The Chinese Dalian Shizhe New Energy Technology has put two wind farm service vessels (WFSVs) into operation. According to Dalian Shizhe, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ionix Technology, the two WFSVs were officially launched in early September. The China-based company revealed that it plans to launch
China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has laid the keel for Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) new semisubmersible wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. CMHI is constructing the Ulstein-designed vessel at its facility in Jiangsu under an order it received from OHT in July last year. Acco
Service Operations Vessel (SOV), Bibby WaveMaster Horizon, has completed sea trials, Bibby Marine Services said. The SOV will soon be making the journey to Germany to start operations with Siemens Gamesa and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG. Once delivered, Bibby WaveMaster Horizon will start suppo
Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction is preparing to remove a bottom-fixed foundation type wind turbine and an observation tower off the coast of Kitakyushu. The decommissioning is scheduled to take place in October. Back in 2011, Penta Ocean constructed the 2MW wind turbine and the wind observation tow
Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein has started construction work on Bernhard Schulte Offshore’s third Ulstein-designed offshore wind vessel at Ulstein Verft. As reported earlier, the partially built service operations vessel (SOV) left the Crist shipyard in Poland en route to Norway ear
DEME Offshore has awarded Norway’s OHT with a contract to transport 48 jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind farm from the United Arab Emirates to Scotland. OHT will transport the 45 wind turbine jackets and three offshore transformer module (OTM) jackets from Lamprell’s fabrication ya
A crew transfer vessel working in Liverpool Bay lost propulsion just north of the Burbo Bank offshore wind farm and was escorted and towed to a dock on the River Mersey by an RNLI lifeboat. The 21m water jet-powered catamaran, Challenger, lost propulsion on 16 September after a rope had fouled its j
Bibby Marine Services’ second Service Operations Vessel (SOV), Bibby WaveMaster Horizon, has started her sea trials, according to Damen Shipyards Galati. Bibby WaveMaster Horizon is scheduled to be delivered later this year to start maintenance work on the Hohe See and Albatros offshore wind farms i
The service operations vessel (SOV) destined for the Merkur offshore wind farm has left the Crist shipyard in Poland. GE Renewable Energy contracted Bernhard Schulte Offshore to provide the newbuild vessel for the 396MW wind farm in July last year, after which the German company placed an order with
Vroon’s walk-to-work (W2W) vessel VOS Stone is currently operating in the Hohe See wind farm in the German North Sea. Supporting Siemens Gamesa, VOS Stone is on duty 24/7, deploying service teams to the wind turbines, Vroon said. These operations are carried out via a gangway or by a crew transfer v
Italian cable specialist Prysmian has announced the start of keel laying work for the cable-laying (CLV) vessel Leonardo da Vinci at Vard’s shipyard in Tulcea, Romania. Ordered in April 2018, the new cable-layer is expected to be operational by the second quarter of 2021. “The acquisition of €700 mi
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has taken delivery of the ESVAGT Albert Betz service operation vessel (SOV) purpose-built for the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm. The vessel was christened on Wednesday, 4 September, at the Port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands. “With ‘ESVAGT Albert Betz’, MHI Vestas a
Japan’s Shimizu Corporation has awarded National Oilwell Varco (NOV) with a contract to provide equipment package and design for a newbuild offshore wind farm installation vessel. NOV, through its subsidiary GustoMSC, has worked with Shimizu on the customized jack-up design which has a total tonnage
Dutch hydrographic survey specialist Geo Plus B.V. and the Royal Niestern Sander shipyard have held a keel laying ceremony for the survey/ROV vessel Geo Ranger. Expected to be delivered in April 2020, the 41-metre Geo Ranger will be available for charter by parties conducting hydrographic surveys, s
