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  • Vessel Traffic Surveys Underway at Scottish Floating Wind Project Site

    11 August 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    NASH Maritime, a UK-based shipping and navigation consultancy, is currently undertaking vessel traffic surveys offshore Scotland to inform the navigation risk assessment the company is preparing for the 1 GW Buchan floating offshore wind project. The project site, for which the Floating Energy Allyance consortium secured the rights at the beginning of last year through the ScotWind […]

  • DHSS Bags Merkur Contract

    13 February 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    GE Renewable Energy has awarded DHSS with a ships agency and port logistics services contract for the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Tideway and Turbine Transfers Prepping CTV Quartet for Merkur Offshore Wind Farm

    25 August 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Wales-based Turbine Transfers has won a contract to provide Tideway B.V., part of DEME Group, with four crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the Merkur offshore wind farm project in the German North Sea.  

  • European Commission Nods to Merkur Ownership Change

    16 March 2020
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Merkur Offshore GmbH by APG Asset Management N.V. and InfraRed Capital Partners Limited. The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns, given the companies’ moderate combined market positions resulting from the proposed transaction. The transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure. […]

  • EMO to Build Merkur Service Base in Eemshaven

    23 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Merkur Offshore, the developer of German Merkur offshore wind farm, has signed a long-term contract with the Dutch subsidiary of EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) for the construction of a service base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands.

  • Merkur Substation Topside Loaded Out in Hoboken

    14 December 2017
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    An offshore substation topside built by Engie Fabricom-Tractebel and Iemants for the Merkur offshore wind farm has been loaded out at ENGIE Fabricom’s yard in Hoboken, Belgium.

  • GeoSea Installs All Merkur Transition Pieces

    20 April 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has installed all of the transition pieces at the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea using A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Challenger.

  • DEME, Windreich Join Forces for Merkur Offshore

    18 June 2015

    DEME and Windreich have formed a new joint venture for the development of Merkur Offshore offshore wind project, formerly known as MEG I. “Today’s announcement underlines our confidence in this project”, noted Alain Bernard, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the DEME group. “We are very pleased with the progress made to date, and look […]

  • EMO Completes Merkur Base in Eemshaven

    27 April 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has completed its second base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, which will be used as the service base for the Merkur offshore wind farm.

  • Buss Setting the Stage for Merkur Offshore Wind Farm

    9 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Buss Offshore Solutions has begun with preparations for the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm at its Orange Blue Terminal in the Dutch port of Eemshaven.

  • EWE OSS Secures Merkur Maintenance Deal

    23 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE OSS) has won a contract to provide technical maintenance of the Merkur offshore substation in the German North Sea.

  • First Merkur Wind Turbine Up

    8 March 2018
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 66 GE HaliadeTM 150-6MW wind turbines has been installed on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Merkur Offshore GmbH reports.

  • Oleg Strashnov to Install Merkur OSS Jacket

    11 October 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Oleg Strashnov is currently at the Merkur offshore wind farm site as the vessel is deployed on installing the jacket foundation for the Merkur offshore substation. According to vessel’s AIS data, Oleg Strahnov has arrived at the site on 8 October. 

  • GE Hires Manor Renewable Energy for Merkur Works

    6 December 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has won a contract to supply temporary power, personnel and a multi-purpose vessel to GE Renewable Energy for the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Marine Coordination Services Wins Merkur Commissioning Contract

    12 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Marine Coordination Services BV has secured a contract for the commissioning phase of the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • Siem Barracuda Leaves Merkur OWF

    10 July 2020
    Vessels

    Siem Offshore’s vessel Siem Barracuda has been demobilised from the Merkur offshore wind farm and left the project on 8 July. The Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) has been in service at the German offshore wind farm for almost two years, under a contract with GE Renewable Energy. The equipment fitted onto the vessel for […]

  • Merkur Brings GE and RTS Together

    3 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics

    GE Renewable Energy has hired specialists from RTS Wind AG to work on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm, which marks the first cooperation between the two companies.

  • Merkur Turbines One Third Done

    17 May 2018
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    22 out of 66 GE HaliadeTM 150-6MW turbines have so far been installed on the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, Merkur Offshore GmbH reports.

  • Iemants Loads Out Merkur Offshore Substation Jacket

    8 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Iemants, part of the Smulders Group, loaded out the jacket foundation for the Merkur wind farm offshore substation from its facility in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, on Tuesday, 5 September.

  • DeepOcean to Link Merkur Offshore Wind Farm to DolWin Gamma

    29 June 2017
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW) for export cable transportation, installation and trenching services on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German Bight.

  • Merkur Receives Its First Transition Pieces

    15 November 2017
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    A2Sea’s jack-up vessel Sea Challenger has started installing transition pieces at the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm located off the coast of Germany.

  • Tideway Books Normand Jarstein for Merkur Works

    18 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Tideway B.V, part of the DEME Group, has entered into a charter agreement with SolstadFarstad ASA for the DP2, accommodation and walk-to-work vessel Normand Jarstein.

  • Hammer Time on Merkur Offshore Wind Farm

    20 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has installed the first of 66 monopiles on the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

  • EMO’s Merkur Service Base Right on Time

    11 January 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, R&D

    EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) has celebrated the topping-out ceremony of its second building for the Merkur offshore wind farm service base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, and expects to have it fully built on time with no delays despite winter weather.

  • Merkur Offshore Wind Farm to Change Hands

    10 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) and the Dutch pension investor APG have signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Merkur Offshore GmbH, the owner and operator of the 396MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The two investors signed the agreement with a consortium comprising of funds managed and/or advised by […]

  • GeoSea Hires FoundOcean and BASF for Grouting Work on Merkur

    7 July 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    GeoSea has ordered MasterFlow 9600 grout from BASF’s Construction Chemicals division to be used on the Merkur offshore wind farm.