China’s first 2,000-tonne offshore wind farm installation vessel, named Baihetan, was launched in April in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong Province. Built by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), the 126-metre long, 50-metre wide vessel has a full load displacement with a total capacity of 37,000
Danish wind farm installation vessel owner and operator Cadeler A/S has ordered a new F-class jack-up at COSCO Heavy Industries in China. The new F-class vessel is said to be unique in terms of flexibility and scope, as it can be converted from the installation of large foundations to the installati
Equinor has, on behalf of the 50-50 partnership between Equinor and bp, selected Heerema Marine Contractors as a strategic supplier for the development of offshore wind projects on the US East Coast. Equinor and Heerema intend to enter into a Strategic Supplier Agreement for the transportation and i
Van Oord has contracted Peritus International to perform a study on inter-array cable stability for RWE’s Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The scope consists of calculating the on-bottom stability for the inter-array cables in challenging environmental conditions and shallow water. According to P
North Star has awarded the Netherlands-based MO4 with a 10-year contract to supply the company’s four service operations vessels (SOVs) with a digital twin and artificial intelligence (AI) decision support software package. According to MO4, the technology will provide operational data analytics and
Texas-based NOV has received contracts from Sembcorp Marine Ltd to supply equipment for the offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) the company is building for Maersk Supply Service. The order will see NOV-BLM supply the rack and pinion jacking systems and the load transfer system while NOV
Smulders has loaded out and sent off the first four of the 95 transition pieces for the first phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm from its yard in Hoboken, Belgium. The first batch of transition pieces was loaded out on 19 and 20 April and shipped to Sif’s Maasvlakte 2 terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherla
The Hongkong Electric Company (HK Electric), one of Hong Kong’s two main electricity providers, has revealed plans to develop and commission a 150 MW offshore wind farm by 2027. The wind farm will be located southwest of Lamma Island in water depths ranging from 17 to 22 metres in an area with avera
ESVAGT has picked HAV Design, a subsidiary of HAV Group ASA, to develop a service operation vessel (SOV) that will provide support to the offshore wind farms in Ørsted’s UK East Regional programme. Under the agreement, HAV Design will deliver both the ship design and an integrated equipment package
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)and wpd AG have signed definitive agreements for GIP to acquire 100 per cent of wpd offshore GmbH, the offshore wind business of wpd. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. WPD offshore is an offshore wind platform with over 20 years of deve
US-based CDMG Metal Buildings has been awarded a USD 42.7 million contract by the Port of Albany to supply four metal buildings for the nation’s first offshore wind tower manufacturing plant. The contract was signed during a meeting of the port district commission to allow a joint venture to begin m
Paul Schoenmakers, Business Developer at TWD was guest in the Navingo Career Podcast to share his journey at TWD so far, his experience working in the offshore energy sector, and how TWD cultivates their open workplace culture. TWD is a creative engineering company that specializes in designing cust
Offshore engineering and design consultancy Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions Ltd (GDG) has been commissioned by Wind Energy Ireland to undertake a study of Ireland’s national ports. The assessment will review the current position, as well as identify the strategic port development opportunities for the
North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and the offshore wind developer Ørsted have announced a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) to construct the company’s US offshore wind farms with an American union workforce. “A first-of-its-kind in the United States, the National Offshore Wind Agreement (NO
