US-based WINDEA CTV LLC has started construction of its first three 30-metre hybrid-ready crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the emerging US offshore wind market. Two of the Incat Crowther-designed CTVs will be constructed at St. Johns Shipyard in Palatka, Florida and one will be built at Gulf Craft i
Danish crew transfer vessel operator World Marine Offshore (WMO) has contracted Norwegian shipbuilder Umoe Mandal AS to build two second-generation Wavecraft™ crew transfer vessels. WMO has also entered into bareboat charter agreements for two similar vessels that are owned by the Umoe Group. Three
Eneti has announced that its subsidiary Seajacks UK Limited has secured new contracts with two UK-based companies for its NG2500X-class vessels. The first contract signed with a UK utility will see one vessel supporting offshore wind farm substation commissioning in the UK sector of the North Sea fo
The new crane for Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Bold Tern has been fitted onto the jack-up vessel, which now has double the lifting capacity it had before it was equipped with the 1,600-tonne leg encircling crane. The crane, manufactured by Huisman, was placed aboard the vessel a few days ago through a
Installation works are well underway at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid – the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm – to ensure that electricity starts flowing to the Dutch grid in early May. As reported, the first of the wind farm’s 140 Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 DD wind turbines was installed
EnBW has awarded Heerema Marine Contractors with the contract to transport and install the turbine foundations at the 900 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The work includes the transport and installation of 64 monopiles and transition pieces. During operations, Heerema will u
German shipping and logistics group Harren & Partner has acquired the 108 metres long jack-up vessel Thor from the Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME, for an undisclosed fee. The vessel, which sails under the Madeiran flag, has a 500-tone capacity, a high-outreach offshore cra
DEME’s new offshore installation vessel Orion, which suffered heavy damage after a crane accident shortly before it was planned to be put into service, has arrived at DEME Offshore base near Vlissingen in the Netherlands after sailing out of Bremerhaven, Germany. The vessel is now being prepared for
Heerema Marine Contractors has developed a new method for offshore floating wind installations that is said to eliminate the need for wet-tows and marshalling yards. Using the Floating to Floating installation method, floaters can be constructed on land before being dry-towed on a transport vessel t
The first of the 140 Siemens Gamesa 11.0-200 DD wind turbines has been installed on the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid – the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm. This is also the first SG 11.0-200 DD unit to be installed offshore and the largest and most powerful wind turbine to be installed o
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has completed crew change trials on its Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 7011 vessel in the North Sea, using the Ampelmann S-type motion-compensated gangway. Following this move, the 74-metre Aqua Helix will undergo “a shakedown of all her systems during the sea trials”, Damen said.
Cadeler’s jack-up Wind Osprey has left Sif’s facility at Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam loaded with the first batch of Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines to be installed at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The project milestone marks a series of firsts for the
Semi-submersible crane vessel, Saipem 7000, has returned to ”a stable position and safe condition” soon after developing a list during a crane incident off the coast of Amoyfjorden, Norway, Saipem said. As reported, Saipem 7000 and a couple of cargo barges were involved in a lifting incident on Thur
Heavy-lift vessel Saipem 7000, which was yesterday reported to have left the Seagreen offshore wind farm site with a return date later this month, tilted offshore Stavanger in Norway this morning (14 April) following what was described by the local authorities as a “lifting accident”. The South-West
