129 results found for 'Offshore Switch Yard '

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  • Northwester 2 Substation Reaches Oostende

    30 August 2019
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 962-ton Northwester 2 offshore high voltage station has completed its journey from Aalborg, Denmark to the Port of Oostende in Belgium. The Port of Oostende will be a temporary home to the substation prior to the installation at the site some 48 kilometres north-west of Oostende. The substation’s journey from the Bladt Industries’ facilities […]

  • Elia Issues UXO Call

    14 June 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has invited tenders for unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on the cable route of the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian sector of the North Sea.

  • DEME Installs MOG Export Cable

    1 August 2019
    Grid Connection

    DEME Group’s cable laying and multipurpose vessel Living Stone has completed the installation of 85km of subsea export cable at Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid (MOG). Living Stone collected the cable at the manufacturer Hellenic Cable in Greece, transported it to the project site in Belgium and carried out cable installation, offshore jointing and four pull-ins. The cable now connects […]

  • KCI Designs Offshore Power Socket for Elia

    1 August 2016
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    KCI The Engineers has completed a basic design of a so-called Offshore Switch Yard (OSY), a concept commissioned by Belgian transmission system operator Elia to create a central offshore socket which would bring power from several offshore wind farms to shore. One major long-term objective of the offshore power socket is to concentrate all the available […]

  • Offshore Construction Starts on Northwester 2 Wind Farm

    19 July 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore wind developer Parkwind and marine contractor Jan De Nul have kicked off offshore seabed preparation works in the Belgian North Sea for the 219MW Northwester 2 wind farm. Jan De Nul has just finished the offshore scour protection works on the wind farm’s 23 turbine locations. At each location, the subsea rock installation vessel Simon […]

  • Cadeler’s Latest A-Class Vessel to Feature Kongsberg Tech

    26 August 2024

    COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry has awarded Kongsberg Maritime a contract to supply a technology package for Cadeler’s latest A-class wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), which is currently under construction in China. This is the fifth Cadeler offshore installation vessel to be built at COSCO’s Qidong yard in China, all equipped with Kongsberg Maritime systems. The […]

  • Scotland: Unions Urge OWF Developers to Secure Work for BiFab

    31 July 2018
    Business & Finance

    GMB Scotland and Unite the Union have called on the offshore wind developers with projects in Scotland to award Bifab with contracts for which the company is currently tendering for. 

  • Germany: Nordic Yards Improves its Position in Offshore Platform Sector

    23 April 2012
    Training & Education

    Nordic Yards, manufacturer of innovative special ships and major maritime projects, has vacancies for well-trained and qualified skilled staff, particularly but not exclusively in the field of engineering, to work on projects such as the order placed in February by Siemens Energy for a third offshore HVDC platform. Personnel are required to work in particular […]

  • Wind Turbine Safety Increase with Industry Expansion (USA)

    26 December 2011

    Wind energy has begun to lead the way in alternative energy solutions. Manufacturers of wind turbines face challenges such as reducing downtimes and maintenance work. Some of the demands placed on turbine components include extreme temperature conditions, vibration, oscillation and aggressive offshore air composition. Keeping wind turbines safely operating is becoming increasingly important as more […]

  • World Bora Christened at Port of Esbjerg

    3 October 2014
    Ports & Logistics

    The new next generation support vessel of Danish support vessel operator World Marine Offshore was christened World Bora by Mrs Vanessa Bauch at the naming ceremony today at the port of Esbjerg. The vessel was built at Fjellstrand, a Norwegian shipbuilding yard outside Bergen. The innovative and advanced vessel has a length of 30 m, 13 m in […]

  • Jack-Up Barge Signs Multi-Year Charter Agreement with German BARD Group

    23 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Jack-Up Barge has announced signing a multi-year charter agreement with the German BARD Group for Jack-Up Barge’s Self Elevating Platforms JB-115 and JB-117. The contract is valued at in excess of EUR 100 million. Both platforms will be deployed in the BARD Offshore 1 offshore wind farm – the largest German offshore wind farm to […]

  • OGN Group to Invest GBP 50m into Former Tyneside Shipyard (UK)

    6 December 2011

    THE owner of a former Tyneside shipyard is preparing to invest £50m in converting part of the site into a facility to make wind turbine foundations – creating hundreds of jobs. OGN Group is already using a section of Hadrian Yard in Wallsend to build an oil production platform for American firm Apache, a deal […]

  • BiFab Yards Facing Closure, New Contracts Only Way Out

    13 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Some 260 workers at the BiFab marine engineering yards in Fife and Arnish, Scotland, will be made redundant and the yards will be completely closed by the end of June if no new contracts are secured, Unite Scotland reports. 

  • The Netherlands: Shipdock Secures Four Contracts for Upgrading Jack-Up Vessels

    17 August 2012

    The skyline of the Amsterdam harbours has been visibly altered in the neighbourhood of Shipdock, Amsterdam’s premier ship repair and conversion yard. The company has recently secured four major contracts for the upgrading and maintenance of the jack-up vessels GMS Endurance, GMS Endeavour, Seajack Leviathan and Seajack Zaratan. These vessels, equipped with elevating legs of […]

  • The Netherlands: Huge Interest for Alicat Workboats at EWEA

    15 December 2011

    Alicat workboats exhibited for the first time at the EWEA, the world’s largest and most prestigious offshore renewables exhibition. Huge interest was shown in Alicat Workboats and new customers were very taken with the design and capabilities, whilst existing users of Alicat Workboats praised the sea keeping comfort and the overall performance of the vessels. […]

  • BiFab Crisis Continues with No Money Left for Staff Wages

    14 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The BiFab management informed trade unions on 13 November that there was no money to pay the wages of their staff. Problems that led BiFab to being a few steps away from going into administration have emerged from a dispute over payments with Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), who awarded BiFab with the fabrication of 26 Beatrice jacket foundations. 

  • Mainprize Offshore Orders Another CTV from Manor Marine

    24 February 2022
    Vessels

    Mainprize Offshore has signed another shipbuilding contract with Manor Marine UK Ltd, an OEG Offshore Company, for a 26-metre Supa-Swath catamaran designed by Walker Design. The construction of the crew transfer vessel (CTV), named MO9, will start this month. Manor Marine, for which this is the seventh CTV to be built in its yard, is […]

  • Nexans Aurora on Sea Trials

    10 May 2021
    Vessels

    Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora has commenced its sea trials off the Norwegian coast. Nexans Aurora began the yard sea trial on 3 May and continued with the technical sea trial on 5 May. Ulstein Verft said that the sea trial will continue for a few more days, after which the yard has still […]

  • RWE Signs PPA for Germany’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Farm

    12 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    RWE and Ocean Breeze Energy have entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for the BARD Offshore 1 offshore wind farm in Germany, under which RWE Supply & Trading will market the wind farm’s electricity production under the direct marketing scheme, starting this month. RWE also plans to use the wind farm’s electricity to […]

  • Germany: Lloyd Werft Sees Offshore Wind Market as New Mainstay

    21 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    A busy winter with plenty of passenger ships was followed by a spring in which special ships dominated the scene: the half-year report of Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven mirrors the current climate in German shipbuilding. “It’s a changeable market,” says Rüdiger Pallentin in a comment which also describes prospects for the coming months. And yet the […]

  • ACE Winches to Unveil New Gear at Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference

    20 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Technology

    UK-based deck machinery specialist ACE Winches will officially add a new 500te Linear Winch to its range of specialised deck equipment at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC), held from 25 to 26 October in Amsterdam RAI. The new 500te Linear Winch has been designed, engineered and manufactured at ACE Winches facilities in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. […]

  • Lamprell Secures Norfolk Vanguard Transition Piece Job

    22 December 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Supply Chain

    UK-headquartered Lamprell has signed a reservation agreement for the supply of transition pieces for the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farms in the UK. The reservation agreement secures capacity in Lamprell’s Hamriyah yard in the UAE. The base scope of work entails the supply of 2 x 92 transition pieces for the Norfolk Vanguard West and […]

  • SSE Asked to Use BiFab Yards for Beatrice Project

    4 December 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    A group of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have asked SSE to award fabrication work contracts for its Beatrice offshore wind project to the BiFab yards in Fife and Arnish. If work on the jackets does not go to these yards, impact on workers, their families and the local economies they are located in will […]

  • Nexans Launches CLV Aurora

    9 November 2020
    Vessels

    Nexans launched its new cable laying vessel Nexans Aurora on 8 November at Ulstein Verft. The vessel will be deployed on installation of subsea cables, including those connecting offshore wind farms to the grid and interconnector systems. Nexans Aurora will now be positioned quayside at Ulstein Verft’s yard and will then enter the last outfitting […]

  • Smulders Loads Out Hollandse Kust West Beta Jacket in Netherlands

    8 May 2024
    Foundations, Grid Connection, Offshore Platforms, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has completed the loadout of the jacket foundation and the piles for the Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore substation in the Netherlands. On 25 April, the piles, fabricated by the Dutch company Sif, were loaded out in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. With a total weight of 900 tonnes and a length of up to 79 […]

  • Rotterdam Offshore Group Established

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Serdijn Ship Repair and Zwagerman Offshore Services have established a joint company under the name Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG). The ideas and activities of Serdijn and Zwagerman are complementary, so a complete portfolio can be offered to clients. Existing markets and new market segments will be addressed in seven business modules: Mobilization and demobilization, maintenance: […]