HST Marine has taken delivery of HST Ella, a new hybrid crew transfer vessel (CTV) designed by Chartwell Marine. HST Ella is the first hybrid Chartwell 24 vessel to hit the water, following her completion at the Isle of Wight shipyard Diverse Marine. ”Rapidly maturing hybrid technology means that en
50 of the 165 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind turbines have been installed at the 1,386 MW Hornsea Two, soon to be the largest offshore wind farm in the world. DEME Offshore’s jack-ups Sea Installer and Sea Challenger are transporting the turbines from Siemens Gamesa’s facilities in the Port of Hull and
Four US Senators have introduced a bill to create offshore wind manufacturing tax credits aimed at advancing the manufacturing and offshore wind deployment in the USA. With the growing number of offshore wind leases offered in the United States, the Offshore Wind American Manufacturing Act is said t
Huisman has signed a contract with DEME for the delivery of a 2,300mt Lifting Spreader and a set of adaptive Damping Tugger Winches to be installed onboard the offshore installation vessel Orion. Huisman and DEME have worked together on the optimisation of the spreader’s design in order to increase
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has signed 13 contracts in European offshore wind in the first half of 2021. With these contracts, the company enables the installation and maintenance of wind farms by providing motion compensated gangway solutions for both personnel and cargo transfer. ”Sec
Prysmian has taken delivery of its new 170-metres-long cable-laying vessel (CLV) Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci’s first deployment will be the installation of the Viking Link submarine cable connection between the UK and Denmark. The vessel has just arrived at Prysmian’s Arco Felice production
Ørsted’s new service operations vessel (SOV) Wind of Hope has arrived in the Port of Grimsby in the UK to prepare for working out at sea on the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Up to 60 of Ørsted’s wind turbine technicians will call the 84-metre vessel home for two weeks at a time, whilst they [
Jan De Nul Group has sold the jack-up installation vessel Taillevent to an undisclosed buyer. The sale includes the vessel only, with the crew deployed to other Jan De Nul vessels. The decision to sell is a result of the rapid change in future offshore wind component sizes, requiring larger and cust
China Three Gorges (CTG) started construction of two wind farm installation vessels in July. On 6 July, construction started on the 3,000-ton Wudongde at China Merchants Industry’s shipyard in Haimen. Wudongde is about 182 metres in length, 46 metres in width, and 15 meters in depth, CTG said. It is
Rem Offshore and Vard have signed contracts for the design and construction of two Construction Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs), with an option for two additional vessels. The vessels are tailor-made for worldwide services and maintenance operations at offshore wind farms and based on the Vard 4
Eneti Inc.’s wholly-owned direct subsidiary entered into a binding agreement with Marubeni Corporation, INCJ, Ltd., and Mitsui O.S.K., Lines Ltd. under which Eneti will acquire 100 per cent of Atlantis Investorco Limited, the parent of Seajacks International Limited. Seajacks was founded in 2006 and
Colombo Dockyard has ordered an integrated ABB power and propulsion package for Orange Marine’s cable-laying and repair vessel that will support offshore wind farms. The vessel will be delivered by Sri Lanka’s shipbuilder in 2023, joining an Orange Marine France fleet which now accounts for 15 per c
Van Oord’s underwater robot Deep Dig-It has returned to the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm to connect the HKZ Beta offshore platform to the mainland. TenneT is developing the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore grid for the connection of the 1.5 GW wind farm. Four offshore cables will be buried in the North
Bureau Veritas has classed the world’s first hybrid-powered Surface Effect Ship (SES), the CWind Pioneer. CWind’s new crew transfer vessel (CTV) features an air cushion, twin hulls and an innovative diesel and electric drivetrain with considerable battery storage onboard, Bureau Veritas said. With a
