Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV has ordered a self-propelled DP2 crane ship from Royal IHC. The vessel will be operated by Scaldis. The design was drawn up in-house in cooperation with Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam, part of Royal IHC on the basis of the extensive experience that Scaldis has acc
Seacat Services, an offshore energy support vessel operator, launched Seacat Courageous, the firm’s second 26-metre crew transfer vessel. Seacat Courageous, which will hit the water for the first time following an official naming ceremony this morning at the South Boats IOW yard in Cowes, is set to
MPI Offshore will use Teesport Commerce Park in Middlesbrough to use as its UK base over the next six years. The lease agreement, signed with PD Ports, will see MPI Offshore establish a base for its fleet of installation vessels, which include the MPI Adventure, Resolution, Discovery and Enterprise.
Today the crane vessel Rambiz, towed by the Multratug 4, arrived at the Dutch port of IJmuiden. Here it will pick up the OHVS for installation at the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, some 23 kilometres off the coast. Installation will take place in the next few days depending on suitable weat
BLG Logistics has transported over 600 tons of heavy equipment for the MPI Enterprise installation vessel (previously known as VICTORIA MATHIAS) that MPI Offshore recently acquired from RWE Innogy. The ship’s equipment, that was temporarily stored in Bremerhaven, has now been transported to the Cont
Turbine Transfers Ltd has reported healthy activity in the Crew Transfer Vessel market after winning new contracts and gaining extensions to existing deals from several major customers. The Wales-based company will shortly be sending six CTVs to the Ijsselmeer to work on Siemen’s new Westermeerwind
Havyard Ship Technology AS has delivered the first of three Havyard 832 SOV windmill service vessels to the Danish shipping company Esvagt. The contract for the first two Havyard 832 SOV windmill service vessels was signed in July 2013, and the first of them, newbuild 118, will now be delivered from
James Fisher Marine Services is organizing the official naming ceremony of the Dart Fisher, its latest vessel, on February 18 in Southampton. The ceremony will be held at Griffon Hoverwork Ltd’s yard. Prior to the ceremony, there will be guided tours of the yard, which will finish at the Dart Fisher
February was a successful month for the French cabling specialist, Nexans. After securing Kriegers Flak onshore cabling contract earlier this month, the company has signed another deal for NordLink project worth EUR 0.5 billion. According to the agreement, Nexans will design, manufacture and install
UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today that CTruk has been selected to receive funding through Round 6 of the UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund. CTruk said that this advances its plans to build larger vessels for offshore wind and diversify for sustainable growth. The £1 million RGF
MPI Adventure has installed the first of eighty Siemens 3.6MW turbines for E.On Renewables’ Amrumbank offshore wind farm, located 35 kilometers to the north of the island of Helgoland. “We are confident that we will soon be able to feed electricity generated by the first turbines into the public gri
Over the last two years, Kvernevik Engineering AS has been working with Geir Arne Solheim, the founder of Havkraft AS and the man who came up with the idea to convert fishing vessel into power plant. Now, the first vessel of its kind is anchored offshore in the Stadthavet area west of Ålesund harnes
This year, as part of its new offshore logistics concept, Siemens is scheduled to begin utilizing its first two Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) commissioned specifically for the Butendiek and Baltic II offshore wind projects in Germany. SOVs are a standalone unit featuring enough space for accommod
CWind, a provider of services to the offshore wind industry, has secured its third temporary power supply project in German waters. At Borkum Riffgrund Offshore Wind Farm, which is in the final stages of construction, CWind is providing an integrated solution that includes the project management, re
