacket and topside for Qatargas’ North Field Bravo Living Quarters Expansion project. Both mobilisations were completed within eighteen hours. Heerema states the project...Read more
Dutch start-up designs crane to reach largest offshore wind turbines
Wind turbines at sea are getting bigger and higher. The Rotterdam startup Tetrahedron has developed an innovative crane that makes existing lifting platforms suitable for installation of this new generation of wind turbines. In order to...Read more
First LNG delivery for DEME’s offshore installation vessel Orion
In the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany, the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel Kairos, operated by Nauticor, has supplied LNG to DEME’s next generation offshore installation vessel Orion. For the...Read more
Heerema Develops Offshore Wind Construction Method Using Floating Vessel
Offshore wind farm Arcadis Ost 1 in Germany will be the first to make use of a floating vessel for the installation of wind turbine generators. This construction technology is the result of a year-long...Read more
New Installation Vessel Breaks Jan De Nul’s Own Crane Record
Jan De Nul Group has ordered Les Alizés, a floating installation crane vessel from the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. Just six months earlier, the company ordered offshore installation vessel Voltaire. With a 5000-metric-tonne Huisman...Read more