The first wind turbine has been installed at the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The 1.4 GW project, developed by RWE, will comprise 100 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW turbines, half of which will be fitted with recyclable blades. The wind turbine was installed by Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vesse
Denmark’s Cadeler has taken delivery of its latest jack-up wind turbine installation vessel, Wind Pace, which will be deployed in the US. Delivered on time and within budget, Wind Pace becomes the seventh vessel in Cadeler’s portfolio of wind turbine installation vessels, said the company. The vesse
Marubeni Corporation, through a wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired a 25.1 per cent stake in Windward Offshore, the Germany-based provider of offshore wind service vessels. Windward Offshore, established by Diana Shipping, Serafin and SeraVerse, RIVE Private Investment, Blue Star Group, and SeaRen
South Korean subsea cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has decided to expand its offshore wind business with plans to maximise the synergistic effect of cooperating with its subsidiaries to deliver solutions to the offshore wind industry. Starting on 24 March with its subsidiary LS Materials, four
Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Peak is en route to the site of the Sofia offshore wind farm with the first set of Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD turbine components. The vessel departed the port of Hull on 20 March, according to the available AIS data, and is heading towards th
Edda Wind, through its subsidiary West Energy, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with a holding company established by Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and the Swedish shipping company Rederi AB Älvtank for all outstanding shares in Puerto de Llafranc S.L., the registered owner of the
Cadeler’s recently delivered wind turbine installation vessel, Wind Maker, has arrived in Taichung, Taiwan, from where it will sail out to the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind project sites. Wind Maker set sail from Singapore and has arrived in Taichung, marking an important milestone for the
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, in partnership with the National Shipbuilding Office and The Crown Estate, has appointed Cammell Laird, part of APCL Group, to carry out a detailed analysis of the future market opportunity for UK-built service operation vessels (SOVs) for offshore wind.
TenneT is seeking crew transfer vessel (CTV) services for its offshore wind grid connections in the Netherlands, with CTVs required to travel between the port of Vlissingen or the port of IJmuiden to offshore high-voltage platforms in the Dutch North Sea. The Dutch transmission system operator (TSO)
Seaway7, using the jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus, is scheduled to start installing wind turbine foundations at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm site at the beginning of April. Seaway Ventus is expected to mobilise at BOW Terminal in the Netherlands on 27 March and commence offshore work withi
The hull of the second commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for Bernhard Schulte Offshore arrived at Ulstein Verft in Norway from Poland on 11 March. The first CSOV Bernhard Schulte Offshore ordered at Ulstein was launched on 23 February and is planned for delivery in the second quarter of
Cadeler held a naming ceremony for its second P-class wind installation vessel at the COSCO shipyard in Qidong, China, on 12 March. Named Wind Pace, the jack-up is the seventh wind installation vessel in Cadeler’s fleet and will see its first deployment immediately after delivery on an offshore wind
Sefine Shipyard has contracted Techano Oceanlift, a subsidiary of Oslo-listed Nekkar, to deliver 150-tonne cranes for two newbuild construction support vessels (CSVs) ordered by Norwegian offshore energy vessel and service providers. One of the cranes is already in production for a CSV ordered joint
Greece-headquartered tanker pool management firm, Heidmar, has signed a contract with TenneT under which Heidmar will provide a platform supply vessel (PSV) and crew for supply tours to TenneT’s offshore platforms in the German North Sea. The contract was awarded following a tendering procedure that
