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  • Barge Master Incorporated in Walk-To-Work Vessel

    1 October 2013

    Barge Master has received a Letter of Award from Niestern Sander bv for employment of the Barge Master motion compensated crane on their new Walk-to-Work vessel, to be built for Wagenborg. The vessel including the Barge Master system will be ready in the first quarter of 2015. NAM will use the motion compensated crane to […]

  • France to Announce Offshore Wind Tender Results this Week

    4 April 2012
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    As reported by Reuters, it seems that the winner of the 10 billion-euro ($13.3 billion) tender, intended for offshore wind power development off the Brittany and Normandy coasts, will be French state-owned power company EDF. “The regulator has submitted a report which I’m told is quite positive for EDF”, Henri Proglio, EDF Chief Executive said, […]

  • SHL Picks Port of Cromarty Firth for Beatrice Works

    29 March 2017
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland’s Port of Cromarty Firth has been awarded two contracts by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) to support the installation of the 580MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in Outer Moray Firth.

  • National Grid Kicks Off Onshore Works on Block Island

    19 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    National Grid has started installing the cofferdams for the subsea cables which will connect the Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in US waters, developed by Deepwater Wind, with Block Island. The next step involves a process called horizontal directional drilling (HDD), which creates a boring through which a conduit, and ultimately the submarine cables, […]

  • Italy: Prysmian Adjusted EBITDA Drops to EUR 282 Million

    2 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The Board of Directors of Prysmian S.p.A. has approved the Group’s consolidated results for the first half of 2013.  “The Group’s half-year results show signs of improvement from the second quarter. In fact, in the second quarter 2013 both sales and profitability increased on the first quarter 2013, while still remaining below the same period […]

  • Atkins Reaching New Depths with Beatrice Jacket Substructures

    26 May 2016
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has appointed Atkins to carry out the detailed design of the jacket substructure and foundations for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the outer Moray Firth, UK, as part of SHL’s EPCI contract with the farm’s developer Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL). 84 jacket substructures and associated foundations for the […]

  • Supply Chain Opportunities for World’s Largest Wind Farm

    11 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    Opportunities for Norfolk and Suffolk companies to secure business with developers of the world’s largest wind farm will be spelt out at supply chain events to be announced soon. Jonathan Cole, managing director of Scottish Power Renewables, said the procurement process for the £2bn 714 MW East Anglia One would begin after contracts were signed […]

  • High Tien Offshore to Invest in Newbuild CTVs for Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Industry

    7 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    High Tien Offshore (HTO) has signed a Letter of Intent with Jong Shyn Shipbuilding (JSS) for the construction of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the Taiwanese offshore wind industry. The vessel owner/operator says the locally-built CTVs will support the developers bidding in Taiwan’s Round 3 offshore wind leasing and that this cooperation with JSS came […]

  • EnBW Seeks Crew Transfer Vessel to Support He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm Construction

    2 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    EnBW has opened a tender for the provision of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) and crew for the construction phase of its He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany, which is scheduled to start in early 2024. The tender is open for applications until 27 February. The charter contract will come into effect on 1 […]

  • GE Kit for Acta Marine’s Next-Generation CSOVs

    5 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    GE Power Conversion has partnered with Tersan Shipyard in Türkiye to deliver the power and propulsion, dynamic positioning (DP), and vessel control systems for two construction service operation vessels (CSOVs) for Dutch maritime support provider, Acta Marine. GE Power Conversion’s scope of supply features the power-dense SeaPulse LV3 family of converters which are deployed in […]

  • Sheringham Shoal awards vessel work to Wells-next-the-Sea contractor

    30 March 2010
    Wind Farm Update

    The first contracts for the provision of vessels to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm have been awarded to North Norfolk contractor, Safety Boat Services. Located in Wells-next-the-Sea, Safety Boat Services will begin work with the wind farm operator, Scira Offshore Energy, on April 15, with the contracts running until the end of the year. […]

  • Bonheur Group’s Operating Results Down to EUR 42.6 Mln

    15 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian holding company Bonheur ASA has released its report for the first quarter of 2014 comprising Bonheur ASA and its subsidiaries and the group of companies´ ownership of associates. Bonheur’s main business segments include offshore drilling, renewable energy, shipping / offshore wind, cruise and other investments. The group’s EBIT was NOK 346 million, which is […]

  • European Commission Clears ABB’s High Voltage Cable Business Sale to NKT

    28 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    The European Commission has cleared unconditionally under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of ABB’s high voltage cable business and power cable accessories business by nkt after concluding that the merged entity would continue to face effective competition in Europe.

  • Hornsea One Breaks Export Cable Record

    11 December 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Tideway BV, part of DEME Group, has completed the installation of the export cable at the Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm in the UK.

  • Jan De Nul Installs All Foundations at Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm

    12 June 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has installed all ten gravity base foundations at the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm off Pori, Finland, Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, the developer of the 40MW project, told Offshore WIND.

  • Vos Prodect to Supply Its Pro-MES System for Gemini OWF

    9 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has awarded Vos Prodect Innovations with a contract for the design and supply of cable protection systems for the Gemini offshore wind project. This is the first project where Vos Prodect will utilize its recently developed Monopile Entry System (Pro-MES). The Pro-MES system will be installed into the J-tubeless foundations of Gemini offshore […]

  • Photo of the Day: Seajacks Scylla Legs Fitted

    30 July 2015
    Vessels

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Seajacks Scylla with all four legs installed. The offshore wind farm installation vessel has been fitted with all four legs at Samsung Heavy Industries. Scylla is outfitted with 105 metre long legs that have the ability to install components in water depths of up to 65m. The vessel also […]

  • Germany: Brunsbüttel Ports Loads 395 Tonne Offshore Transformers

    2 November 2012

    Two 395 tonne transformers for the SylWin1 substation were loaded at the Brunsbüttel Ports by the ENAK floating crane. The transport began from the manufacturer Siemens in Nuremberg led by barge “Timaja” over the waterway to Brunsbüttel, where the transformers were removed and placed on a lift truck. Frank Schnabel, Managing Director of Brunsbüttel Ports, […]

  • Latest Offshore WIND Magazine Now Available Online

    6 March 2018

    The latest edition of the Offshore WIND magazine is now available in a digital format.

  • Vestas Reveals Details on New Offshore Wind Turbine (Denmark)

    30 March 2011

    Today, at a press conference in London at 12.30 local time Vestas reveals the details of its next generation offshore turbine. Instead of the previously communicated capacity of 6.0 MW, the turbine will have a capacity of 7.0 MW and a rotor diameter of 164 metres. Construction of the first V164-7.0 MW prototypes is expected […]

  • World’s Largest Subsea Power Cable Touches Scottish Ground

    23 January 2017
    Environment, Grid Connection, Technology

    The world’s largest subsea power cable, part of a GBP 1 billion Western Link project, has come ashore in North Ayrshire, Scotland, ScottishPower reports. The subsea link will connect Ardneil Bay in North Ayrshire in Scotland to the Wirral peninsula in north west England. Once completed, the Western Link project, a joint venture between ScottishPower and National Grid, […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit’s Vessel Completes Its Maiden Voyage

    13 September 2013

    Just after Tidal Transit’s third personnel transfer vessel sailed from a shipyard in Cartagena, Spain to Grimsby, it made its maiden voyage this week, writes the Lincolnshire Echo. Namely, the Tia Elizabeth, under a contract with RES Offshore, had sailed from Grimsby with twelve technicians heading for maintenance work on Hornsea met mast, where they […]

  • VIDEO: Damen FCS 2610 at Work

    28 January 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Damen recently said that it was building the FCS 2610 for stock to keep up with demand and that the company would soon have 40 of these vessels built in just three years.  The first of two Sure Wind Marine’s Damen FCS 2610 vessels was handed over on January 8th 2014 and was named ‘Sure […]

  • Slaughter and May Advises DONG Energy on Westermost Rough Case

    1 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Slaughter and May advised DONG Energy on its proposed disposal of a 50% interest in the 210MW Westermost Rough offshore wind farm to a joint venture established between Marubeni Corporation and UK Green Investment Bank plc.  The law firm also advised the energy company on the terms of certain related financing, construction management, operations and […]

  • South Korean Ministry of National Defense Halts Wind Farms Development

    13 February 2013
    Authorities

    The South Korean Ministry of National Defense has halted development of Saemangeum wind power cluster project and the 200MW wind power project in Daejeong-ri, Jeju due to a concern that the radar signal can be disturbed by wind turbines, reports Etnews. In order to get a green light from the Ministry, the developers will have […]

  • Japan to Set Up Offshore Wind Power Test Sites

    25 May 2012

    Japan is on its way to set up test sites for marine energy and offshore wind power in order to use renewable sources as much as possible. As reported on Bloomberg, applications for test sites will be required from local administrations and the first group will be picked by March 2014. After the Fukushima nuclear […]