Singapore-based Sam Pan Marine Holdings Pte Ltd has ordered six Strat Cat 27 (SC27) vessels from Strategic Marine (S) Pte Ltd, with an option to build and deliver six more vessels. Sam Pan Marine Holdings has also appointed Strategic Marine Group as the exclusive commercial agent to provide commerci
Seaway 7 has reported there has been an incident involving the main crane on board the Alfa Lift foundation installation vessel, currently under construction at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu. According to the company, there was an “unplanned movement” of the folding A
Heerema Marine Contractors has completed the first offshore test of a novel method of assembling and installing XXL wind turbines onboard a floating, dynamically positioned (DP) vessel. The method was tested in the Dutch North Sea onboard the giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir. Heerema per
Rouen-based company Thomas Services Maritimes (TSM), which has a joint venture with Windcat Workboats in France, has been selected to provide crew transfer to and from the Fécamp offshore wind farm, being built by EDF Renouvelables, EIH Sarl (owned by Enbridge and CPP Investments), and wpd Offshore.
Mayflower Wind, a 50/50 joint venture between Shell New Energies US and Ocean Winds, has signed an agreement with Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding/Duclos Corporation for the specification, design, and manufacture of a Jones Act-compliant, hybrid diesel electric crew transfer vessel (CTV). The multi-party
Ørsted has contracted Jan De Nul for the transport and installation of 107 XXL monopiles and one offshore substation topside at Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. Under the final contract signed with Ørsted, Jan De Nul will deploy its new installation vessel Les Alizé
Van Oord has selected Cadeler A/S to transport and install wind turbines at the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord project in the Dutch North Sea. Located approximately 18 kilometres off the west coast of the Netherlands, close to the town of Egmond aan Zee, the Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm will comprise
Seaway 7 ASA has been selected as a preferred contractor by Ørsted for the transport and installation of wind turbines for part of the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms in Germany. The installation will utilise the company’s jack-up installation vessel VIND1, and the projects ar
Jan De Nul Group has selected Remazel for the delivery of a fully automated monopile installation system for its new floating installation vessel Les Alizés, which will handle and install XXL monopiles. The system is tailor-made for the new vessel and ideally suited to work in challenging weather co
Norway’s Norwind Offshore has ordered two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels, and will convert one Platform Supply Vessel to a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) at the compatriot designer and shipbuilder Vard. Under the contract, Norwind Offshore has options for two additional CSOVs. The contract
Van Oord has ordered a new self-elevating offshore installation vessel that will be able to operate on methanol and install wind turbines with a capacity of up to 20 MW. The vessel is being built by the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China. The design is by Knud E Hansen. The jack-up is expected to
Kokusai Cable Ship (KCS) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaborative operations of cable-laying vessels for the offshore wind market. The two Japanese companies plan to jointly research commercial opportunities in new subsea cable-laying demand, ma
Great Yarmouth-based marine and engineering specialist Alicat has won a multi-million-pound contract with North Star Renewables to build a hybrid-powered daughter craft fleet to be used on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. Following a competitive tender involving multiple UK shipyards, Alicat has
Havfram is expected to place an order for a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) in the next quarter of this year, the company revealed on 27 September as it announced a target of having a majority of its income coming from the renewable energy sector by the middle of this decade. The semi-su
