Seajacks UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eneti, has signed a contract with an undisclosed client in northwest Europe for one of its NG2500-class vessels. The contract is planned to start in the fourth quarter of 2023 and it has a duration of between 90 and 145 days. According to Eneti, the
Denmark-based Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) has ordered two next-generation crew transfer vessels (CTVs) to be delivered in 2024. The two vessels will form a new class of N-O-S-designed CTVs called the I-Class and are part of a newbuilding and conversion programme intended to meet the offshore
Fugro has completed what is said to be the world’s first fully remote ROV inspection of an offshore wind farm using its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The operations were carried out at the Aberdeen offshore wind farm in the North Sea, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment
German offshore wind developer RWE and maritime support provider Acta Marine have signed a long-term vessel supply agreement which they say will pave the way for the decarbonisation of offshore wind farm operations. According to the companies, the agreement is to build and operate two ‘green’ servic
Cyan Renewables has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with China-based Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry to build its first Ulstein-design foundation installation vessel (FIV). The vessel will be equipped with a crane of at least 5,000 tonnes, with the design specifically optimised for efficient installat
Ulstein Design & Solutions BV has introduced its patent-pending U-STERN offshore wind installation vessel design for transporting, upending, and installing large monopiles on DP. According to the developer, the U-STERN enables longitudinal storage of monopiles and upending in the ship’s centre line.
The Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engines, which will power Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Boreas, have passed the Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) and are on their way to the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard (YCRO) in China where the mega jack-up is currently being built. Finnish technology group Wärtsil
China-based CIMC Raffles has secured an order to build a 1,600-tonne wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) for CRCC Harbour & Channel Engineering Bureau (CRCC-HCEB). CIMC Raffles said that the jack-up vessel will be China’s most advanced fourth-generation self-propelled WTIV. The vessel will be 13
Cyan Renewables, a Singapore-headquartered offshore wind vessel owner established last year by investment management company Seraya Partners, has contracted Ulstein Design & Solutions for the design of a series of new floating foundation installation vessels (FFIVs) for offshore wind. The FFIVs will
Eneti and the offshore drilling contractor, Transocean, have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding indicating their intention to form a joint venture company that will engage in offshore wind foundation installation activities. The move marks Transocean’s entry into the offshore wind mark
Huisman has secured a contract from Havfram Wind to deliver a 3,000mt+ Leg Encircling Crane for Havfram Wind’s second NG-20000X wind turbine installation vessel (CIMC). The jack-up has recently been ordered CIMC Raffles. Huisman’s contract follows an earlier order in December 2022 for an identical c
Singapore-based offshore wind vessel owner and operator, Marco Polo Marine, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Amogy, under which the New York company’s ammonia-to-power systems will be installed on Marco Polo Marine’s offshore wind vessels. The system will be installed on Marco Pol
The heavy lift vessel Seaway Strashnov has returned to the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm site to resume the installation of monopile foundations. Meanwhile, the crane vessel Thialf has installed the jacket foundation for the Dogger Bank A offshore substation and will soon move on to the installat
Norwegian offshore wind services company Havfram Wind has ordered a second wind turbine installation vessel from CIMC-Raffles in China. The order represents the first optional vessel in the existing shipbuilding contract with CIMC-Raffles, and the vessel design will be similar to the first GustoMSC
