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  • A2Sea Selects Great Yarmouth as Reloading Base for Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    1 March 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

    EastPort UK today announced the outer harbour had been selected by A2Sea as the reloading base for the installation of wind turbines on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Danish headquartered A2Sea A/S, whose main shareholders are DONG Energy and Siemens, is the most experienced installation contractor in the offshore wind market. Since installing turbines […]

  • UK: Scira Offshore Energy Presents Vehicle to Holiday Park

    30 July 2012

    Staff at the award winning Kelling Heath Holiday Park now have use of an all-electric utility vehicle to help carry guests’ luggage and meet on-site transport needs following the recent presentation of the “green machine” to the park by wind farm operator Scira Offshore Energy.  Scira General Manager Einar Strømsvåg handed the keys of the […]

  • MESL to Undertake Environmental Survey at Sheringham Shoal

    29 May 2014
    Environment

    Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd. (MESL) will be undertaking environmental survey activities on behalf of Scira Offshore Energy Limited at the 317MW  Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm site. Briggs Marine Contractors’ coastal survey vessel, Humber Guardian, has been selected for  acquiring of seabed imagery. The vessel will work on the job for up to two days […]

  • UK: Duke of York Wants to Learn More About Offshore Renewables

    20 July 2012
    Authorities

      The Duke of York will be in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk on Tuesday 24th July 2012, when he will be visiting Scira Offshore Energy and meeting staff from Gardline, the marine sciences company based in Great Yarmouth. His Royal Highness is interested to learn more about the rapidly developing offshore renewables industry in the UK. The […]

  • Statkraft Exits Triton Knoll Project

    11 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Statkraft has continued executing its plan to exit offshore wind and has now sold its stake in the 860MW Triton Knoll project to innogy, thus making innogy the sole owner.

  • Sheringham Shoal’s First Turbine Awaits Installation (UK)

    13 June 2011

      The first turbines due to be installed at Sheringham Shoal have been transported by barge from the Danish port of Esjberg, and recently arrived in Great Yarmouth. Two barges are used for this operation, and each barge collects 6 sets of towers, nacelles and blades which make up the complete turbine. Earlier this week […]

  • MPI Workboats Expands Sheringham Shoal Fleet

    2 September 2015
    Vessels

    MPI Workboats has recently increased its presence at the Sheringham Shoal wind farm. Following a first half to the year at the site, BV Class 22m vessels MPI Snowball and MPI Napoleon have joined two 19m vessels. To remind, MPI Workboats has secured a long-term crew-transfer vessel solution working for Scira Offshore during Operations and Maintenance for the […]

  • Master Fined after Accident at Sheringham Shoal

    3 September 2014

    The master of a wind farm support boat has been made to pay £3,000 in fines and costs after breaching maritime collision regulations. Geoffrey Whinfrey was in charge of the Island Panther when it collided with a wind turbine in the Sheringham Shoal wind farm on 21 November 2012. Whinfrey had been requested by the […]

  • Husky Completes Work at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm

    7 May 2012

    Island Shipping’s twin screw Tug, Husky, has returned from Norfolk to her home port of Wicklow following over 300 days of successful charter on Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm. Tug Husky provided logistical support by transporting fuel, water, wastewater, parts and consumables from the shore to and from the Turbines and Sub-Stations. She left two vessels, […]

  • Ireland: Impressive Stats for Island Tiger and Island Panther

    7 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    In order to verify the fact that its Offshore Windfarm Crew Transfer Vessels were among the best in the business, Island Shipping decided to look back through the transfer logs. While operating for 20 months on Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm, the Island Tiger and Island Panther carried out 37,205 logged personnel transfers. At the peak of […]

  • Seajacks Assists Sheringham Shoal O&M

    30 March 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Seajacks has completed Operations & Maintenance (O&M) project at Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. The company was commissioned by Statkraft, operator and joint owner, to support 2 gearbox changes at 317MW wind farm off the Norfolk coast. Seajacks provided specialist technicians, tooling and lifting equipment for the project, working closely with the Statkraft project team in […]

  • UK: Sheringham Shoal Opens with Great Celebration

    28 September 2012

    Norfolk’s majestic Holkham Hall was the setting for yesterday’s official opening of the 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm by His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. The Crown Prince arrived via helicopter with representatives from the wind farm’s owner companies, Statoil and Statkraft, and Norwegian and British Ministers and Ambassadors. He was greeted […]

  • Sheringham Shoal Upgrading to Walk-to-Work System

    14 July 2021
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Alpha, a Sparrows Group company, has been awarded a contract to undertake turbine platform modifications in support of a new walk-to-work system at a UK east-coast offshore wind farm. An integrated team from Alpha and Sparrows will manufacture and install push-on plates, access gates, and handrails to 88 turbine platforms as well as the A-deck […]

  • Wind Powers Statkraft’s Business

    15 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Statkraft’s Q1 financial results have shown that the company’s wind power business had significantly contributed to solid performance at the beginning of 2014. In the first quarter of 2014, Statkraft achieved an underlying operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) of NOK 3836 million, compared with NOK 4180 million in the corresponding period in 2013. The net […]

  • Norway: Statkraft Reports Q2 Operating Loss in Wind Sector

    22 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The second quarter of 2012 was characterised by low electricity prices in the Nordic region, but a significant portfolio of long-term power contracts and high production still ensured that the Group achieved satisfactory results. Underlying EBITDA and the pre-tax result were higher than in the same period last year. In the second quarter of 2012, […]

  • Rem Ocean Scheduled for O&M Work at Sheringham Shoal

    7 July 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    “Rem Ocean,” the IMR (Inspection Maintenance Repair) vessel is scheduled to arrive at the Sheringham Shoal wind farm to undertake some essential retrofit operations throughout the site on 9th July 2014. Subject to weather condition, the arrival date may be delayed. The vessel is expected to remain on the site for 4-6 weeks, but will […]

  • Photo of the Day: Tidal Transit Sisters All Dolled Up

    23 February 2016
    Vessels

    Tidal Transit Limited has shared a photo of two of its crew transfer vessels (CTVs), Ginny Louise and her sister Eden Rose, looking ‘‘clean and ready for a busy spring” the company said in an Instagram post. The sisters have been employed on the 317MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm on and off for the past four years, […]

  • UK: CLS Offshore Wins Contract for Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm

    21 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    CLS Offshore has been awarded a new contract with new client Wood Group for remedial works following the completion of Scira’s Sheringham Shoal wind farm off the North Norfolk coast. A crew of electricians, platers, welders, painters, and technical workers, operating from an offshore accommodation vessel, has started a 41-day contract to carry out the […]

  • UK: Vroon Takes Delivery of MPI Cervantes

    13 June 2012

    Vroon has taken delivery of MPI Cervantes on 6 June 2012. MPI Cervantes is a windfarm-service vessel, built at the South Boats Medina Shipyard on the Isle of Wight. She is the eighth addition to the MPI Workboats fleet and will commence operations immediately for Statoil in the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm. Vroon is an […]

  • Scira Acquires Artistic Impression of GMS Endeavour (UK)

    8 December 2011

    Norfolk watercolourist, John Hurst who specialises in capturing the area’s maritime heritage as well as local landscapes has turned his attention to the Sheringham Shoal project as an example of maritime history in the making. The two resulting highly original works – both featuring the turbine installation jack-up vessel ‘GMS Endeavour’ – were completed later […]

  • Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm Gets Visitor (UK)

    3 October 2011

      There was some excitement yesterday in Wells-next-the-Sea, as John Craven and the team from BBC’s Countryfile arrived for a planned visit to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Arriving at the Scira offices at 5.30am in the morning for a safety induction, John and his film crew then departed from the Outer Harbour on […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting on Schedule at Sheringham Shoal (UK)

    17 May 2011
    Wind Farm Update

      Although the project had faced a critical preparation and mobilisation schedule on Wednesday 20 April 2011, the newly built 5000 mT Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) Oleg Strashnov sailed on schedule for its maiden trip to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm location. The vessel was loaded with 4 220 Ton, 25-meter-high transition pieces, each […]

  • Smulders Projects to Build Dudgeon OWF Transition Pieces

    5 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    On July 3, Smulders Projects was awarded the contract for the supply of 67 Transition Pieces for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.  The Dudgeon Offshore Windfarm will be constructed on the coast of Norfolk, South East England. The wind farm comprises 67 monopile foundations on which 6 MW turbines will be placed. This large capacity […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit’s Latest Vessel Delivery Prolonged

    20 June 2013

    It was planned that Tidal Transit’s latest vessel, Tia Elizabeth, would be delivered and formally handed over at Seaworks International 2013 on 25 June 2013. However the delivery of this latest addition to the growing Tidal Transit fleet of innovative offshore wind farm personnel transfer vessels has now been delayed into next month. Ginny Louise […]

  • UK: Smit Constructor Completes Undersea Works at Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

    13 March 2012
    Wind Farm Update

    A stalwart vessel of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm fleet has left the Greater Wash after reaching another project milestone, the completion of the undersea works to prepare the site for the installation of the cables that transport the power generated by the wind turbines. The 77m vessel Smit Constructor has been home and […]

  • UK: Scira Extends Charter Contract with Tidal Transit

    2 May 2013

    Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessel, Eden Rose, has been on charter to Scira Offshore Energy since May 2012. Initially it was transporting construction workers building the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm to site, and since this 88 turbine power plant was completed late last year, it has been taking maintenance technicians to the wind farm […]