Following the award of a contract to install turbines, DEME has now been hired as a contractor for the installation of offshore wind turbine foundations for the Vineyard Wind 1 project. DEME’s unit DEME Offshore...Read more
The wind turbine installation work at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm has been wrapped up by DEME. The company recently installed the 90th and final wind turbine. Read more
Heavy lift specialist DEME installed the first offshore substation (OSS) in France. Weighing 2,100 tons, the offshore substation was successfully installed at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm on August 18.Read more
Technical solutions provides Huisman has signed a contract to upgrade the installation tools onboard DEME’s LNG-fueled offshore installation vessel, Orion. Huisman has been contracted to deliver a 2,300 mt lifting spreader and a set of...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Deme’s French subsidiary SDI has won a contract for the Leucate Floating Offshore Wind Farm. Once completed, it will be one of the largest offshore floating wind farms in France. In a...Read more
In the accident with its 5,000-tonne crane in May last year, DEME’s new offshore installation vessel Orion and its crane suffered considerable damage. In September, Liebherr stated it would repair the crane. It has now...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – DEME Offshore has been awarded a contract for the transport and installation of the jackets and topsides for two Hollandse Kust offshore substations. The company will also supply and install scour protection...Read more
Japan has unveiled huge plans for offshore energy production. The country is gearing up to install as much as 45 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power by 2040, reports Reuters. The plans would make Japan...Read more
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
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
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
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 more
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 more
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 more
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 more
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
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
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
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
