FRS Windcat Offshore Logistics (FWOL) and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG have signed a five-year crew transfer contract for EnBW Baltic 2 wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. From 1 July 2015, the crew transfer vessel “Windcat 34” will sail daily from Rostock to the offshore wind farm EnBW Baltic
Robert E. Derecktor Inc. (Derecktor Shipyard) and Damen Shipyard Group (DAMEN) have entered into a license agreement authorizing Derecktor to act as an official builder of DAMEN designs. Derecktor will now offer its customers Pilot Boats and Wind Farm Support Vessels (WFSVs) by combining the wide ra
Offshore WIND‘s photo of the day: Heavy lift vessel Svanen in Rotterdam, accompanied by the cable laying vessel Nexus. A few days ago, Van Oord’s offshore wind installation vessels, Svanen and Nexus, were lodged in front of Offshore WIND‘s (Navingo) office in Wilhelminakade, Rotterdam. Hans Elbers f
Automasjon og Data (A+D) is currently showcasing the new generation Vessel Motion Monitoring System (VMMS) at EWEA Offshore in Copenhagen. The new generation VMMS are using a multi-sensor approach to measuring the vessel motion and the new AIMM inertial matrix sensor is used for this application. Th
High Wind NV has started the commercialisation of its Boom Lock© allowing the safe installation of all wind turbine components in winds of up to 15 m/s. The first Boom Lock© was completed in January, consequently installed on GeoSea’s Neptune, and has undergone its final performance trials last week
CWind has decided to invest in excess of fourteen million GBP in six new build, crew transfer vessels. The purpose built vessels will be a mix of vessels manufactured in both composite materials and also in aluminium delivering on CWind’s ambition to create a diverse logistics mix to meet the indivi
On March 7, Jan De Nul’s (JDN) new multipurpose vessel, named Isaac Newton, hit the water from slipway No. 2 at the Uljanik shipyard. After launching a few barges, this was the first launch of a large vessel for the Croatian shipyard in 2015. Furthermore, Isaac Newton is the first DP2-class dynamic
On March 3, over 60 visitors attended Iceni Marine Services’ celebration of the arrival of the company’s new wind farm support vessel (WFSV) in London. Before leaving to work on a significant O&M contract, Iceni Venture sailed up the River Thames on Tuesday and moored at St. Katharine Docks, Tower B
Hamburg-based Opus Marine has signed an order for a Twin Axe hull Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) from Damen Shipyards Group. The FCS 2610, being constructed at Damen Shipyards Singapore, will be the first Damen vessel in Opus Marine’s fleet. Following delivery, the FCS 2610, which Opus Marine is going to
Tidal Transit’s vessel Katie Louise and her crew will work on washing the towers of the 88 wind turbines which make up the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, located between 9-17 miles off the coast of North Norfolk in the Greater Wash. “This is an industry cleaning project of different scale,” sa
MMT, contracted by Offshore Marine Management (OMM), has completed geophysical, geotechnical and cable crossing surveys in preparation for the installation of the COBRAcable, which will connect the Netherlands and Denmark. The project was completed with a four-vessel solution between early September
On March 7, Jan De Nul launched the world’s largest multipurpose cable laying vessel Isaac Newton at the Uljanik shipyard in Pula, Croatia. The Isaac Newton will be able to perform different jobs as a trenching and offshore support vessel, as a subsea rock installation vessel and as a cable laying v
Acta Marine has acquired Offshore Wind Services B.V. (OWS) of Rotterdam, including the UK subsidiary OWPMS Ltd. OWS owns 10 Crew Transfer Vessel that are operated to transfer technicians and parts to and from offshore wind turbines. OWS will be renamed Acta Marine Wind Services. The daily management
CTruk, in collaboration with BMT Nigel Gee, has added a 26m Semi-SWATH vessel to its offering, for which it believes to be an ideal solution to meet the increasingly complex demands of the burgeoning European offshore wind industry. Essex-based CTruk is the second largest producer of crew transfer v
