Jan De Nul’s new multipurpose vessel Isaac Newton was launched at the Croatian shipyard Uljanik Brodogradiliste on Saturday, March 7. The vessel can be deployed on a variety of projects: installing subsea cables, trench dredging and subsea rock installation. In cable-installation mode, Isaac Newton
CTruk has decided to feature the Volvo IPS system on its second CTruk MPC22. Since the launch of its first-of-class CTruk MPC22 late last year, the company has incorporated performance feedback into future builds. The 22m multi-purpose catamaran with 7.5m beam and 1.25m draft has a 20 tonne flexible
Following successful sea trails on Southampton Water, ‘Iceni Venture’ was handed over to Iceni Marine Services, based in Lowestoft on 27 February. Prior to the vessel commencing work on a significant O&M contract, ‘Iceni Venture’ was sailed up the River Thames and moored at St. Katharine Docks, Towe
Van Oord will deploy Nexus, its first cable-laying vessel for constructing offshore wind parks, with a two-day event on the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam. Ms J. Damen-Carli, the wife of Mr K. Damen, member of the supervisory board at Van Oord and chairman of Damen Shipyards Group, will christen the ve
The operational management of the Acta Orion, the flagship of Den Helder based company Acta Marine, will be carried out by specialist ship managers SeaMar Services, also based in Den Helder. Both parties signed an agreement for a number of years. The Acta Orion, a 108m long and 16m wide wind farm su
Piriou has secured a new order for a wind farm support vessel, the WFSV 26w “Ocean Wind 8 of Hartlepool”. Built by PIRIOU in Vietnam, “Ocean Wind 8 of Hartlepool” will be delivered to AIS (Marine) 2 Limited at the end of March 2015 in Europe to be operated in the North Sea. The vessel […]
Njord Offshore has taken delivery of its latest crew vessels. Delivered today, Njord Odin is the first out of four 26m IPS Class vessel to be delivered this year. The vessel, capable of transferring 12 passengers and four crew members, is expected to undergo sea-trials this month. Njord Offshore man
The first Wave Craft vessel has been christened and is now undergoing sea trials outside the yard in Mandal. Owned by Umoe Wind and built by Umoe Mandal, the vessel, Umoe Ventus, was christened by CEO Jens Ulltveit- Moe’s wife earlier this month. If everything goes as planned, the vessels will head
On February 9th 2015, the first Seatower gravity based foundation (GBS) for the Fecamp offshore wind farm was successfully installed 15km off the coast of Normandy. During the course of this project, towage specialist BOLUDA FRANCE provided its expertise, procurement and towage services to contribut
Team Humber Marine Alliance’s (THMA) Chairman Mark O’Reilly was at the Port of Grimsby yesterday, where he got onboard the ESVAGT FROUDE, Siemens new Service Operation Vessel (SOV). Havyard Ship Technology from Norway has designed and built the vessel, specially purposed to provide service and maint
James Fisher Marine Services’s (JFMS) multi-purpose wind farm support vessel, Dart Fisher, has been formally named by the vessel’s Godmother Maria McCaffery MBE, CEO of RenewableUK at a dedication service held at Griffon Hoverwork, Southampton. The service, attended by key customers, partners and Th
Esvagt’s first offshore wind Service Operation Vessel (SOV), “ESVAGT FROUDE”, went on contract on Wednesday February 18th, while her sister ship, “ESVAGT FARADAY” is contracted to start at the beginning of April – in both cases to work for Siemens Wind Power. The German energy company has provisiona
Clinton Marine Survey AB has increased the fleet with another survey vessel. M/V Wind was purpose built for the Swedish Maritime Administration, as hydrographic survey vessel, at Boghammar Marin AB shipyard in Sweden. The vessel will deliver a state-of-the-art resolution to the survey market and has
DBB Jack-Up’s newbuild WIND SERVER was awarded the Offshore Renewables Award 2015 at the Annual Offshore Support Journal’s conference held on Wednesday in London. The award was given to J/U WIND SERVER as the vessel provides a new way to service and maintain offshore wind turbines and fills a gap in
