Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind project, is moving forward with submarine cables being delivered by Prysmian Group. Prysmian’s cable laying vessels, Cable Enterprise and Ulisse, arrived in the US with submarine cables manufactured and tested at the company’s centres of tec
Singapore-based Marco Polo Marine has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with K Line Wind Service (KWS) to explore suitable vessel opportunities in the Japanese offshore wind market. Through the new entity, both parties aim to own and operate suitable offshore support vessels targeting custo
North Star has secured a GBP 140 million (approximately EUR 163 million) financing package to support the next phase of its offshore wind growth plan. “The £140million secured today secures the capital required for us to continue our newbuilding programme in the year ahead, whilst providing us with
The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä and the US equity capital provider, EnCap Investments, will assist the Texas-based Bleutec Industries on the project to develop a new method of installing offshore wind turbines, the Binary Marine Installation Solution (BMIS). The BMIS will be built around a Pil
Offshore services provider, High Speed Transfers (HST) Marine, and Damen Shipyards have signed a contract for the supply of three hybrid Fast Crew Supplier 2710 vessels at the annual Damen Maritime Festival held in Gorinchem, the Netherlands, at Damen’s headquarters. The three Damen vessels will be
Van Oord’s vessel Aeolus, responsible for drilling and pin pile installation operations for the jacket foundations on the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, has completed its 2022 campaign. 40 positions of the Saint-Brieuc farm’s jacket foundations that will support 62 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbine
Dutch geo-data specialist company, Fugro, has added a new geotechnical vessel, equipped with advanced deep-water technology, to its fleet. According to Fugro, the vessel, named Fugro Quest, provides increased personnel and operational safety, whilst its energy-efficient design results, on average, i
Shanghai Electric’s two Ulstein-designed service operation vessels, the first SOVs for wind farms in China, had their keel laying ceremony at the ZPMC yard on Wednesday, 30 November. The two vessels of the ULSTEIN SX195 and SX197 designs are scheduled to be delivered at the end of 2023 and in early
At the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2022, Kommer Damen, Chairman of Damen Shipyards Group, and Arjan van Stee of Van Stee Offshore have signed a contract for the delivery of an 80-metre Multibuster 8020 ultra-shallow draught, multi-purpose workboat. To be delivered next year, Van Stee’s M
Windcat Offshore has announced an order for the construction of a series of hydrogen-powered Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with Damen Shipyards at this year’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The “Elevation Series” CSOVs have been designed by D
In this session, Andries Hofman from GustoMSC will take the stage. With more than 150 years of experience and a rich history of innovation in the maritime industry, GustoMSC translates science and technical knowledge into realistic, creative ideas to help solve the unique challenges presented by the
Jan De Nul has signed a vessel reservation agreement, and DEME Group is in separate exclusive discussions to provide a range of services during the construction of the 496 MW Dieppe – Le Tréport wind farm offshore France, the consortium behind the project said. Les Éoliennes en Mer Services consorti
The first of the total of 27 Vestas’s V174-9.5 MW wind turbines to be installed at the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea is now up. The offshore wind farm is developed and owned by Belgian developer Parkwind, for which this is its first project in Germany. The 257 MW Arcadis Ost [&h
Four Wind Turbine Installation Vessels (WTIVs) being built for Ouyang Offshore in Shanghai will be propelled by SCHOTTEL thrusters. Two electrically-driven SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers type 430 azimuth thrusters and two SCHOTTEL TransverseThrusters type STT 4 will be equipped on each of the vessels to
