Northwest Maritime has taken delivery of its new crew/guard vessel “NW Thunder”. The vessel have earlier been operated by the Norwegian Navy and will be available for charter ex Bergen port as from 3rd of August. CEO, Steffen Sørdal, is saying that after having followed the emerging offshore wind ma
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Seajacks Scylla with all four legs installed. The offshore wind farm installation vessel has been fitted with all four legs at Samsung Heavy Industries. Scylla is outfitted with 105 metre long legs that have the ability to install components in water depths of up to
CWind is providing corrosion protection services to Ballast Nedam at Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm (OWF). The service, which extends to all WTG foundations, commenced in May and is expected to complete in August. Butendiek OWF, located 35 nautical miles west of the island of Sylt in the North Sea, co
Evolving procurement processes for UK Round 3 offshore wind farms will require a greater number of work streams, personnel with new and differing skills, and the ability to provide a larger suite of services. That is at least according to offshore energy support firm, Seacat Services. As project dev
Offshore WindForce, a joint venture between Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and Volker Stevin International (VolkerWessels), has awarded Seajacks UK Limited the contract to provide the Seajacks Scylla, for the transport and installation of 67 monopiles at the consented Veja Mate 400MW wind farm. The
Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC) celebrated its acquisition of ISO 9001 quality management certification in June by placing four High Speed Support Vessels (HSSV) under build simultaneously in its new Isle of Wight UK building hall. By mid-June, the hull of the first 21m vessel for wind farm indus
Thursday 23 July saw senior representatives of Maersk Supply Service, DeepOcean UK and the Damen Shipyards Group gather at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania to witness the launching of subsea support vessel Maersk Connector. The vessel is owned and operated by Maersk Supply Service and is built to con
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Cable, was awarded the contract for the supply and installation of inter-array cables for the Nordergründe offshore wind farm. After the first contract was signed on 29 January 2015 the parties to the contract have finished
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Full steam ahead at the Block Island offshore wind farm site. Deepwater Wind started building the first offshore wind farm in the U.S. yesterday, when the installation vessel Weeks 533 and a barge carrying wind turbine foundations met three miles (4.8 kilometres) of
VBMS has completed the repair of an inter-array cable at Trianel Windpark Borkum phase 2. The scope of work included the removal of the defective cable, and installation, burial, terminations and testing of a replacement cable which was completed in less than 48 hours, from arrival to departure. The
Having designed an innovative oil recovery vessel, Gobbler Boats’ Managing Director Paul Jauncey approached GROW:OffshoreWind for funding to help get the boat into production. GROW:OSW provided £49k towards the cost of the plugs and moulds and the Gobbler Offshore 290 was launched on 4th June 2015.
Two Piriou wind farm service vessels (WFSV 21w) are now fully built, the company reported. The vessels are 21m aluminum catamarans, intended for the carriage of 12 technicians and small cargoes to and from offshore wind farms. Propulsion is provided by two MAN diesel engines with two HAMILTON water
Sabella will try to connect its D10 tidal turbine with French Ushant island again next week, the company told Tidal Energy Today news site. At the end of June, Sabella reported issues with the cable connection since the MV Palembang was unsuitable for the work. Now, the company said it will give it
DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has been awarded the inter array cable installation contract for the Bligh Bank Phase II Offshore Wind Farm offshore Belgium. Nobelwind NV is developing the Bligh Bank Phase II Offshore Wind Farm with fifty 3.3MW wind turbi
