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  • Orion to Feature Safeway W2W System

    31 May 2019
    Vessels

    Dordrecht-based Safeway BV has won a contract to deliver its Osprey-type motion compensated offshore access system for DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Orion.   According to Safeway, the most unique feature of this custom made Safeway walk-to-work system is that the gangway is vertically integrated in a specially designed staircase, which means that the ‘plug and play’ […]

  • Seajacks Scylla Arrives in Great Yarmouth

    24 February 2016
    Vessels

    Seajacks Scylla, deemed the world’s largest and most advanced offshore wind farm installation vessel, arrived at the Port of Great Yarmouth today. In early December, Seajacks Scylla started her journey from a Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea to the Port of Rotterdam on-board the heavy load carrier vessel HLV Osprey, however, bad weather […]

  • Pacific Osprey Picking Up New Crane Boom

    17 April 2020
    Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) has commenced the installation of the new crane boom onboard its jack-up vessel Pacific Osprey. The 422-tonne boom was lifted onto the vessel in the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, yesterday morning with the help of two shore cranes and locked to the base of the crane, SBO said. According to the […]

  • Offshore Wind Consultancy Plans 500-Job Hiring Spree

    1 June 2023
    Jobs & Recruitment

    Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), an Irish-based, global offshore wind energy consultancy firm, plans to recruit up to 500 professionals over the next five years to support the establishment of an Engineering Hub focused on analysis and innovation to serve the growing demand for its services, both domestically and internationally. The new roles will focus […]

  • Top News of the Week Jun 10 – 16, 2013

    16 June 2013

    UK: Seajacks Orders World’s Largest OWF Installation Vessel Seajacks International has entered into a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries to build the world’s largest and most advanced offshore wind farm installation vessel. Belgium: Pacific Osprey to Deploy 6MW Turbine at Belwind OWF In the first half of July, the Pacific Osprey, operated by Swire Blue […]

  • Reflex Marine: Smaller Vessels with Advanced Access Systems More Cost-Efficient (Interview)

    10 February 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels

    Offshore WIND spoke to James Strong, Business Development Director at Reflex Marine, a company looking for new ways of personnel and cargo transfer between wind turbines and vessels, and one of the developers of a guidance document for personnel crane transfer, released this summer.

  • Swire Blue Ocean Eyes Next-Gen Wind Farm Installation Newbuilds

    16 September 2020
    Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) intends to order a new wind farm installation vessel (WFIV), with an option for a second newbuild, and plans to invest in new cranes for both Pacific Osprey and Pacific Orca. SBO said that it has shortlisted several international shipyards for the order of the WFIV which will have ”capacities unseen […]

  • Belgium: Pacific Osprey to Deploy 6MW Turbine at Belwind OWF

    13 June 2013

    In the first half of July, the Pacific Osprey, operated by Swire Blue Ocean will bring the 6MW haliade of Alstom from the REBO-site to the Belwind wind farm. As announced in 2011, Belwind NV, the leading Belgian producer of alternative energy from offshore wind farms made part of its latest wind farm concession site […]

  • First of One Hundred and Fifty (Gallery)

    17 February 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    On 16 February, the first of the 150 wind turbines was erected at the Gemini offshore wind farm. The installation vessel Aeolus is packed with five more wind turbines, which are scheduled to go up this week. The Pacific Osprey will also arrive later this week with further 8 turbines. Gemini is expected to produce first power sometime next week. The Dutch 600MW […]

  • Swire Blue Ocean to Install Beatrice’s Turbines

    8 June 2016
    Vessels

    Swire Blue Ocean has signed a contract with Siemens to provide a wind farm installation vessel for the installation of 84 Siemens 7MW wind turbines at the Beatrice offshore wind farm. The company said the latest contract adds to the pipeline of projects that it has secured for its fleet of wind farm installation vessels, namely Pacific Osprey […]

  • Gemini Activities in Rearview Mirror (VIDEO)

    18 December 2015
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    After the Gemini foundations, substations, and cables were installed this year, the work on the Dutch offshore wind project will continue early next year. The last of 150 foundations at the Gemini offshore wind farm was installed on 17 October. In February 2016, Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus and Swire Blue Ocean’s Pacific Osprey, which worked on the […]

  • All 150 Gemini Foundations in Place

    19 October 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of 150 foundations at the Gemini offshore wind farm was installed on 17 October. On 1 July, Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus, together with Swire Blue Ocean’s Pacific Osprey, started the installation and completed the work one month earlier than scheduled. On 1 February 2016, both vessels will return to the project, completely modified for the installation of […]

  • Windfarm Update: DanTysk

    24 November 2014

    At the end of August the last of the 80 Siemens 3.6MW turbines had been installed by SBO’s Pacific Osprey at the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm. DanTysk is located 70km west of the island of Sylt, directly on the German-Danish border, covering an area of 70km2. The installation of the turbines started in April […]

  • 100 Turbines Up at Gemini

    13 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has installed the 100th turbine at the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. The installation of the 150 4MW Siemens turbines started in February 2016 when Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel, Aeolus, transported the first six turbines from the port of Esbjerg and installed them at the site some 85 kilometres north of […]

  • Swire to Provide Installation Vessel for Sandbank OWF Foundation Works

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Swire Blue Ocean A/S has signed a key contract with engineering and services group Bilfinger for the provision of an installation vessel to support the installation of 72 foundations on the Sandbank Offshore Windpark.  Seventy-two foundations will be installed in the seabed with Swire Blue Ocean’s installation vessel in waters that are up to 34 […]

  • Pacific Osprey Installs 100th Foundation at Gemini

    18 September 2015

    Offshore wind installation vessel Pacific Osprey has installed 100th foundation at 600MW Gemini project. The 161m Jack up vessel, owned by Swire Blue Ocean, commenced the operation together with Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel, Aeolus, in July. At the end of the August, using Rambiz heavy lift, Van Oord installed two Offshore High Voltage Stations […]

  • First Kentish Flats Extension Monopiles Good to Go

    28 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    The first two foundations sets for Kentish Flats Extension (KFE) offshore wind farm were lifted on board Osprey Carrier II barge on Saturday morning. With the barge fully loaded it was towed to Vlissingen in the Netherlands where the first load out will take place. The first set of foundations are due to hit the […]

  • Belgium: Installation of Alstom’s Haliade 150 Delayed

    30 August 2013
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Installation of Alstom’s 6MW Haliade 150 offshore wind turbine at the Belwind offshore wind farm has been delayed because of some unexpected problems that occurred during the civil works, the company told Offshore WIND. The wind turbine was scheduled to be completely installed in July, however, pile dredging and grouting of the jacket installation have […]

  • Aeolus on Site with Gemini Wind Turbines

    15 February 2016
    Vessels

    On 12 February, offshore wind installation vessel Aeolus left the Port of Esbjerg for the Gemini offshore wind farm, carrying six turbines to be installed at the site.  According to vessel’s AIS, the Aeolus has reached its destination, and is now in the company of Havila Phoenix and Acta Orion, which are also working at the site. The last of 150 […]

  • Belgium: Alstom Hires Bold Tern

    23 September 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    Alstom has hired “Bold Tern” jack-up installation vessel, owned by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, to complete the offshore operations at the Belwind offshore wind farm. Recently, the company announced that they have faced a delay during the installation of Alstom’s 6MW Haliade 150 offshore wind turbine, for which they found a solution in the form of […]

  • Seajacks Scylla En Route to Great Yarmouth

    17 February 2016
    Vessels

    Seajacks has confirmed that Seajacks Scylla’s voyage recommenced. The vessel is scheduled to arrive in Great Yarmouth Port in time for her naming ceremony on Thursday, 3 March. In early December, Seajacks Scylla started her journey from a Samsung Heavy Industries yard in South Korea to the Port of Rotterdam on-board the heavy load carrier vessel […]

  • Gemini’s 150 Join Forces

    14 December 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Last week, all 150 wind turbines at the Gemini offshore wind farm produced power simultaneously. “Testing and final works will be continued, to ensure the wind park is completed on time in Q1/2 2017,” the project team said on their media pages. Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus installed the last of the 150 4MW Siemens […]

  • Swire Blue Ocean Names New CEO

    13 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Swire Blue Ocean has appointed Mikkel Gleerup as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

  • Hohe See and Albatros Foundations Stand Complete

    11 April 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    A2Sea’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has installed the last transition piece on the EnBW Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind projects in Germany. The two projects have a combined capacity of 609MW comprising 87 Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbines installed on monopile foundations some 95km north of Borkum island. Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up Pacific Osprey started installing foundations at the projects […]

  • First Nissum Bredning Turbine Takes Shape

    27 November 2017
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The tower sections and the nacelle of the first Siemens 7MW wind turbine were installed on the Nissum Bredning demonstration site in Denmark over the weekend.

  • 50th Turbine Up at Gemini

    10 May 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch maritime contractor Van Oord installed the 50th turbine at the 600MW Gemini offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands over the last weekend, according to Gemini Windpark.  The installation of the 150 4MW Siemens turbines started in February 2016 when Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel, Aeolus, transported the first six turbines from the […]