Balfour Beatty has contracted VBMS to undertake a repair of Gwynt y Môr export cable. For the job in the Mostyn area, VBMS has utilised cable laying vessel NDurance, which will be working on the site by the end of May / early June dependent upon weather delays. David Brown, the project manager at Ba
Ampelmann, a provider of motion compensated access solutions, has been contracted by Acta Marine for its newbuild wind farm support vessel, the Acta Orion. The Acta Orion is a vessel designed for optimal crew comfort and increased uptime. An important factor in the vessel’s capabilities is the inclu
South Boats IOW Ltd., the UK’s manufacturer of Wind Farm Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV’s), has delivered the second of class South Cat 23m, ‘Iceni Vengeance’ to Iceni Marine Services Ltd. The vessel marks a milestone as it is the first South Boats IOW contract to be sub-contracted to sister company, Al
Skegness RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lifeboat was called out yesterday morning when a yacht sent out a Mayday distress call off the Lincolnshire coast. The two-man crew of the yacht Dolphin of Rhu were on passage from Wells, on the Norfolk coast, to Grimsby when they began taking on w
Damen Shipyards Group delivered a Multi Cat 2613 on 30 April 2015 to Scotland-based chartering company Scotmarine. The 50-tonne bollard pull vessel has a large crane and will replace the stock vessel Multi Cat Orcadia Scotmarine purchased three years ago. The hull of the new vessel was in stock and
After seven months of working in the North Sea, Tidal Transit’s Kitty Petra personnel transfer vessel (PVT) will be heading west in May 2015 to join her sister vessel Tia Elizabeth working on the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, which is situated 8 miles off the North Wales coast. Gwynt y Môr Offshor
Cable laying barge, Nostag 10, carrying array cables, is on its way to Kentish Flats Extension offshore wind farm site. The vessel was first to arrive at the NSW’s factory berth in Nordenham on Friday 1st May. Currently in transit, it is expected to arrive on the site later this week. The second cab
Nauta Shiprepair Yard in Gdańsk has held a keel laying ceremony for Havyard Ship Technology’s Service Operation Vessel (SOV) scheduled for operation at Dudgeon wind farm, outside the coast of Norfolk in Great Britain. According to the contract the unit is planned for delivery to the customer in Nove
Havkraft’s floating offshore wave power plant is now fully operational as it started producing its first power yesterday, the Norwegian developer reported on its social media pages. Over the last two years, Kvernevik Engineering AS has been working with Geir Arne Solheim, the founder of Havkraft AS
CWind will hold a drinks reception on 17th June at this year’s Seawork International (berth V25) to celebrate the official naming of its latest vessel to join the fleet. The new MPC22 was conceived with round 3 offshore wind farms in mind and is designed to safely deal with rougher seas, longer tran
GLA Land and Property Limited (GLAP), with the support of the Royal Docks Management Authority (RoDMA), is seeking a development partner to bring forward the comprehensive re-development of Albert Island, a 10ha site in the Royal Docks, London Borough of Newham. Significant parts of the Albert Islan
Jan De Nul Group has ordered two 6,000 ton Subsea Rock Installation vessels at AVIC Weihai shipyard in Weihai, China. The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to about 600 m by means of a flexible fall pipe. An inclined fall pipe will enable accurate rock installation around structures
Prysmian Group announced today the official sail out of the newly upgraded vessel Cable Enterprise from a moored cable laying barge into a DP2 cable laying barge able to manoeuvre with her own propulsion system at the site of work. Following major conversion works, the vessel can now operate autonom
The crew transfer vessels (CTVs) Offshore Wielingen and Offshore Waddenzee are the first of ten former Offshore Wind Services B.V. (OWS) vessels that have been painted in their new Acta Marine colors. Both Damen-built vessels were delivered in 2014. Offshore Waddenzee is currently on charter with Va
