Kinnaird Marine Limited is providing guard vessels for the piling campaign at the Moray East offshore wind farm in the UK. GeoSea commenced the piling activities at the project site at the end of May, with operations so far completed on seven locations, according to the Moray East Weekly Notice of O
Crew transfer vessel (CTV) operator High Speed Transfers (HST) has placed its fourth order for a Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710, to be named HST Euan. The order for HST Euan is the result of a long-term contract won from a client operating out of Belgium, Damen said. “There is strong demand fro
Tidal Transit Ltd has deployed CrewSmart’s fleet and crew management system as it wants to expand its crew transfer vessels (CTVs) fleet and crew. The cloud-based system provides immediate access to information across Tidal Transit’s CTV fleet and crew, including personnel records, certifications an
Cowes-based offshore energy support vessel operator Seacat Services has secured long-term extensions to its vessel support contracts with Siemens Gamesa at the Galloper wind farm off the coast of Suffolk. Building on a pair of two-year operations and maintenance (O&M) charter agreements signed in 20
DEME Offshore’s jack-up vessel Sea Installer has arrived in Great Yarmouth to load the first set of wind turbine components and install them on the 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. The first load-out is ongoing and the vessel is expected to depart for the installation site soon. Back in Nov
Northern Offshore Services (NOS) is launching the E-class crew transfer vessel (CTV) series featuring hybrid technology. The E-class is a green power concept which has batteries installed that can be recharged from shore and from wind farms, thus using renewable energy directly from production to co
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Bold Tern has installed the 44th Siemens Gamesa 7MW turbine on the Hornsea One offshore wind farm, marking a halfway point on the project for the company. The 1,214MW Hornsea One is located some 120 kilometres offshore Yorkshire and will comprise a total of 174 wind
Esvagt has sold Esvagt Supporter, its first service operations vessel (SOV) that served the offshore wind market. The beginning of Esvagt Supporter’s deployment in the offshore wind sector came after the company needed to access the turbines at the Belwind project in Belgium. Esvagt said it then dec
Dordrecht-based Safeway BV has won a contract to deliver its Osprey-type motion compensated offshore access system for DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Orion. According to Safeway, the most unique feature of this custom made Safeway walk-to-work system is that the gangway is vertically integrat
Danish jack-up vessel operator Ziton has chartered Vroon’s MPI Enterprise on a bareboat agreement. The bareboat charter started on 28 May and will continue until 31 March 2021. Ziton will then have the option to acquire the 2011-built vessel. This fleet expansion is part of Ziton’s strategy to meet
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) has delivered an ultra high-powered 2400hp Cable Burial Tractor to Boskalis’ cable laying vessel Ndeavor. The CBT2400 and associated deck equipment were mobilized directly onto Ndeavor from the Swan Hunter quayside access point next to SMD’s production facility. Boska
High Speed Transfers’ (HST) newest fast crew supply vessel HST Harri is taking shape at Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey. HST Harri represents the third fast crew supply vessel that HST ordered with Damen under a contract signed at the beginning of this year. The vessel, which belongs to the FCS 27
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has granted an Approval in Principle (AIP) to the design of OOS Zeelandia, a new semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) that, when built, will have the largest lifting capacity in the world, OOS International B.V. said. China Merchants Offshore Technology Research Cen
Invergordon-based PSG Marine & Logistics Ltd has started loading in and loading out the jacket prepiles and the related equipment from the Port of Cromarty Firth as part of the port marshalling contract awarded by DEME Offshore in support of the Moray East offshore wind project. As reported earlier,
