A remotely operated uncrewed surface vessel (USV) has been deployed for a hydrographic survey on an operational offshore wind farm in the UK. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clicking on the link below:
Offshore construction is in full swing at Ørsted’s 900 MW Changhua 1 and 2a wind farm off Changhua County, Taiwan. The second of the two offshore substation jacket foundations has now been installed at the site. The first substation jacket was installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) vessel Ae
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has ordered a 2,600-tonne Leg Encircling Crane (LEC) from Huisman for Eneti’s new build Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV). The crane has a 147-metre long boom, capable of reaching 170 metres above deck. With the lifting capacity of 2,600 tonnes,
Van Oord’s jack-up vessel Aeolus arrived at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm site today (16 July) after leaving the Port of Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte terminal on 14 July following the maritime authorities’ go-ahead to return to work off France. The vessel will now resume with the drilling and instal
A new method to install offshore wind turbines is said to cut installation time by 89 per cent, minimise noise pollution and vibrations, and lower the installation costs. This is an excerpt from a Premium article published on our sister site Offshore Energy. You can read the original article by clic
Alpha, a Sparrows Group company, has been awarded a contract to undertake turbine platform modifications in support of a new walk-to-work system at a UK east-coast offshore wind farm. An integrated team from Alpha and Sparrows will manufacture and install push-on plates, access gates, and handrails
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has begun technical discussions with the Port of Gdynia to drive the port’s development as a key infrastructure site for offshore wind in Poland. The collaboration is intended to support the attractiveness of the port to project developers as a major hub in th
DEME has completed the laying of the HVDC cable for the DolWin6 offshore grid connection in the German sector of the North Sea, using its LNG-powered, DP3 vessel Living Stone. According to the company, this was the first time a cable laying vessel installed cables while running on LNG. The 900 MW tr
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has launched an electric version of its A-type gangway system, which is now fully operational after completing offshore trials on the Horizon Star vessel at Eneco’s Princess Amalia wind farm in the Netherlands. “Electric solutions, a lower carbon footprint an
After winning contracts to install GE Haliade-X 13 MW offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A & B last year, Jan De Nul has now signed an agreement with Dogger Bank Wind Farm for the transport and installation of 87 GE Haliade-X 14 MW units at the final phase of the project, Dogger Bank C. […
Van Oord’s jack-up vessel Aeolus is set to return to the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm site in France, after halting the construction work last month due to a leak of hydraulic fluid in the drilling equipment. The vessel’s return to the project site in France was announced by Ailes Marines, the de
Subsea 7 S.A. has agreed to combine its Renewables business unit with Norway’s OHT ASA. Subject to the customary approvals, conditions and relevant employee consultations, the combined company will be renamed Seaway 7 ASA and will initially retain OHT’s listing on Oslo’s Euronext Growth market, with
The newly-established maritime holding company, Purus Marine, has agreed to acquire a large offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV). The SOV is currently under construction and will deliver directly into a multi-year time charter with a leading European renewable energy company, beginning early
A few days after Simon Møkster Shipping announced its vessel Stril Server was chartered for the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm in Norway, Island Offshore and Vallourec revealed their contracts for the project. Island Offshore has been contracted for service operation vessel (SOV) services, with it
