Uptime International has entered into contract with Ulstein Verft AS for delivery of two active motion compensated gangways. The walk to work systems will be mounted during first half of 2016 on two new built wind turbine service operation vessels (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte and their affiliat
BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has completed sea trials for Njord Odin, the first of a series of advanced 26m wind farm support vessels (WSV) for Njord Offshore. These are the largest BMT designed vessels built to date. Njord Odin is 26.3m in length with a beam of 9.3m with each of
With the first days of April, Van Oord’s Aeolus arrived in Esbjerg, Denmark, to pick up parts of the first turbines for Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm. On Saturday, all components of the first turbines were loaded onto the vessel, the developer said on its social pages. Eneco Luchterduinen,
A 17.5m wind farm support vessel from Windwave Workboats, Freddie S, will start providing jack-up support on the Walney Offshore Wind Farm by operating from Barrow in Furness. She has spent the winter months in Liverpool Marina after finishing rope-access support on Burbo Bank last year. Freddie S w
ESVAGT FARADAY arrived at its home port in Esbjerg on Monday, March 30. The vessel will be docked there until she goes to work for Siemens Wind Power on April 8. ESVAGT FARADAY sailed from the shipyard in Leirvik at 22:15 on March 28 and set course towards Esbjerg. It is the second SOV (Service Oper
The last of the 35 turbines was lifted into position by A2SEA’s specialist jack-up vessel Sea Challenger at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm on Friday, March 27. Westermost Rough, located off the UK’s East Coast, is the first offshore wind farm to make commercial use of the Siemens 6MW wind t
Strategic Marine has delivered StratCat, a multi-purpose service vessel to Njord Offshore, a European wind farm service sector operator. The StratCat, capable of transporting up to 24 crew, is first in its class in three particulars. “We are very pleased to have a supplied a ‘triple first’ to our cl
Damen held a naming ceremony for the two new SeaZip vessels SeaZip 3 and SeaZip 4 on Saturday. The vessels were named by Mrs Marie Le Roy a Councillor from the Harlingen Council (the town where SeaZip have their offices) and Mrs Mirna Robert – Du Ry van Beest Holle, the wife of Peter Robert [&hellip
Danish Yachts A/S have launched a new 27m Cat-SWATH crew transfer vessel at EWEA Offshore 2015. In 2013, the Skagen based shipyard at the northern most tip of Denmark delivered four revolutionary all-carbon-fibre 24m Cat-SWATH vessels to its client ‘Odfjell Wind’, which are currently operated by A2S
South Boats IOW has launched its second wind farm support vessel named ‘Iceni Vengence’ for Iceni Marine Services Ltd. The all new 23m South Catamaran design is a sister vessel to recently launched Iceni Venture. The two vessels, which will each carry 12 technicians alongside three crew members to a
Severn Offshore Services is holding a naming ceremony for its Damen 2610 twin axe “Severn Provider” today. It is company’s first vessels specifically designed to meet the needs of the offshore energy industry. The ceremony is being held at Damen Shipyards in Gorinchem. Ryan Hopkins Managing Director
Rotterdam-based law firm AKD says the lack of an unambiguous term to describe a ‘ship’ in several jurisdictions represents a potential threat to asset security for financiers, particularly in the offshore and renewable energy sectors. AKD partner Haco van der Houven van Oordt says: “In many jurisdic
SAL Heavy Lift completed the second phase of the Wikinger Pile Testing Campaign with DP II Class vessel MV Lone. The full test campaign comprised two phases with the tests being performed at three locations. During the first phase in November 2014 three sets of three piles each were driven at design
Esvagt has taken delivery of the second of three Havyard 832 SOV windfarm service vessels from Havyard Ship Technology AS. The first, newbuild 118 ‘Esvagt Froude’ was delivered in the middle of February. The German company Siemens Wind Power has hired both vessels on long-term contracts to service t
