Construction works on the 496 MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm are now resuming, the developer Ailes Marines informed on 7 March, saying the installation vessel Aeolus will be working at the site without interruption in 2022 and 2023. According to the vessel’s AIS data, Van Oord’s jack-up was at t
High Tien Offshore (HTO) has signed a Letter of Intent with Jong Shyn Shipbuilding (JSS) for the construction of crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the Taiwanese offshore wind industry. The vessel owner/operator says the locally-built CTVs will support the developers bidding in Taiwan’s Round 3 offsho
DEME is currently mobilising its jack-up vessel Neptune as well as the Blue Tern jack-up, chartered from Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, for monopile installation that is set commence at the Kaskasi offshore wind farm site in Germany. The vessels will also be joined by Sea Challenger which will install the
DEME’s DP2 offshore installation vessel Sea Installer is getting ready to carry out works for the Fécamp offshore wind farm in France, the offshore construction company said in a social media update on 4 March. Sea Installer installed four foundation piles for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm’s
Ørsted and Eversource, together with Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), have announced that construction of the first-ever US-flagged Jones Act-compliant Service Operations Vessel (SOV) has commenced. The vessel, which is being built at ECO in-house shipyards located in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Flori
German renewable energy company RWE has joined forces with Commercial Rib Charters (CRC) to build an amphibious crew transfer vessel (CTV) for reaching offshore wind farms in shallow waters, for which RWE said was a world-first. The vessel, currently being built by Diverse Marine and set to be opera
The first steel has been cut for the second Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) ordered by IWS Fleet, a fully owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS), at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CHMI) facility in Jiangsu, China. The vessel, which will be named
Mainprize Offshore has signed another shipbuilding contract with Manor Marine UK Ltd, an OEG Offshore Company, for a 26-metre Supa-Swath catamaran designed by Walker Design. The construction of the crew transfer vessel (CTV), named MO9, will start this month. Manor Marine, for which this is the seve
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier ASA has decided to postpone the planned initial public offering (IPO) of shares and the listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier owns and operates three transport and installation jack-up vessels – Bold Tern, Brave Tern, and Blue Tern. It is wholly owned by
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Toyo Construction have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate potential collaboration with the aim of commercializing vessels used in the construction of offshore wind projects in Japan and overseas. The companies said they will meet the demand f
The first of the 71 gravity-based foundations for the Fécamp offshore wind farm has been completed at the Grand Port Maritime of Le Havre, France. The consortium of Bouygues Construction, Saipem, and Boskalis is in charge of supplying and installing the foundations for the 500 MW wind farm located b
Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, has completed harsh weather demonstrations at the offshore substations of the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a with the first Taiwan-flagged commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) Orient Constructor. The trials, conducted in early Januar
The US crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner and operator American Offshore Services (A-O-S) has entered into a strategic partnership with Orion Infrastructure Capital to build what are said to be “state-of-the-art CTVs designed to transport technicians and materials in varied offshore conditions”. Under
BMT Group Ltd (BMT), the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has won a contract to design three crew transfer vessels (CTVs) which will operate on US East Coast offshore wind farms. The 27-metre CTVs will feature a lightweight Z-bow hull form to improve seakeeping char
