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
Van Oord sees turnover fall sharply in 2019
Dredger and maritime service provider Van Oord has had a challenging 2019. The Rotterdam-based company claims it had to contend with difficult conditions in its most important market, dredging. Turnover dropped by twelve per cent to...Read more
DEME installs two substations for Belgian offshore wind farm
The two substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm have been successfully installed in the Belgian North Sea. DEME’s heavy lift vessel Gulliver installed the substations weighing 1200 tonnes each. This installation marks a major milestone...Read more
Buss wins tender for the world’s largest offshore wind farm
Buss Terminal in Eemshaven will serve as the base port for the installation of the foundation structures of the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. As of May, some 140,000 square metres of the heavy cargo...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
Huisman to supply 1600-tonne crane for jack-up vessel upgrade
Huisman will deliver a 1600-tonne leg encircling crane to Fred. Olsen Windcarrier. The offshore contractor is upgrading one of its jack-up vessels with the new crane. Upon delivery in February 2022, it is said to...Read more
SAL Heavy Lift delivers new crane boom for Pacific Osprey
SAL Heavy Lift has delivered a new crane boom for Swire Blue Ocean’s installation vessel Pacific Osprey. The new boom will increase the vessel’s maximum lift height from 97 to 132 metres, enabling it to...Read moreVan Oord joins Estonian offshore wind development
Van Oord and Saare Wind Energy join forces and will mutually develop the Saaremaa offshore wind farm. Saare Wind Energy is an Estonian developer involved in developing the offshore wind farm, covering 154 square kilometres,...Read more
Construction of Dutch Borssele 1+2 Wind Farm Kicks off
The Danish company Ørsted has begun the construction of the Borssele 1+2 wind farm. The first foundations of this wind farm off coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland have been completed. The first monopile was...Read more
Van Oord Partners with NYK in Offshore Wind Vessels in Japan
Van Oord and NYK have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly own and operate offshore wind installation vessels under the Japanese flag. The collaboration is using Van Oord’s technical and operational expertise in...Read more
Portugal’s First Floating Wind Farm Starts Producing
The first platform of the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm has started producing energy for Portugal’s power grid. The platform is equipped with an 8.4-megawatt wind turbine, the largest ever installed on a floating platform. The...Read more
DEME Completes Foundations at Belgium’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Belgian dredging and offshore contractor DEME has completed the installation of 58 monopile foundations and two offshore substation foundations at the SeaMade offshore wind farm. With a 487-megawatt capacity, SeaMade is the largest offshore wind...Read more
Acta Centaurus Ready for Deployment on Dutch Offshore Wind Farms
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will charter Offshore Support Vessel Acta Centaurus from Acta Marine for the Borssele III and IV Offshore Wind Farm Project. The ship will assist in commissioning the turbines for the project...Read more
Keel Laid for World’s First Twin-hulled Service Operation Vessel
To be able to also offer offshore wind farm maintenance, DEME is investing in its first Service Operation Vessel (SOV). Designed in cooperation with Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam and Marin, the world’s first twin-hulled SOV enables...Read more