Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has launched its new crew transfer vessel (CTV) Manor Initiative, former MPI Cervantes. The vessel underwent refit works at MRE’s Portland base carried out by Manor Marine UK Ltd. Walker Marine Design designed the new section on Manor Initiative. The vessel was extended
This is the first wind farm in the world to use drilled XL-monopile foundations, DEME said.
GE Renewable Energy’s service operations vessel (SOV) is undergoing final tests at Ulstein Verft’s shipyard in Norway in preparation for sea trials. Ulstein has now floated out the vessel from the outer dock to start the final tests. The sea trials are expected to start in early March. The SOV, owne
By focusing on tackling controllable factors such as trim, hull fouling and speed through established monitoring technology, OESV operators can identify inefficiencies in vessel performance and calculate the optimal operating conditions for their vessels, Seacat Services said.
High Speed Transfers’ (HST) fourth FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel HST Euan has arrived at the Port of Oostende in Belgium.
Ocean Infinity has launched a new marine technology and data company, Armada, which will bring in 15 robot vessels to be used for offshore surveys. The fleet is currently under construction and is expected to be delivered by the end of 2020.
Ingeteam has secured a contract to provide an electrical power system as well as an Integrated Automation System for Jan De Nul’s offshore jack-up installation vessel Voltaire. Currently under construction at COSCO Nantong shipyard in China, the Voltaire is said to be the largest wind farm installat
Ulstein Verft has floated out Bernhard Schulte’s new service operation vessel (SOV), destined for the Merkur offshore wind project
Dutch shipbuilder and ship designer Damen has developed a new concept vessel – the Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) 9020. According to Damen, the new vessel has been designed in response to calls from vessel operators for great vessel versatility offshore. “We were approached by several different opera
High Speed Transfers’ (HST) first FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel HST Hudson has begun work on the Borssele 1 + 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. HST Hudson started the work in mid-January and will be deployed on the 752MW offshore wind farm until autumn, a spokesperson from HST tol
High Speed Transfers (HST) has taken delivery of HST Euan, its fourth FCS 2710 class fast crew supply vessel, from Damen Shipyards. HST Euan was loaded onto a heavy-lift vessel at Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey in mid-January bound for Rotterdam, the Netherlands. To remind, Damen floated out the
Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) has contracted Blue Water Shipping to transport Pacific Osprey’s new crane boom from NOV’s manufacturing yard in China to Denmark. The boom was loaded onto SAL’s M/V Wiebke on 21 January and left the yard the day after. The vessel is expected to reach Denmark around 1 March. S
50Hertz Offshore has contracted FRS Windcat Offshore Logistics to provide crew transfer vessel (CTV) services for operations in the German Baltic Sea. Under the framework agreement, FRS Windcat Offshore Logistics will provide a CTV for the entire duration of the five-year contract. The CTV is expect
DEME Group’s DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion has undergone the first liquid natural gas (LNG) bunkering. The world’s largest LNG bunker vessel Kairos, operated by Nauticor, supplied Orion with LNG at the Port of Rostock in Germany. According to DEME, this marks only the second ship-to-ship LN
