SIF Group and BOW Terminal Vlissingen have signed an agreement to renew their cooperation which will now cover Sif Group’s new terminal at Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam. The new agreement includes work on the coordination and implementation of both horizontal and vertical transport for all S
Van Oord has reached an agreement on the acquisition of the offshore wind activities of Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems GmbH, a German company active in the engineering, construction and installation of foundations for offshore wind farms. The agreement covers the acquisition of assets and emplo
The first nine of eighteen nacelles built by Senvion for the 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind farm have arrived at the south end of the Bremerhaven Container Terminal, Eurogate, the operator of the terminal, reports. Weighing 340 tonnes each, the nacelles were transported from the Senvion factory in
Japan’s Penta-Ocean Construction and Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) have signed a contract for the construction of one multi-purpose self-elevating platform vessel suitable for marine civil engineering works or offshore wind turbine installation in harsher weather and marine conditions. The b
Oceanteam ASA and KCI the Engineers have signed a long-term representing and consultancy agreement with OFFCO (Offshore Cooperation) for projects relating to offshore wind installations and cable lay operations in China. According to the agreement, Oceanteam Solutions will provide marine equipment a
After installing the final wind turbine foundation at DONG Energy’s 256MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm in Liverpool Bay last week, Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has set sail to the Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland, to undergo repairs and outfitting, according to the port. Svanen’s last proj
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up installation vessel Brave Tern has reached a halfway point in its journey to deliver five GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade 150-6MW nacelles from Saint Nazaire, France, to the site of the first ever US offshore wind farm – the 30MW Block Island. The update on the journe
DONG Energy has shared a photo showing one of the 32 foundations for the 258MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm being being installed by Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen in the waters of Liverpool Bay. Svanen completed the foundations installation work last week, and the installation of the wind fa
VBMS has officially confirmed that it will be in charge of installing inter-array and export cables for the 92.4MW European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), being developed by Sweden’s Vattenfall off Aberdeen, Scotland. Royal Boskalis Westminster, the parent company of VBMS, and Vattenfall s
Oceanteam Shipping has appointed Holger Reurslag, an experienced offshore energy player with a 25-year career in the offshore construction, drilling and production sector, to the role of the Company Captain. As the Company Captain, Reurslag will be responsible for a wide range of managerial tasks, i
Rough Sea Ahead for German Offshore Wind, Industry Says The new German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) means troubled waters for the German offshore wind industry, according to a press release jointly issued by AGOW (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offshore-Windenergie), Stiftung OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE, VDMA P
Dalby Offshore’s latest vessel – the Dalby Ouse – was delivered to its owner on 8 July in Great Yarmouth, two weeks after the official naming of the vessel at Seawork 2016. The vessel has left the Alicat Workboats yard and commenced its first employment with immediate effect from Trinity Quay, Dalby
Seacat Services has dispatched the latest addition to its fleet – Seacat Freedom – to DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind project. The vessel has been deployed on the offshore wind project as part of a two-year, 4-workboat crew transfer deal secured by Seacat Services in April to support DONG Ener
MMT has signed a framework agreement with TenneT to carry out offshore and nearshore geophysical and geotechnical investigations from 2016 to 2020. The area to be surveyed is the electrical grid connection of offshore wind farms within German territorial waters in the Northern Sea to the German onsh
