UK infrastructure vessel support operator, North Star, has launched a recruitment drive for crew ahead of its first hybrid-powered offshore wind fleet arriving in UK waters early next year. The company, which has facilities in Aberdeen, Lowestoft, and Newcastle, is aiming to hire 42 qualified seafar
Palfinger has won an order to deliver cranes for the Moray West wind farm project offshore Scotland. The 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm is located in the outer Moray Firth off Inverness. In order to lift materials and tools from the crew transfer vessels (CTVs) onto the transition pieces of th
North Star has launched the first of four hybrid-powered daughter crafts that will be used on the Dogger Bank wind farm offshore the UK from next year. The vessel was launched at a naming ceremony held at the RoyalNorfolk and Suffolk Yacht club in Lowestoft, England, adjacent to the firm’s regional
The Diamond Consortium of James Fisher and Sons plc and the UK shipowner, Graig Shipping PLC, has unveiled what is described as ”a pioneering service operation vessel (SOV) design concept.” The ULSTEIN TWIN X-STERN, named ULSTEIN SX221 Diamond SOV, is expected to support the UK’s target of 50 GW of
SeAH Wind Ltd, a subsidiary of South Korea’s pipe manufacturer SeAH Steel Holdings, has received planning approval for its proposed GBP 300 million UK XXL monopile factory to be built at Teesworks. Site works are scheduled to commence in July with overall completion anticipated in 2024. The 40-metre
The world’s first offshore charging points for electric vessels will be installed on the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farms off the UK around late summer, according to the UK’s Department for Transport. The project to develop an offshore wind on-turbine electrical vessel charging system is led by MJR
EDF Renewables has carried out what is believed to be the first autonomous wind farm foundation inspection by deploying a customised remotely operated vehicle (ROV) at the Blyth offshore wind farm in the UK. Equipped and operated from the Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets (ORCA) Hub, the
The UK government has opened the GBP 160 million Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (FLOWMIS) for expressions of interest. Announced in November 2021, the investment scheme will provide government funding to boost floating offshore wind capability around the UK at sites in Scotla
Danish crew transfer vessel operator World Marine Offshore (WMO) has contracted Norwegian shipbuilder Umoe Mandal AS to build two second-generation Wavecraft™ crew transfer vessels. WMO has also entered into bareboat charter agreements for two similar vessels that are owned by the Umoe Group. Three
The Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm in the UK is set to undergo a pre-construction survey of its export cable corridor, following a series of export cable issues. Titan Endeavour will carry out the work, starting around 15 April and scheduled to take up to seven days, subject to weather conditions. T
Ørsted and Esvagt have decided to invest in what the companies describe as the world’s first service operation vessel (SOV) that can operate on green fuels. The SOV will be powered by batteries and dual-fuel engines, capable of sailing on renewable e-methanol, produced from wind energy and biogenic
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presented a plan to boost Britain’s energy security which includes an increased target of up to 50 GW of operating offshore wind capacity by 2030. The up to 50 GW of offshore wind capacity, of which the government would like to see up to 5 GW come in form [&hellip
Energy company RWE is partnering with the UK’s largest port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), and the Port of Milford Haven to investigate the scaling-up of port facilities in support of a pipeline of gigawatt-scale floating wind projects offshore Wales, the UK. Working together under a Memo
In an industry first, the leading offshore wind developer Ørsted is exploring the use of Jet Suit paramedics to support its operational staff working out at sea on the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Ørsted has partnered with Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) and Gravity Industries in t
