DEME’s Green Jade wraps up heavy-lift job in Taiwan
DEME’s offshore installation vessel Green Jade completed its first heavy-lift installation assignment in Taiwan by installing the 31st and final jacket foundation at the Zhong Neng wind farm. Utilising its 4,000-tonne capacity crane, Green Jade...Read more
Deme’s Orion installs first XXL monopile at Moray West offshore wind farm
Offshore WindWork continues at the Moray West offshore wind farm, developed by OW Ocean Winds, a 50:50 joint venture between Engie and EDP Renewables. Deme’s vessels, offshore installation behemoth Orion and its jack-up vessel Apollo, have...Read more
Seaqualize completes offshore transfer lifts for Vineyard Wind 1
World's FirstSeaqualize, a Dutch heave compensation specialist, has successfully executed the world’s first offshore transfer lifts of wind turbine components from a heaving supply vessel. The Heave Chief 1100, Seaqualize’s newly developed offshore lifting device, is...Read more
Jones Act compliant feeder system gets to work on Vineyard Wind
The Jones Act-compliant feeder solution developed by DEME and Barge Master has been put into action at the Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Cape Cod. The joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure...Read more
Steel in the water at Vineyard Wind
Not too long after the first components for the Vineyard Wind project were delivered by UHL Felicity, DEME’s offshore installation behemoth Orion has started the installation of the first monopiles and transition pieces. Orion will...Read more
UHL Felicity delivers components for Vineyard Wind project in the US
UHL Felicity has delivered the first components for the Vineyard Wind project at the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal. The shipment included components for GE’s Haliade-X 13-megawat turbines.Read more
Hinkley Point C offshore work enters final stage
The EDF-led Hinkley Point C project in Somerset is moving ahead with the offshore works heading into its final stages with the arrival of two jack-up vessels to the site. DEME’s Neptune and Sea Challenger,...Read more
Pioneering Spirit to do more heavy lifting offshore France
Construction behemoth, Pioneering Spirit has got a new job on its hands with Allseas tagged to install the offshore substation for the Yeu and Noirmoutier islands’ offshore wind farm development off France’s Pays-de-la-Loire coast.Read more
Scaldis’ Gulliver helps upgrade Sea Installer’s crane
Scaldis, the specialist offshore heavy lift contractor, has had its hand in the crane upgrade of DEME’s jack-up vessel, Sea Installer. The company was contracted to carry out the installation of the new 1,600-ton Huisman...Read more
DEME scores its second major job in France
DEME has been contracted to transport and install the foundations and the offshore substation for the Yeu and Noirmoutier islands’ offshore wind farm being developed by Éoliennes en Mer des Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier...Read more
DEME secures contracts representing 1 GW for Hai Long wind farms in Taiwan
DEME Group has secured contracts representing 1 GW for the Taiwanese Hai Long wind farms. The scope of their contract with CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind covers the transportation and installation...Read more
DEME’s Orion installs Hollandse Kust (north) transformer station topside
DEME’s offshore installation behemoth Orion has completed the placement of the superstructure (topside) for the offshore transformer station Hollandse Kust (north) on the chassis (jacket). This new milestone in the energy transition took place in the...Read more
Transition pieces for the Dogger Bank OWF spotted on the Oude Maas
Four 550-tonne transition pieces for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm (OWF) were spotted on the Oude Maas. They were leaving the Smulders yard in Hoboken, for the SIF factory on the Maasvlakte 2, when...Read more
DEME completes “Nouvelle Route du Littoral” in La Réunion
DEME played a significant role in the construction of the “Nouvelle Route du Littoral” viaduct, in La Réunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean. This 5,400 m viaduct partially opened this week.Read more
Installation of 80 wind turbines complete in Saint Nazaire
The installation of the Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm’s 80 turbines, which began in mid-April, is now complete. This 480 MW park is France’s first offshore wind farm and will be fully operational by the...Read more
DEME offshore and Havfram sign MoU to provide offshore wind farm construction services
DEME Offshore, the Belgian offshore marine engineering company, and Havfram, the Norwegian international offshore wind and subsea contractor, have both signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in offering construction services to the offshore...Read more
Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Wind Farm Monopiles Installed by DEME
The Belgium-based company, DEME Offshore, installed the last of Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm’s 28 monopiles. This was the Orion floating installation vessel’s first project. These XXL monopiles are the largest monopile foundations...Read more
Dutch logistics specialists deliver project cargo for DEME’s Sea Installer
Danser Group, a Dutch multimodal operator and logistics solution provider, and Lubbers Logistics, a transportation and logistics group, have partnered on a delivery, to the DEME Sea Installer via the MS Tormenta.Read more