The installation of the MAATS Tech cable lay equipment package onboard cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora has been completed. The MAATS Tech team installed and tested the package which includes the carousel, loading arms, access tower and control cabin at the Ulstein Verft shipyard. According t
Norwegian seismic company SeaBird Exploration has secured its first contract in the offshore wind sector. SeaBird will provide its survey vessel Petrel Explorer as an accommodation vessel for a wind farm maintenance campaign in the Baltic Sea. The company did not disclose the name of the project, bu
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has contracted Ulstein for the integration engineering for the first Jones Act compliant subsea rock installation vessel dedicated to the U.S. offshore wind market. The new contract follows the one for Basic Design, which GLDD awarded to Ulstein in December 2020. The
Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, has bought the subsea multi-purpose vessel Pacific Constructor from Swire Pacific Offshore to strengthen its fleet serving the offshore wind sector in Taiwan, as well as in the Asia Pacific region. Pacific Constructor, renamed to Const
Singapore’s shipbuilder Strategic Marine has launched the next-generation Strat Cat crew transfer vessel (CTV) design for the offshore wind market. The SC27 is an evolution of Strat Cat 26 which is said to offer enhanced vessel capabilities with a reduced environmental footprint and hybrid drive opt
Acta Marine’s service operation vessel (SOV) Acta Auriga has completed its three-year maintenance campaign at the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. Acta Auriga started the O&M works on the 400 MW offshore wind farm in April 2018 just weeks after it was delivered from Ulsteinvik, Nor
South Korean ship designer and shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received Approvals in Principle (AiPs) from three classification societies for its wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) design. SHI’s low carbon emission ECO-WTIV (LNG Fuel + SOFC) model named SLW-FUEL CELL received AiP
Red Rock Marine has won a contract to deliver a 30T compact telescopic offshore crane for OHT’s semi-submersible offshore wind foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. The 30T compact telescopic offshore crane will assist Alfa Lift’s main crane, supplied by Liebherr, during monopile installation. R
Vard and North Star Renewables have signed contracts for the design and construction of three service operation vessels (SOVs) which will operate on the Dogger Bank Wind Farm offshore the UK. The signing of the contracts follows the recent news on the Aberdeen-based North Star Renewables winning the
Northland Power Europe has extended the charter contract for the wind farm service vessel WINDEA Six with Ems Maritime Offshore (EMO) for a further five years. Northland Power chartered WINDEA Six in 2018 to transport service technicians and freight to the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, located 40
Jack-up vessels are in high demand in China’s surging offshore wind market and OHT’s fleet of semi-submersible heavy transportation vessels is working on delivering them to this construction hot spot. This includes the transportation of DEME Offshore’s Apollo from Rotterdam and the transportation of
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract with Seacat Services to provide its steel-series waterjet propulsion systems for the UK company’s new wind farm support vessels. Seacat Services placed the order for two next-generation multi-hull crew transfer vessels (CTVs) with naval architects BAR Techno
Jan De Nul has laid the keel for its jack-up vessel Voltaire at the Cosco Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. Jan De Nul started the construction of Voltaire in May last year with a steel cutting ceremony at the Cosco shipyard. The jack-up will be able to transport, lift and install the next-genera
Australian marine services provider MMA Offshore has secured three new contracts in the offshore wind market in Taiwan. These three contracts, with firm periods totalling 270 days, increase MMA Offshore’s contracted revenue by an aggregate total of approximately AUD 7 million (EUR 4.5 million). The
