A clean energies project, led by the UK battery specialist AceOn, has been awarded a GBP 4.6 million grant to develop battery and hydrogen technology to power marine vessels used for servicing offshore wind turbines. The RESTORE project, which is planned to start in April 2023, aims to replace fossi
A collaboration of UK green technology pioneers has been awarded GBP 1.5 million in funding to install what they say is “the world’s first offshore charging station within a UK wind farm”. The funding was awarded as part of the Department for Transport and Innovate UK’s GBP 60 million Clean Maritime
Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa has concluded a time charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) for the Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind project in Japan. The CTV will be owned by NYK and managed by Hokkaido-based Hokuyo Kaiun, an NYK Group comp
Offshore wind service vessel company Edda Wind has entered into a green loan facility agreement for the pre- and post-delivery of three commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) under construction at Gondan shipyard in Spain. The facility agreed with Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Ba
Offshore services provider High Speed Transfers (HST) Marine has taken delivery of its UK-built hybrid-electric crew transfer vessel (CTV) named HST Frances. The CTV is the second UK-built vessel in the HST Marine fleet, following the delivery of the 25-metre-long HST Ella. The vessels can carry 12-
Baltic Power, a joint venture between Poland’s Orlen Group and Canada’s Northland Power, has selected the Polish company ERBUD as the main contractor for the construction of an offshore wind farm operations and maintenance base in the Port of Łeba. The construction of the base is scheduled to start
Offshore wind service vessel company Edda Wind has taken delivery of Edda Boreas from Gondan Shipyard in Spain. The commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) is the second of six sister vessels to be delivered from Gondan. Edda Boreas will start the installation of the motion-compensated gangway
The Netherlands-based Acta Marine has won an EU tender to provide a service operations vessel (SOV) during operations and maintenance (O&M) services at the DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Under the contract, Acta Marine will provide SOV for the service campaigns in
Florida-based maritime, logistics and energy solutions company, Crowley, has reached a Right of First Refusal agreement to potentially lease and develop an offshore wind terminal at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, USA. The more than 40-acre site, encompassing over 2,200 linear feet of prime waterfront pro
Norway-headquartered Reach Subsea has chartered a multipurpose supply vessel (MPSV) from compatriot Olympic Subsea to deliver offshore wind-related services to an undisclosed renewable energy client. Reach Subsea won a contract from a major renewable energy company to provide wind-related services f
NOV has introduced the Modular Service and Operations Vessel (MSOV) concept to optimise offshore wind farm operations and maintenance for bottom-fixed and floating wind. The MSOV concept is a collaboration across NOV’s Marine and Construction business unit. To introduce the concept, an MSOV design w
Denmark-based Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) have announced it is bolstering its fleet with two new hybrid R-class vessels. The two vessels, MV Runner and MV Responder, are being built by Penguin Shipyard in Singapore and are expected to be delivered by the end of the year. MV Runner and MV Resp
RWE Offshore Wind has entered into an operations and maintenance (O&M) jack-up vessel framework agreement with Denmark-based Ziton. Under the four-year agreement, Ziton will provide RWE’s offshore wind business with vessel, lifting, and auxiliary services for a minimum of 180 days of support every y
Uptime International AS (Uptime) has been awarded contracts from India-headquartered Cochin Shipyard for the supply of logistics systems to be included on Pelagic Wind Services’ newbuild Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). Under the two firm and four optional contracts, Uptime will supp
