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
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
Ulstein: Hydrogen-powered Offshore Support Vessel Could Set Sail in 2022
Ulstein has launched its first market-ready, hydrogen powered offshore vessel. The SX190 Zero Emission DP2 construction support vessel features a Nedstack fuel cell power system and can be delivered in three years’ time. The design has...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
Shorepower Project for Heerema’s Sleipnir and Thialf Takes Shape
Heerema has announced the shorepower solution for its crane vessels Sleipnir and Thialf is moving forward. Energy supplier Eneco and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have jointly established Rotterdam Shore Power (80/20), which will develop...Read more
Huisman to Deliver Giant Crane for Bokalift 2
Royal Boskalis has selected Dutch crane specialist Huisman to deliver the 4000-metric-tonne Offshore Mast Crane (OMC) for its new crane vessel Bokalift 2. With a lifting capacity of 4000 metric tonnes at 100 metres above...Read more