The installation vessel Saipem 7000 and the jacket foundation for the Saint-Brieuc wind farm’s offshore substation have arrived in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc ahead of installation work, which will begin once the topside – currently en route to the project site – also arrives in the French bay. After th
US-based Bleutec Industries has announced what the company says is a transformative offshore wind transportation and installation vessel solution that also integrates capabilities to perform commissioning, operations and maintenance (O&M), and decommissioning activities. Developed by Bleutec Industr
Search and rescue teams looking for the missing crew of the installation vessel Fujing 001 off Yangjiang City in Guangdong Province, China, have found twelve deceased crewmembers, Chinese media reports. The vessel, which was working on an offshore wind farm over the weekend when the area was hit by
A search and rescue (SAR) operation is underway offshore China’s Guangdong Province for 26 people who went missing after an offshore wind installation vessel sank amid typhoon “Chaba” that hit the coast near the city of Yangjiang. On Saturday (2 July) the vessel Fujing 001 was avoiding the typhoon a
Vestas, in collaboration with Windcat Workboats, is launching a pilot programme to explore how a hydrogen-powered crew transfer vessel (CTV) can help reduce carbon emissions from offshore service operations. Developed by Windcat Workboats and its sister company CMB.Tech, who recently said this was t
Wind farm installation vessel Seajacks Zaratan has left Akita Port in Japan loaded with the first sets of wind turbine components to be installed on the 140 MW Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm. Akita Noshiro comprises two sites off Akita Port and Noshiro Port. In total, the two wind farms will featu
A European electricity company has invited component manufacturers and services providers to engage in a preliminary market consultation to determine the current market capabilities within the offshore wind industry before the start of the potential procurement process. This is an excerpt from a Pre
Ørsted and Eversource are working with Boskalis for the foundation and offshore substations transportation and installation work for the joint venture’s South Fork Wind and Revolution Wind projects, as well as scour protection installation contracts for its Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind projects.
Installation of monopiles at Dogger Bank A, the first of the three 1.2 GW phases comprising the world’s largest wind farm under construction, the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank, is scheduled to start in the first half of July. DEME Offshore’s installation vessel Innovation is expected to start installing the fi
Jan De Nul’s jack-up Vole au vent is installing the 37th of the 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW wind turbines at the Saint-Nazaire wind farm site offshore France. Vole au vent is transporting the wind turbines from the Nantes-Saint Nazaire Port and installing them at the first commercial-scale offshore wind f
Seajacks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eneti, has signed three contracts with Dogger Bank Wind Farm for the charter of one of its NG2500X class vessels to support offshore substation platform hook-up and commissioning on all three 1.2 GW phases of the offshore wind project. The first contract will c
The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Maritime Administration (MARAD) has designated offshore wind vessels as Vessels of National Interest making them eligible for financial support through the Title XI Federal Ship Financing Program. This designation will facilitate more offshore wind const
Spanish renewable energy producer Greenalia has launched a Request for Information (RFI) focused on the global offshore wind supply chain companies that could provide services related to the development of the 50 MW Gofio floating wind project offshore the Canary Islands. The RFI process will serve
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s newly upgraded vessel Bold Tern has arrived in Taiwan after being fitted with a brand new crane with a bigger lifting capacity. The new 1,600-tonne Huisman leg encircling crane on board Bold Tern was commissioned earlier this month at Keppel FELS yard in Singapore, where th
