Deme’s Green Jade to recover electricity from engines’ waste heat
Deme and Taiwanese shipbuilding group CSBC have recently begun construction of the heavy-lift installation vessel Green Jade for the Taiwanese offshore wind market. To reduce its carbon footprint, the ship will make use of its...Read more
Deme contracts Cadeler-vessel for Hornsea 2 campaign
PRESS RELEASE – Cadeler will be sending the installation vessel Pacific Orca to the United Kingdom in early 2021 to help Deme install the foundations for the Hornsea 2 offshore windfarm.Read more
Liebherr and Deme will repair Orion’s crane
Crane manufacturer Liebherr and offshore contractor Deme have decided to repair the 5000-tonne crane of installation vessel “Orion”, which collapsed almost six months ago in Rostock during an overload test. Read more
Seajacks’ Scylla takes over Orion’s job at Moray East windfarm
DEME has chartered Seajack’s installation vessel Scylla to take over the Moray East wind farm installation contract from its own vessel, Orion, which was heavily damaged in a last-minute crane accident. Despite this setback and...Read moreDEME opts for Huisman crane for new installation vessel
DEME has opted for a Huisman crane for its new installation vessel Green Jade, which is being built in cooperation with Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC. The crane will be built at Huisman’s facility in China and...Read moreDEME gives go-ahead for new 4,000-tonne installation vessel
Together with its Taiwanese partner CSBC, Belgian offshore contractor DEME has given the go-ahead for the construction of another installation vessel. The Green Jade, as the vessel will be called, will feature a 4,000-tonne crane...Read moreNew video shows breaking of Orion’s hook
New video footage of the Orion crane incident has emerged on social media and it confirms that a failing hook was the cause for the accident aboard the offshore installation vessel. Read moreHook designer Ropeblock “appalled” by Orion accident
Ropeblock, the designer of the faulty crane hook that caused the Orion accident, says it is appalled by the incident and the impact it has on the industry. “Based on the information that is currently...Read more
Liebherr: third party hook caused the Orion accident
A malfunctioning hook from an external supplier caused the crane accident onboard Deme’s new offshore vessel Orion. Why the hook did not withstand the load is still unclear but authorities and experts unanimously agree that...Read more
Dutch-Belgian offshore consortium keeps Royal IHC from Chinese hands
The owners of Van Oord, Boskalis, DEME and Huisman Equipment have teamed up with the Dutch government to keep shipyard Royal IHC from falling into Chinese hands. The Dutch shipyard and its expertise in complex...Read more[VIDEO] 5,000-tonne crane of new DEME vessel collapses
The 5,000-tonne heavy-lift crane of DEME’s new installation vessel Orion has collapsed while undergoing load tests at Liebherr’s construction yard in Rostock. A few people sustained minor injuries but the vessel has been significantly damaged....Read more
DEME charters hotel ship for pre-quarantine measures
PRESS RELEASE – To ensure safe crew changes on board dredgers and offshore vessels during the COVID-19 pandemic, DEME has chartered a hotel ship for pre-quarantining as of last weekend. The ship is moored in...Read more
Penta-Ocean and DEME team up to build wind farms in Japan
PRESS RELEASE – Penta-Ocean and DEME Offshore have teamed up to jointly build offshore wind farms in Japanese waters. The companies will first develop new technologies to fight the elements and subsequently execute projects together. Japan...Read more
DEME installs substations for Belgian wind farm SeaMade
PRESS RELEASE – DEME has successfully installed the two substations for the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea, marking a major milestone in the construction of Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm. Each weighing...Read more
Buss wins tender offer for the world’s largest offshore wind farm
PRESS RELEASE – Buss Terminal in Eemshaven will serve as the base port for the installation of the foundation structures of the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. As of May, more than half of the...Read more
Jumbo wins transport contract for world’s largest offshore wind farm
Jumbo has been contracted by DEME Offshore to ship 165 monopiles and 135 transition pieces from Aalborg to Eemshaven. The components are destined for Ørsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea Two wind farm which, once completed, will be...Read more
DEME’s 5,000-tonne heavy-lift vessel takes first LNG delivery
PRESS RELEASE – In the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany, the world’s largest LNG bunker vessel ‘Kairos’, operated by Nauticor, has supplied DEME’s new offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ with LNG...Read moreDEME completes foundation of Belgium’s largest wind farm
PRESS RELEASE – DEME has completed the installation of 58 monopile foundations and two offshore substation foundations at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. The last monopile foundation landed on the...Read more