Cable protection systems (CPS) supplier Tekmar Energy has successfully carried out a full-scale demonstration of its products at The Underwater Centre, the subsea training and trials facility based in Fort William, Scotland. The objective of the demonstration was to prove the ability to remove a CPS
Fred. Olsen Ocean has introduced a standalone offshore heliport concept expected to enable the offshore wind industry to integrate helicopter use into the operations and maintenance of its next generation of farshore wind farms. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s UK General Manager David Matthews has said th
Windwave Workboats has sent its 18-metre Wind Farm Support Vessel (WFSV) Freddie S to Grimsby to start a new role providing 24-hour jack-up support for Siemens Wind Power Service on the Westermost Rough wind farm. Freddie S will be supporting a team of Siemens’ heavy lift technicians who are working
EDF Energy Renewables will utilise the Port of Blyth as a mobilisation and operation & maintenance base for its new offshore wind farm to be installed off the coast of Northumberland. Port of Blyth Chief Executive Martin Lawlor said: “We’re delighted to be providing both an operational and mobilisat
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s crane vessel, Stanislav Yudin, installed the offshore accommodation platform for the 288MW DanTysk offshore wind farm some 90 kilometres off the German North Sea coast today at 4 AM CET. The platform stands 20 metres above sea level and will house up to 50 people in a space of
SeaPlanner has hired three new software developers and two new test analysts to meet the needs of its growing project portfolio. The news follows the recent announcements of SeaPlanner being awarded two significant contracts. In April, Dong Energy selected SeaPlanner as the system provider for their
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier A/S’s Bayard vessels celebrated 500 days without a lost time injury (LTI) on 2 June 2016. With a total exposure of 115,617 hours, the fleet of seven Bayards have been active at Walney 1+2, Butendiek, Baltic 2, Femern Belt, Borkum Riffgrund, Gwynt y Môr and the Gode Wind 1. Du
Vattenfall is getting ready to inaugurate the 49.5MW Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm on the southern side of the Outer Thames Estuary at noon local time today. The wind farm comprises 15 MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW turbines and is located next to the 90MW Kentish Flats offshore wind farm which
Siemens has awarded a four-year crane framework agreement to UK heavy-lift specialist ALE for the supply and deployment of cranes, specialised transport equipment and personnel. The contract is for the period 2016-19, and has a value in excess of GBP 43 million (EUR 55m). It covers Siemens’ harbour-
Shell Setting Up ‘New Energies’ Unit. Oil & Gas Companies to Cause Clash of Giants in Offshore Wind? Shell has created a new division called New Energies, through which the oil and gas giant will invest in wind energy, along with its hydrogen, biofuels and electrical activities, according to The Gua
Representatives from the Nantes – Saint-Nazaire Port have used the International Week of Transport and Logistics to provide an update on the expansion project which is expected to turn the port into a link between factories in the region and future offshore wind farms. At this event, Jean-Pierre Cha
E.ON has chosen SGS, a Hamburg-based inspection, verification, testing and certification company, to carry out periodic service inspections at the 302MW Amrumbank West offshore wind farm located some 35 kilometers north of the Heligoland in the North Sea. Under the contract, SGS will perform periodi
Siemens Nederland N.V. and EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO) laid the foundation stone for the offshore service base in the port of Eemshaven on 27 May. The general contractor for execution of the construction is the Dutch construction company Kooi from Appingedam. Siemens’ requirements have been implemen
Norfolk Marine’s survey vessel the Norfolk Swift has completed a survey at the 174MW Robin Rigg offshore wind farm in the Solway Firth off Cumbria, the vessel’s second survey contract for E.on in May. The first contract was completed at the 60MW Scroby Sands wind farm off Great Yarmouth prior to mai
