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  • UK Offshore Wind Farms Keep Four Rix Vessels Busy During Winter

    9 December 2016
    Vessels

    Four out of five Rix Sea Shuttle crew transfer vessels will keep operating during the winter as they are contracted to work on major wind farm offshore wind projects in the UK. James Doyle, managing director of Rix Sea Shuttle, said: “Normally December is the quietest month by far with most of the crew transfer vessels laid up […]

  • GeoSea to Build Large Offshore Wind Farms with New Next-Gen Vessel

    1 March 2017
    Vessels

    As of 2019, GeoSea will use a next generation vessel – named Orion – for the construction of the large offshore wind farms, after its mother company DEME placed an order for the 216.5m DP3 installation vessel with COSCO shipyard in China.

  • Damen Launches Bibby WaveMaster 1 (VIDEO)

    24 March 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Damen officially launched the Bibby WaveMaster 1 service operations vessel (SOV) at its Galati shipyard in Romania on 24 March.

  • The Netherlands: SeaZip Ordered Two Damen Fast Crew Suppliers

    29 November 2011

    Damen Shipyards and SeaZip Offshore Service will sign a contract at the EWEA conference (14:30 hrs, stand 11020, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,). SeaZip has ordered two Fast Crew Suppliers of the 2610-type. The first ever FCS 2610 was delivered early 2011 and offers reduced peak accelerations of up to 75%, reduced added resistance in waves of […]

  • The Netherlands: Seaports of Niedersachsen Present Logistics Solutions for Offshore Wind Energy Industry

    6 December 2011

    EWEA offshore 2011 ended on Thursday. During the three days Seaports of Niedersachsen has presented the excellent conditions in the Lower Saxon seaports for production, assembly and handling of offshore wind energy facilities. Many industry representatives showed great interest in port services and capacities. Logistics is the main topic in the offshore wind planning. More […]

  • The Netherlands: TenneT Appoints New CFO

    9 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    TenneT announced that Mr Eelco de Boer (58) has been appointed as CFO of TenneT Holding B.V. He will join the Board of Management as a director under the articles of association. Mr De Boer has been employed by TenneT as interim financial administrator since mid-2010. Eelco de Boer has over 20 years of experience […]

  • The Netherlands: Tideway Purchases Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Onboard for Rollingstone

    3 April 2012

    The Dutch offshore contractor Tideway, specialized in offshore dredging, landfall construction and pipeline stabilization, has purchased Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Onboard for her rock dumping vessel Rollingstone. For a period of nine months Tideway leased OCTOPUS-Onboard for the purpose of response monitoring & prediction and heavy weather decision support onboard the Rollingstone. In this period Tideway tested and […]

  • The Netherlands: Offshore Wind Services BV to Celebrate ‘Offshore West Hinder’ Hand Over

    18 May 2012

    Offshore Wind Services BV (OWS) will celebrate the hand over of their second 19m crew transfer vessel “Offshore West Hinder” from South Boats shipyard during the Seaworks workboat show in Sothampton on the 23rd of May. The first of the two newbuild vessels “Offshore Wandelaar” was handed over today and will start operating next week […]

  • The Netherlands: FRISIA-Offshore and Offshore Wind Services Announce Cooperation Agreement

    26 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    FRISIA-Offshore, located in Germany, and Offshore Wind Services BV from the Netherlands announced a cooperation agreement. The intention of FRISIA-Offshore and OWS is to invest together in new Crew Transfer Vessels through a joint venture in the coming months. This joint venture will serve as growth platform for the German and Dutch market. Workships Contractors, […]

  • The Netherlands: Airborne Composites Announces Partnership Agreement with Nautricity

    3 July 2012
    Technology

    Airborne Composites was granted the contract to design & build 7 composite blades of almost 4m in length for a tidal turbine that is to be used for validation purposes. The plan is to commission the CoRMaT validation tidal turbine in Q3/2012 at the EMEC test centre in Scotland. In addition, discussions  have been concluded […]

  • The Netherlands: EIB Considers EUR 500 Million Loan for Offshore Wind Project

    27 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    An offshore wind project, worth a total of EUR 2.6 billion, could get a EUR 500 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The developer, Typhoon Offshore BV, plans to build the 600MW offshore wind farm 85 kilometers north of the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog. Once built, by the end of 2015 or the […]

  • The Netherlands: Imtech Joins MLK Projects to Work on Compact Offshore Substation

    22 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Mercon and Liandon announce that Imtech has joined their MLK Projects consortium. MLK Projects was founded by Liandon and Mercon earlier this year to market a new innovation in offshore substations named COSS for Compact Offshore Substation. As associated engineering company, KCI was heavily involved in the design. Victor Krijt, Business Development Manager at Liandon […]

  • The Netherlands: CTruk Delivers Multi-Purpose Catamaran to Sima

    2 November 2012

    Dutch-owned Sima Charters has taken delivery of the latest vessel to join its fleet, a CTruk 20T multi-purpose catamaran. Sporting Sima Charters’ eye-catching yellow and blue livery, SC Buzzard is the tenth vessel to be completed at the Brightlingsea yard in two years. The relationship between Sima Charters and CTruk had an interesting start, with […]

  • The Netherlands: Bureau Veritas Developing Offshore Wind Farm Certification

    12 November 2012

    On the second day of the Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference held in Amsterdam RAI, one of our reporters made an exclusive interview with the Director Industry of Bureau Veritas Mr. Yvo Jansen. Hereby we are bringing you a part of their conversation. – What is the process behind acquiring a regulatory certificate in the […]

  • The Netherlands: Mobile Offshore Crane Successfully Performs 1.500 Tonnes Lift

    16 November 2012
    Technology

    The Spacelift MC 35000 DLS is an unique mobile marine crane with 1.500 tonnes lifting capacity, and stands for a new era in the offshore industry. The system’s architecture, combined with all other technical innovative features of this crane, marks the beginning of a new generation mobile offshore cranes. With this new product Zwagerman meets […]

  • The Netherlands: Tocardo Appoints Chief Commercial Officer

    19 November 2012

    Tocardo, the leading producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, has appointed Radboud van Kleef as Chief Commercial Officer. Radboud brings over 15 years’ experience in business development and know-how to grow companies. He has worked in an international corporate environment across a variety of industries, most recently as an advisor in the financial sector. […]

  • The Netherlands: ATO & We@Sea to Host Conference on Offshore Wind Development

    4 December 2012

    We@Sea and ATO are organizing the offshore wind conference for the third time and it will be held at the Holiday Inn in IJmuiden on Thursday 6th December 2012. Since the last Dutch conference in 2010, there are many new facts: A new government Need for cost cutting (40% ??) New regulations developments (i.e. streamlining […]

  • The Netherlands: Domestic Renewable Energy Likely to Be Cheaper Than Imported

    6 December 2012
    R&D

    For the Stichting Natuur en Milieu, Ecofys assessed the costs and risks of a potential import of renewable energy statistics by the Dutch Government in order to meet the binding renewable energy (RE) target of 14% by 2020. Recently the new government has announced that it will increase the ambition from 14% to 16%. It […]

  • The Netherlands: Parts for DanTysk Offshore Wind Farm Shipped from Vlissingen

    23 January 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The first four of eight piles for offshore wind turbines were loaded on January 20 in Vlissingen for shipment to offshore wind farm DanTysk located in the North Sea, 70 kilometers west of the island of Sylt on the border between the Germany and Denmark. The 65 meter long piles will be carried with 151 meter long offshore […]

  • The Netherlands: Crane Barge Conquest MB1 Successfully Completes Offshore Lifting Trials

    31 January 2013

    Two approximately 200 ton test weights were unloaded by heavy lift crane barge Conquest MB1, from the DP feeder vessel Abis Dublin. The test lifts were successfully performed in weather conditions with waves of 0.5 to 1.5 meter, waveperiods of 2 to 9 seconds and windspeeds of 23 to 29 knots (12 to 15 m/s. […]

  • The Netherlands: Trianel Project Advances with AREVA’s Wind Turbines

    5 February 2013

    A further project step for the Trianel wind farm Borkum has been successfully finished. The 40 wind energy turbines which were produced by AREVA Wind have been shipped from Bremerhaven to the Dutch town Eemshaven. In September last year the transport of the 40 nacelles, hubs and (S3) tower sections of the 5 Megawatt (MW) […]

  • New Mathematical Techniques Simulate Offshore Wind Farms in the Netherlands

    18 March 2013
    R&D, Training & Education

    Recent figures by CBS (Statistics Netherlands) show that 4% of the energy produced in the Netherlands comes from renewable sources. Benjamin Sanderse, PhD at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has developed advanced mathematical methods that are able to produce a reliable simulation of off-shore wind farms in the Netherlands. His research, carried out for ECN, […]

  • The Netherlands: Vripack, Braveheart Shipping Present Javelin 22.22

    26 March 2013

    The high degree of innovation in the design as well as cooperation between Vripack and Braveheart Shipping might be unique but also essential to make sure the Javelin 22.22 is able to perform her duties at sea. The innovative mentality and the features of the ship connect very well to the qualities and holistic design […]

  • VIDEO: Chevalier Floatels’ DP Gezina

    28 March 2013

    Holland Shipyards successfully launched Chevalier Floatels‘ DP Gezina on March 26. The vessel was converted and upgraded to DP2 Service Support Vessel for staff accommodation and transport to offshore wind farms installations. The vessel is scheduled to be operational at the beginning of May 2013. Check out this video animation of DP Gezina: [mappress] Offshore […]

  • The Netherlands: Boskalis Offshore Expands Capabilities in Cable Installation Market with ‘Trenchformer’

    28 March 2013
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Boskalis Offshore expands its capabilities in the cable installation market with the Trenchformer: a multi-purpose cable trencher for a wide range of soils and cable types. Developed by Boskalis and VSMC, the trencher can bury cables in deep waters as well as in shallow areas. Besides working together with cable laying vessels, the Trenchformer can […]

  • Scotland Mustn’t Back Down From the Offshore Wind

    27 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    THE Skykon factory is currently the only significant manufacturer of wind turbine towers in Scotland and is therefore a very important part… By Paul Brewer (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, October 27, 2010;