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 more
Offshore structures may be protected by Autonomous Guard Vessels
A consortium of maritime companies has revealed the concept design of an Autonomous Guard Vessel. The futuristic looking design is to support the offshore industry by exploiting technology available today. It is designed to be...Read more
Huisman 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 more
Heerema researches silent offshore foundations
The increasing focus on sustainability has led to underwater noise restrictions for offshore construction. Heerema is now involved in a research project seeking to develop alternative pile foundations that can be installed without producing significant...Read more
Electrical conversion of heavy lift ship Jumbo Javelin completed
Alewijnse has finished the electrical conversion on board the heavy lift crane vessel Jumbo Javelin. For this conversion, the company engineered, manufactured and delivered several new switchboards and modified systems for power management and alarm...Read more
Wagenborg almost quadruples bottomline in 2019
Royal Wagenborg significantly improved its profit last year. The company’s operating result more than doubled from 27 to 71 million euros, while the net profit jumped from 13 to 44 million euros. This year, the...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
Siemens Gamesa’s 14-MW turbines to power UK offshore wind farm Sofia
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has conditionally received an order for 100 units of its new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines. The 14-megawatt turbines are meant for Innogy’s 1.4-gigawatt Sofia Offshore Wind Farm in the...Read more
Heerema’s Aegir suffers dropfall incident while piling in Taiwan
Heerema has halted piling works for the Changhua offshore wind farm in Taiwan after installation vessel Aegir suffered a dropfall incident while installing a foundation. The company is currently investigating the cause of the incident. A...Read more
Boskalis deploys new pre-lay plough on Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
Soil Machine Dynamics has handed over a purpose built pre-lay plough to Boskalis. The Dutch offshore contractor will use it to install 380 kilometres of export cables at Ørsted’s offshore wind farm Hornsea Two. The cables...Read more
Wagenborg to ship large turbines with its RoRo liner service
Wagenborg has secured a large wind turbine transport contract for its RoRo liner service between the Netherlands and Sweden. The company will ship 33 wind turbines and additional components which will take seventeen voyages to...Read more
‘North Sea as a powerhouse can save billions on energy transition’
Strategic linking and deployment of all energy systems in the North Sea could save the Netherlands billions on the road to a low-CO2 energy supply in 2050. This follows from the report “Unlocking potential of...Read more
IHC looks ahead to autonomous vessel prototype after DP tests
Royal IHC and research institute MARIN have completed dynamic positioning (DP) assessment tests for the autonomous T60-18 service operation vessel (SOV). The data gained will provide input for an SOV simulator and should eventually lead...Read more
Subsea 7 definitively wins contract for Dutch offshore wind farm
Vattenfall has granted Subsea 7 a contract for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) 1-4 offshore wind farm project. Its subsidiary Seaway 7 will deploy heavy lift, cable lay and support vessels to transport and install...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
Boskalis, Saipem and Bouygues win EUR 552M offshore wind contract
Boskalis, Saipem and Bouygues Travaux Publics together have won a contract to design, build and install 71 concrete Gravity-Based Structures (GBS) as foundation for the Fécamp offshore wind farm in Normandy, France. The contract was awarded...Read more
Roll Group transports components for US offshore wind farm
Roll Group is deploying its BigRoll Beaufort to transport foundation and turbine components from Germany and Denmark to a US offshore wind farm located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. To transport all...Read more
Longer permit for new Dutch offshore wind farms
New wind farms at sea will soon have a permit that is valid for up to forty years, up from thirty years now. Dutch Minister Eric Wiebes (Economic Affairs) wants to extend the term in...Read more