Cadeler has signed a firm contract with an undisclosed client for work at an offshore wind project in the US. This will be the first time Cadeler’s second P-class newbuild vessel, Wind Pace, will be deployed following its anticipated delivery. The value of the contract to the Danish offshore wind in
Jan De Nul will deploy its heavy-lift vessel Les Alizés for the monopile installation at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland. The company was announced as one of the project suppliers at the beginning of this year as ESB and Red Rock Renewables reached financial close on the 1,080 MW Inch C
Dutch SMST has been awarded a contract by the Spanish Armon Shipyards for the delivery of the Walk-2-Work (W2W) and lifting equipment to Bibby Marine’s electric commissioning service operation vessel (eCSOV). Under the contract, the company will be responsible for the delivery of a gangway (Telescop
Cochin Shipyard has started building a hybrid-electric service operations vessel (SOV) for North Star, which will operate at the He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany under a long-term charter North Star signed with EnBW last year. North Star and Cochin Shipyard cut the first steel for the new SOV
The Spanish Freire Shipyard has delivered a new maintenance support vessel, named Forth Constructor, to the UK-based Briggs Marine. Briggs Marine placed the order for the vessel in December 2022 and Freire Shipyard launched Forth Constructor and moved it to a “wet berth” at its yard in Vigo in July
Ulstein Verft has launched the first of the two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) that Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BS Offshore) ordered in 2023. The CSOV was launched on 23 February at the Ulstein Verft yard in Norway, following an outfitting phase that included the installation of elec
Italy’s engineering, drilling, and construction services giant Saipem has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the possible merger with global energy player Subsea7. The two players reached an agreement in principle on the key terms of a possible merger, which is expected to result in the
A consortium led by ArianeGroup, an industrial company handling liquid hydrogen (LH2) for space applications, has launched a new project to develop solutions for storing and using LH2 as an energy carrier for maritime transport. The solution will be integrated into a new zero-emission service operat
Three Norway-based offshore energy vessel and service providers, Eidesvik, Agalas and Reach Subsea, are building a new construction support vessel (CSV) for subsea and offshore wind operations. The vessel will be two-thirds owned by an entity owned by Eidesvik and Agalas, controlled by Eidesvik, and
Integrating battery-powered service operation vessels (E-SOVs) into offshore wind farm operations is not only technically feasible but could also deliver economic and operational benefits, according to a new study by ScottishPower Renewables and Stillstrom by Maersk. The study is the first in a seri
The first of four commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) that Windward Offshore ordered at Vard was launched earlier this month. On 18 February, the German shipowner, a joint venture between multiple partners, said that it had secured a senior loan facility for the post-delivery financing o
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has selected Salt Ship Design (SALT) as the naval architect and ZPMC as the shipbuilder for the three new service operation vessels (SOVs) for which LDA recently signed contracts with Vattenfall. As reported in January, Vattenfall awarded long-term contracts to Louis Dr
The European investment group Eurazeo, through Eurazeo Transition Infrastructure Fund (ETIF), has made a EUR 70 million equity investment in MPC OSE Offshore, a joint venture recently established by the investment and asset management firm MPC Capital and German offshore services provider O.S. Energ
