Van Oord’s new offshore wind giant, Boreas, launched
Van Oord’s brand new offshore installation vessel, Boreas, has been launched at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore shipyard in China. Designed specifically for the transport…
Van Oord secures first transport and installation job for newbuild Boreas
Van Oord has secured the first job for its new offshore installation vessel Boreas, as it has been appointed as preferred supplier for the transport…
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…
Pioneering Spirit lays over five kilometres of Baltic gas pipeline a day
According to Allseas, daily production rates on the Pioneering Spirit exceed expectation with the vessel able to install more than five kilometres of the Baltic…
Heerema: Our ships are ready to install 15+ MW wind turbines
In a recent report, IHS Markit stated that none of the existing wind turbine installation vessels can install next-generation 15+ MW turbines. This is incorrect,…
Upgraded Aeolus starts work on French offshore wind farm
PRESS RELEASE – Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus is starting the installation of the first of 62 jacket foundations for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind…
Heerema to install converter platform for Sofia offshore wind farm
PRESS RELEASE ā€“ Heerema Marine Contractors will transport and install the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm HVDC Offshore Converter Platform for Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine. The platform’s…
Svanen uses bubbles to silently install offshore foundations in Denmark
PRESS RELEASE – Van Oordā€™s heavy lift vessel Svanen has installed the final foundation for the Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind farm in the Baltic…
Heerema’s Balder installs the Pemex Yaxche-C offshore platform
PRESS RELEASE – Heerema’s semi submersible crane vessel Balder has installed Pemex’s Yaxche-C jacket and topside on behalf of Cotemar S.A. de C.V. The jacket…
Swire Blue Ocean lands contract for Scotland’s largest offshore windfarm
PRESS RELEASE – Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) will transport and install the wind turbine generators for the Seagreen offshore windfarm in Scotland. Seagreen is located…
Equipment
Huisman develops quick connect tool for heavy-lift cranes
PRESS RELEASE – In collaboration with Jan de Nul, Huisman Equipment has developed a Universal Quick Connector that allows installation ships to quickly and hands-free…
Offshore wind
Fred. Olsen joins competitors in crane capacity expansion
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier becomes the latest offshore contractor to invest in bigger cranes in anticipation of the new generation of wind turbines that are set…
Offshore wind
SAL Heavy Lift delivers new crane boom for Pacific Osprey
SAL Heavy Lift has delivered a new crane boom for Swire Blue Ocean’s installation vessel Pacific Osprey. The new boom will increase the vessels maximum…
Pioneering Spirit sets new offshore lift record
Allseas broke another lift record with its humongous heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit, which successfully executed the single-lift installation of the processing platform and utility…