MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) has secured an order to supply engines to COSCO Heavy Industries, a Chinese shipbuilder based in Qidong, China, for the construction of Cadeler’s second F-class jack-up vessel. It is one of four orders for engines, with the other orders including two X-class and another
Asso.subsea has signed a contract with the balance of plant contractor Van Oord to provide boulder clearance and pre-trenching services along the inter-array cable routes of the Sofia offshore wind farm in the UK. The Sofia offshore wind farm is located on Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, appro
RWE has signed a letter of intent with WindSpider, a Norwegian-based company that is developing a new modular self-erecting crane system for the offshore wind market. To improve operability and scalability for turbine installation as well as major component replacements, the WindSpider solution uses
Marco Polo Marine’s Taiwan-based subsidiary, PKR Offshore, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vestas Taiwan for the deployment of Marco Polo’s new commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) on offshore wind projects in the Asia Pacific region. The new CSOV will be deployed acros
Huisman has been awarded a contract with Havfram for the delivery of a 3,000mt+ Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) to be installed on Havfram’s first wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV). With this contract, Huisman secured its thirteenth LEC order since the start of 2021, the company said only a few day
XOcean has completed a seabed survey for SSE Renewables at the proposed Setanta Wind Park site, formerly Braymore Wind Park, off the coast of Ireland using its fleet of Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs). The survey, utilising multi-beam echo-sounder sensors, will be used to characterise the seabed in
COSCO Shipping (Qidong) Offshore has awarded Huisman a contract for the design and construction of a 3,000+mt Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) that will be installed on Cadeler’s second F-class jack-up vessel. The contract award follows this year’s order of a similar crane for Cadeler’s first F-class vess
Australia-headquartered Incat Crowther has delivered a new catamaran crew transfer vessel (CTV) to Shanghai-based Goldsea Marine & Offshore Engineering (Goldsea). The Incat Crowther 32, built by AFAI Southern shipyard in Guangzhou, is a step change for the Chinese offshore wind industry, offering en
NOV has been awarded contracts for the equipment and design of Cadeler’s second F-class jack-up vessel. The F-class is a bespoke version of the GustoMSC NG-20000X model specially designed as a hybrid wind turbine and foundation installation jack-up vessel. In addition to the two X-class vessels, whi
Norwegian offshore wind services company Havfram has confirmed that its first vessel is now under construction, following the execution of a shipbuilding contract with CIMC-Raffles in China. The NG20000X self-propelled jack-up is equipped with a 3,250-ton crane and the latest battery hybrid drive tr
DEME has won the contract to install foundations at the 882 MW Moray West wind farm offshore Scotland. DEME Offshore’s scope on Moray West includes the installation of monopile foundations and transition pieces. The contract is valued between EUR 50 million and EUR 150 million. This marks the return
Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso has arrived in Norway where it will undergo the installation of cable carousels, as well as other finishing touches. Work on the first of two cable carousels has already started at VARD’s Brattvaag shipyard in Norway, where the construction of Calypso will
CAPE Holland has announced that 56 jacket foundation pin piles were installed at the Ishikari offshore wind farm in Japan. From May to August 2022, the CAPE VLT-320 was used for the installation of 56 pin piles with lengths of 60 metres and a diameter of 2.5 metres for the Japanese offshore wind pro
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
