First Haliade-X wind turbine produces power as Voltaire completes installation
Jan De Nul Group’s jack-up installation vessel Voltaire marked some milestones at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm. The vessel installed the first of 277 GE Haliade-X turbines, which subsequently produced the first power. Read more
MV Lone gets busy in the German North Sea
Work on Ørsted’s offshore wind farms, Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 is in full swing and Jumbo-SAL-Alliance is part of the equation. The alliance has been contracted by Jan De Nul to carry...Read more
World’s largest jack-up vessel arrives in the Port of Able Seaton
The largest offshore jack-up installation vessel to date, Voltaire, has just arrived in the UK port of Able Seaton ahead of its first campaign on Dogger Bank Wind Farm.Read more
Offshore wind giants getting optimised help
With the boom of offshore wind turbine installations and the ever growing size of the components, Jan De Nul has turned to Huisman to optimise its installation vessels.Read more
Les Alizés getting ready for its first job offshore Germany
Jan De Nul’s heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has been getting ready for its first assignment, the transport and installation of 107 monopile foundations and one offshore substation topside at Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 and...Read more
EDF, Jan De Nul, Luminus partner up for Belgian offshore wind tender
EDF Renewables, Jan De Nul and Luminus have formed a partnership to bid for an offshore wind tender for the first phase of the Princess Elisabeth Zone in Belgium. The Princess Elisabeth Zone is an area...Read more
Jan De Nul’s heavy lift vessel Les Alizés departs China
Less than a month after jack-up vessel Voltaire departed China, Jan De Nul’s heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has left the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China and is currently also heading for Europe.Read more
Jan De Nul’s jack-up giant Voltaire leaves China
VideoJan De Nul has seen its newly built jack-up vessel Voltaire leave the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in China, setting course for the United Arab Emirates.Read more
Jan De Nul’s newbuild breaks loose during typhoon
Jan De Nul’s jack-up installation vessel Voltaire, under construction in China, has felt the full brunt of nature’s forces as typhoon Muifa hit the shipyard. The eye of the typhoon passed over the yard during...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
Jan De Nul orders crane simulator based on its newbuilds Voltaire and Les Alizés
Jan De Nul Group has ordered a high-end crane simulator covering its two next-gen offshore installation soon-to-be-delivered newbuilds, Voltaire and Les Alizés. The simulator will enable Jan De Nul to train its crews as it...Read more
Jan De Nul’s Voltaire gets its 3,000-tonne crane
Jan De Nul’s jack-up installation vessel Voltaire is taking shape at the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. The latest milestone in the construction has been the installation of the main crane with more than...Read more
Van der Vlist moves Jan De Nul’s trencher to and from site
Logistics services provider Van der Vlist has recently been tasked with transporting a 140 tonne and 14 meter high trencher Sunfish. Transporting the machine required a certain level of dismantling in order to keep it...Read more
Jan De Nul launches Voltaire in China
Within a space of twenty days, Jan De Nul Group has splashed another vessel at the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. Following the launch of Les Alizés, Jan De Nul’s next-gen offshore jack-up installation...Read more
Video: Jan De Nul launches its heavy lift newbuild
Jan De Nul has reached a major milestone in the construction of its offshore installation vessel Les Alizés with the official launch at the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. This vessel will be the largest heavy...Read more
Jan De Nul scores Vesterhav Nord & Syd job
Jan De Nul Group has been contracted to transport and install a total of 41 wind turbines of 8.4 MW each for the offshore wind farm Vesterhav Nord & Syd in Denmark for Vattenfall. All...Read more
Jan De Nul reinstalls renovated Pierre Vandamme Lock gate
Jan De Nul has reinstalled the second lock gate in the Pierre Vandamme Lock at the Port of Zeebrugge. The operation has been completed one and a half year after the heavy lift vessel Guliver...Read more
Jan De Nul picks monopile installation system for its heavy lift newbuild
Jan De Nul Group has selected Remazel S.p.A. for the delivery of a set of cradles, a skidding system and an upending hinge for its new heavy lift floating installation vessel Les Alizés to handle...Read more