Penguin International Ltd. has delivered the service accommodation and transfer vessel (SATV) for the Formosa 1 offshore wind project to a Taiwanese operator. The 35m SATV Ventus Formosa was built by the Penguin Shipyard in Singapore and designed by the UK BMT. According to Penguin, the prototype ve
Singapore-headquartered PaxOcean Group has signed a contract to build a self-elevating platform (SEP) for Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction. Scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2022, the SEP is of a GustoMSC design, equipped with four tubular legs and four azimuth thrusters. The vessel w
Bernhard Schulte’s new service operation vessel (SOV), which will work for GE at the Merkur offshore wind project, is set to be named Windea Jules Verne. The vessel received its name after one of the world’s most popular adventure writers, who was born in Nantes, France, where GE’s Offshore Wind bus
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is upgrading one of its Gusto 9000 jack-up vessels with a new crane capable of installing foundations and all known next-generation offshore wind turbines, the company said. Upon delivery in 2022, the Huisman 1600t LEC 65500 leg encircling crane will be the highest in the mar
Oceanteam Solutions has secured a three-year contract to rent its 4000Te carousel for Global Marine Group’s vessel. According to Oceanteam, the 4000Te carousel will be customized with a smaller basket and grillage outer diameter to fit the vessel. The company has already started on the engineering a
The 145-metre main crane boom has been installed on DEME Group’s DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion at Liebherr’s facility in Rostock, Germany. The Liebherr HLC 295000 crane has a lifting capacity of 5,000 tonnes and an outreach of more 35 metres. It could lift nine fully loaded Airbus A380 airc
Ad Hoc Marine Designs Ltd (AHMD) has designed a new class of the catamaran crew transfer vessel (CTV). AHMD designed the new 24m South Class range of the catamaran CTV collaboratively with Due South Ltd. According to the company, the design began with the original South Cats range designed and produ
Global Marine Group has awarded Royal IHC with a contract to design and deliver an integrated power cable lay spread for the newly chartered vessel Normand Clipper. According to Royal IHC, the spread is optimized for inter-array cable lay and includes a patented quadrant handling system for second-e
Global Offshore’s newly added offshore installation and construction vessel Normand Clipper is set to be deployed at the Kriegers Flak offshore wind project.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Blue Tern has been contracted to finish installing the remaining eleven Senvion 6.2M152 turbines on the Trianel Windpark Borkum II (TWB II) in the German North Sea. Blue Tern will replace Jan De Nul’s Taillevent on TWB II as this jack-up is reportedly on its
Red Rock’s 3D compensated crane has completed the Harbour Acceptance Test (HAT) at Ulstein Verft in Norway.
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has received an order for a thruster solution for Boskalis’ Bokalift 2 crane vessel. According to Wärtsilä, the thruster solution will enable Boskalis to convert an existing hull into the crane vessel Bokalift 2. The order was placed in December 2019. Wärtsilä w
Geoquip Marine’s newly acquired DP2 vessel Geoquip Speer has secured a contract for an undisclosed offshore wind project in the U.S.
SAL’s M/V Wiebke has transported the new crane boom of Swire Blue Ocean’s jack-up Pacific Osprey from China to the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark. The crane boom was loaded onto M/V Wiebke at NOV’s manufacturing yard in China on 21 January and the vessel left the yard a day later. The crane boom will [&
