Tetrahedron wins award for new offshore wind crane
Tetrahedron has won Windpower Monthly’s innovation of the year award for its novel cranes that can install the next generation of 12-20-MW offshore wind turbines. The cranes can upgrade existing wind turbine installation vessels with...Read more
Project Cargo Summit Online announces first speakers, register for free
In 3 weeks time, Project Cargo Journal and Promedia are organising the second online edition of the Project Cargo Summit. The event will be focussed on the opportunities and challenges for project carriers and forwarders...Read more
Ziton awarded offshore service contract by Siemens Gamesa
Siemens Gamesa has selected Ziton’s vessel Wind Enterprise as their main service jack-up for the coming years. Following the successful tender procedure, Ziton has lifted the option to buy the Wind Enterprise which will be...Read more
Breakbulk Middle East cancelled for 2021
Breakbulk Middle East is the first Covid-19 casualty of the planned breakbulk events this year. The postponement of the event to next year follows hot on the heels of the cancellation of Transport Logistic 2021...Read more
Huisman to deliver 2,600-tonne crane for new OIM Wind vessel
PRESS RELEASE – Huisman has signed a Letter of Intent with Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore for the delivery of a 2,600-tonne Leg Encircling Crane for OIM Wind’s BT-220IU Wind Installation Unit. The agreement includes the...Read more
SAL jumps in offshore wind installation gap
Harren & Partner, the owner of SAL Heavy Lift, is jumping on the expected turbine installation vessel gap with a new company and a jack-up installation vessel. SAL Renewables will focus solely on offshore maintenance...Read more
Nearly 50 rigs were scrapped last year
Nearly fifty drilling platforms were scrapped in 2020, which is significantly more than in previous years, reports the French financial services provider Kepler Chevreux.Read more
Knud E. Hansen presents new large turbine installation vessel
Ship design agency Knud E. Hansen has designed a wind turbine installation vessel called the Atlas C-Class. TIt can carry six of the new-generation 14-16 MW wind turbines and at least five of the next-generation...Read more
Pioneering Spirit to remove two platforms in the Irish Sea
PRESS RELEASE – Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit will travel to the Irish Sea this year to remove two normally unmanned installations in the East Irish Sea. The 11,000-tonne platforms owned by Spirit Energy are used to...Read more
Boskalis acquires Rever offshore’s subsea services business
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has acquired Rever Offshore’s subsea services business. Rever, formally known as Bibby Offshore, offers a broad range of solutions in the area of subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance.Read more
Bakker Sliedrecht readies Heerema’s crane vessels for shorepower
Bakker Sliedrecht will electrify the crane vessels Thialf and Sleipnir of Heerema Marine Contractors so that they can be powered by green shore power. The shore power connection allows the vessels to turn off their...Read more
USD 600 million to build first Jones Act compliant offshore wind vessel
Dominion Energy has contracted Keppel Offshore & Marine to build the first Jones Act compliant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel. It will cost about USD 600 million and will be built at Keppel’s yard in Brownsville,...Read more
Jumbo installs mooring system in record water depth
Jumbo Offshore has installed a 14-point FPSO mooring system at a depth of 1,760 metres, breaking its own deepwater record. The project was carried out in preparation for the installation of the first FPSO ever...Read more
Boskalis performs float-over of 11,500-tonne topsides
Surgical precision, that’s how the float-over installation of the 11,500-tonne Bokor CPP-A platform topsides offshore Sarawak, Malaysia, can be characterised. For this incredibly precise operation, Boskalis’ semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Forte was fitted out with...Read more
Heerema installs 1,650-tonne water handling module
PRESS RELEASE – Heerema Marine Contractor’s heavy lift vessel Aegir has transported and installed a 1650-metric-tonne water handling module for client Technip FMC. The module was installed on the Woodside operated Pluto Alpha platform.Read more
Boskalis awarded EUR 1.5 billion airport construction project
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has received its largest project to date: the land development design and construction of the Manila International Airport (MIA) in the Philippines. The project has an estimated value of EUR 1.5...Read more
Cadeler gives go ahead for Wind Orca’s crane upgrade
Cadeler has signed a contract to install a new crane on the vessel Wind Orca. It will be able to lift 1,600 tonnes at a radius of 40 meters and provides a significant upgrade from...Read more
Van Oord wins Sofia OWF contract
RWE has awarded Van Oord the installation (EPCI) contract for the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, one of the world’s largest offshore wind projects. Van Oord will deploy its offshore installation vessel Aeolus and cable-layer Nexus...Read more