Rix Sea Shuttle has won a contract to supply two crew transfer vessels to the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, currently under construction off the coast of Norfolk. The contract, with Norwegian oil-major Statoil, will see the vessels the Rix Leopard and Rix Lion carry technicians to and from the D
Singapore-based ship designer and shipbuilder Triyards Holdings Limited has won contracts to build three wind farm support vessels (WFSVs) for three different clients. The overall value of the three shipbuilding contracts is around USD 13 million, Triyards told Offshore WIND. The vessels will be bui
Offshore construction of the Veja Mate offshore wind farm has started with Seajacks Scylla having installed the heaviest monopile produced so far at the project site, according to DGI Doedijns, which provided hydraulic and software equipment for the pile-gripper used at the project. The Scylla, deem
SeaZip Offshore Services took delivery of two Damen Fast Crew Suppliers (FCS) 2610 on Saturday, 2 April. Continuing the company’s vessel-naming trend, the new additions will be known as SeaZip 5 and SeaZip 6. The offshore service provider now has six Damen FCS 2610 vessels in its fleet. “Once again,
A 1,888 tonne topside built for the high voltage substation of the 400 MW Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm left Schiedam last weekend and is en route to Esbjerg, Denmark. The transportation of the topside is being carried out by Royal Wagenborg, using the company’s largest tug, Waterland, and the larg
Fugro has completed offshore works undertaken in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen, Scotland. Fugro started the geotechnical site investigation to assess the seabed at 11 turbine locations in early March. The data acquired will be
EEW SPC Rolls Out World’s Heaviest Monopile The heaviest monopile ever produced for an offshore wind project left the production site of EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH in Rostock on 2 March, and will be ready to be installed at the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm within the next few months.
Dutch shipbuilder Damen on Thursday laid the keel for the Bibby WaveMaster 1 at its yard in Galati, Romania. Ordered by Bibby Marine Services in January 2016, the Bibby WaveMaster is the first Damen service operations vessel. Continuing on from the first steel cutting in February, the initial stages
Forewind has awarded a combined Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and SeaRoc team with the contract for the 2016 operations and maintenance (O&M) work on the two meteorological masts collecting data at Dogger Bank. The two masts were installed in 2013 and are located in the North Sea approximately 100 and 150
Atlantic Pioneer, the first US-built offshore wind service vessel, will be delivered next week, after recently undergoing sea trials in gale force winds, according to Rhode Island Fast Ferry. The 21-meter crew transfer vessel was built by the Rhode Island-based Blount Boats to service a 20-year crew
MPI Offshore has won a new contract for the utilisation of MPI Adventure at the Sandbank offshore wind farm. The vessel will provide accommodation services, lifting operations and provision of supplies during the commissioning works on Sandbank’s offshore substation (OSS). Starting this summer, the
An upgrade of DP Gezina and DP Galyna, Chevalier Floatels’ walk2work offshore support accommodation vessels, is soon to be completed and the vessels will be ready to support the offshore wind and oil and gas industries. Marcel Roelofs, CEO of the Dutch developer and operator of offshore and nearshor
Offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by A2SEA to perform engineering consultancy services for its installation work at the 580MW Race Bank wind farm offshore the UK. Aqualis Offshore’s London office will provide engineering services including geotechnical
Norfolk Marine Ltd has completed a bathymetric survey of five turbine foundations at the 60MW Scroby Sands offshore wind farm. The company used its WFS & Survey vessel the Norfolk Swift to carry out the survey. This was the final section of works within a contract to install the company’s TFN Scour
