As offshore wind expands into new frontiers, jack-up vessels face increasingly difficult working environments. Beyond the sandy soils of the North Sea, projects are now being built on dense tills, coral limestone, and even exposed bedrock. These hard seabeds are testing the limits of conventional ja
BW Ideol’s project involving a factory for serial production of concrete floating wind foundations in Fos-sur-Mer, France, has been selected for funding by the European Commission under the EU Innovation Fund, for a grant of up to EUR 74 million. The project, named Fos3F, was selected alongside ten
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with the North East Combined Authority, is investing GBP 2.1 million (around EUR 2.4 million) in a new offshore wind cable testing rig at its facilities in Blyth in North East England. Funded by the North East Combined Authority, the inves
Jan De Nul has launched its first XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), Fleeming Jenkin, with the final vessel construction phase now starting, including sea trials. Jan De Nul announced in October 2023 that it had placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard, followed by an order for
RWE has installed around 75,000 reef cubes developed by the nature-inclusive technology designer ARC marine at the Rampion offshore wind farm in the UK, in what the Rampion owner says is a “global first”. The cubes are a specially eco-engineered scour protection solution for wind turbine foundations
Remazel Engineering, a company of the Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri, has secured a contract for the delivery of a high-capacity rock placement system for Jan De Nul’s recently ordered subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV). Jan De Nul reported some ten days ago that it had ordered the new S
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an approval in principle (AiP) from ABS for its new semi-submersible floating wind turbine design, named SnapWind Float. The AiP from ABS comes shortly after the design was issued an Approval in Principle by the Korean Register (KR). The SnapWind Float, de
DEME Group has ordered a new offshore construction vessel (OCV) that will be capable of performing trenching, burial, and cable-laying operations and is set to have a methanol-ready propulsion design for future fuel flexibility. The OCV will be constructed by PaxOcean at the Zhoushan shipyard in Chi
We are pleased to share a milestone in the important collaboration between Davi and GS Entec in the wind energy sector: the successful completion of the Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) for the two massive plate rolling machines ordered by the Korean company. The FAT took place a few weeks ago at our
UK-based marine autonomy system provider, Robosys Automation, is leading a new project that aims to transform the environmental consenting process for offshore wind farms by cutting the time it takes to get approval. Robosys Automation’s partners on the project, named Project ORACLES, include the Of
The US subsea engineering and applied technology firm Oceaneering International has secured a GBP 400,000 (around EUR 465,000) grant from Scotland’s economic development agency Scottish Enterprise for a project that aims to add manufacturing capacity for subsea power cables destined for Scottish off
China’s ZTT Submarine Cable & System has begun construction of an advanced cable laying vessel (CLV) that will service offshore wind, island interconnections, and regional grid expansion projects in Asia Pacific (APAC). The new-generation, self-propelled CLV will be 139.8 meters long, with a 38-mete
France’s cable systems designer and manufacturer, Nexans, has partnered with Crowley Wind Services to develop and operate a Jones Act-compliant cable lay barge, aiming to support subsea transmission work for offshore wind and other industries across the US. The 300-foot barge, flagged and crewed in
UK-based Inyanga Marine Energy Group has assumed operational management of the newly built Tor Boreas, a hybrid utility vessel developed for offshore wind operations. According to Inyanga, the 26.95-metre vessel will be operated in partnership with compatriot company, Tor Group, and is designed for
