Ampelmann Plans Five-tonne People and Cargo Transfer System
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has a new full motion compensation system in the pipeline. The E5000 has the ability to transfer personnel as well as cargo up to 5000 kilogrammes in rough waters offshore....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
Installation Vessel Orion Ready to Receive Its 5000-tonne Crane
Offshore wind and dredging contractor DEME from Belgium is entering the final phase in the construction of its new DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion. The vessel has arrived at the Liebherr construction yard in the...Read more
Boskalis Back on Track After Tough First Half-year
Boskalis has returned to calmer waters after a tough start of the year as a result of contractual issues in the offshore wind industry. Revenue increased slightly in the third quarter while the operating result...Read more
Spliethoff Delivers 107-metre Haliade-X Wind Turbine Blade for Testing
Testing of the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine is in full swing. While GE’s first prototype of the twelve-megawatt Haliade-X has just produced its first kilowatts in Rotterdam, Spliethoff delivered a 107-metre blade in...Read more
Boskalis to Convert Forte into Crane Vessel Following OWF Contract
Boskalis will convert its semi-submersible heavy-lift vessel Forte into a crane vessel capable of lifting 4000 tonnes. The decision to go ahead with the conversion follows a new contract for the Taiwanese Changfang and Xidao...Read more
Van Oord Installs First Monopile for Borssele III and IV
After two years of preparation, Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has installed the first monopile for the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. In the coming months, the...Read more
Damen Delivers Second ASV 9020 Class Vessel to Bibby Marine Services
The second of Damen’s Accommodation Support Vessels (ASV) 9020 has been handed over to Bibby Marine Services at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. Once the Bibby WaveMaster Horizon arrives in the North Sea, it will...Read more