UK-based Osbit has completed its first project for Shimizu Corporation (Shimizu) with the delivery of a bespoke access system for the company’s newbuild offshore jack-up vessel. Specially designed to suit Shimizu’s requirements, the variable height gangway will be installed on board as a permanent a
Ørsted has inaugurated the Ørsted Taiwan Offshore Wind Farms Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Hub in the Port of Taichung, Taiwan. The O&M hub is the first operations facility with green design and the largest in terms of size and offshore service capacity in the Asia-Pacific region, the world’s lea
This article was updated at 11:19 CET on 2 August. Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Sleipnir has started installing the gravity-based foundations at the site of the 500 MW Fécamp offshore wind farm in France, according to an update Heerema posted via social media. Yesterday morning (1 August) HARO
Denmark-based Cadeler has signed an agreement with its compatriot Ørsted to carry out the installation of turbine foundations at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. The project will be Cadeler’s first use of its F-class foundation installation vessel that is being built by COSCO Heavy Indust
The new RoRo (roll-on, roll-off) platform built on the Hermann du Pasquier quay in the Port of Le Havre came into operation on 26 July with the port call made by Rotra Vente vessel which is serving Siemens Gamesa’s offshore wind projects under a long-term charter. HAROPA – Port of Le Havre has upgra
Norwegian offshore wind service company Edda Wind has agreed with Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka to terminate the construction and delivery contracts for two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). Edda Wind said it had not paid any pre-delivery installments to Colombo Dockyard, and only inc
The shipping and maritime logistics arm of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), has announced the acquisition of the offshore support vessel owner and operator Zakher Marine International (ZMI). Upon completion of the transaction, which is s
Installation of the 277 wind turbine foundations has started on the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm which is being developed 130 kilometres off the Yorkshire coast, the UK. The campaign to install turbine foundations at what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm has commenced in recent days, w
DEME Offshore has completed the installation of the final XXL monopile at the 257 MW Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. This was the first project executed by DEME’s new floating installation vessel, Orion, which installed the foundations using its DP3 system. Manufactured by
The Supply Chain Engineering Logistics Business Division of China’s COSCO Shipping Logistics is providing intermodal logistics services for the 75-turbine Ca Mau offshore wind project in Vietnam. The 350 MW intertidal project is located in the tidal flat area of Sanjiang Dongshe in Nangen County, Ca
Seaway 7 has taken delivery of its new 50,000-ton DWT semisubmersible heavy transport vessel (HTV) named Seaway Swan. Seaway Swan is suitable for float-over operation projects, feeder duties alongside installation vessels, and subsea construction support. Seaway 7 entered into a bareboat contract wi
SMST has been awarded a contract to supply the first Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the Chinese offshore wind market with its walk-to-work equipment. Under the contract signed with the ZPMC shipyard, SMST will be responsible for the delivery of an Access & Cargo Tower with motion compensated gan
Dutch offshore service provider Ampelmann has sold two W-type gangways to the Norwegian shipbuilding company Ulstein Verft. The electric motion compensation system will be permanently integrated into the newly built Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) that Ulstein Verft is building for th
St. Johns Ship Building has held a keel laying ceremony for the first Incat Crowther 30 crew transfer vessel (CTV) that the company is building for WINDEA CTV in compliance with Jones Act regulations in the US. In April, WINDEA CTV started construction of its first three 30-metre hybrid-ready CTVs f
