Vard has signed a contract with Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for the design and construction of a Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), a sister vessel to the two ships Vard contracted with DFO in May 2024. After sealing the contract for two CSOVs in May last year, DFO is adding a
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has announced its participation in NavHyS, a new European research project aimed at advancing the use of liquid hydrogen (LH2) as marine fuel – specifically focusing on below-deck Type C LH2 tanks for service operation vessels (SOVs).
The first of 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW wind turbines has been installed at EnBW’s He Dreiht project site offshore Germany. Completed on 24 April, the project milestone also marks the first time Vestas’s flagship wind turbine has been installed at an offshore wind farm. “With the installation of the fir
The offshore supply vessel (OSV) Glomar Venture has hit the base of an offshore wind turbine in the Dutch North Sea, leaving two crewmen injured in the accident. The Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) revealed that it received a call for a medical evacuation from Glomar Venture at aroun
Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa has been loaded for the first time with submarine cable, destined for what will become the largest US offshore wind farm once operational. Prysmian reported two days ago that the submarine cable for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind
Iberdrola’s ScottishPower Renewables has signed charter agreements with Caister-based NR Marine Services and Great Yarmouth-based OEG to provide vessels to support the construction of the 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK. The deals are worth more than GBP 16 million (approximate
Adira Renewables, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore’s offshore services provider Kim Heng and Soiltech Engineering Co Ltd Korea (STE), has launched a geotechnical survey vessel, rebuilt/converted in 2024, into the water. Kim Heng announced today, 15 April, the completion of the christening ce
The first of 66 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines that will make up the Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan has been installed. The major milestone for Ørsted’s 920 MW offshore wind project also marks a milestone for Siemens Gamesa, whose SG 14-236 DD wind turbine model is installe
SMST will supply mission equipment for the construction-commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) that will be operated by Deutsche Offshore, a joint venture between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DOS). For the new vessels, the Dutch vessel equipment provider will supp
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from Bureau Veritas for its full liquid hydrogen-based service operation vessel (SOV). The liquid-hydrogen SOV is said to be able to operate 95 per cent of the time with zero carbon emissions, with the vessel only releasing wa
Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has taken delivery of a crew transfer vessel (CTV) converted to run entirely on biomethanol that has been chartered by Vestas. According to N-O-S, this is the world’s first 100 per cent biomethanol-powered CTV. “We now operate the world’s first single fuel biometha
Norway’s VARD has signed a EUR 113.5 million contract with Taiwan-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) to design and build an offshore subsea construction vessel that will be dedicated to performing work in the offshore wind and telecom sectors, with the contract also including options. The 121.3-metre-lo
The offshore installation vessel Seaway Strashnov will install the remaining two monopiles at the Dogger Bank B offshore wind farm site next month. According to a Notice to Mariners from the project, the work is planned to commence on 7 April and continue until approximately 30 April. The heavy lift
Fred. Olsen Ocean has entered into an agreement to sell its 50 per cent stake in United Wind Logistics (UWL) to United Heavy Lift. The Norwegian company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bonheur ASA, acquired the 50 per cent ownership in UWL through the contribution of new equity in the amount of EUR 12
