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
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 gas pipeline every day. The 105-kilometre-long 32-inch Baltic Pipe is...Read more
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, says Heerema Marine Contractors’ CEO Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven. ‘Our vessels...Read more
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 farm project. Before installing the very first pin-piles for the...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Heerema Marine Contractors will transport and install the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm HVDC Offshore Converter Platform for Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine. The platform’s fabrication will be executed at Sembcorp Marine’s yard, and offshore...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen has installed the final foundation for the Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind farm in the Baltic Sea. To reduce the underwater noise, a “double big bubble...Read more
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 weighed 700 metric tonnes, the four skirt piles 125 metric...Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) will transport and install the wind turbine generators for the Seagreen offshore windfarm in Scotland. Seagreen is located 27 kilometres off the east coast of Scotland in the...Read more
EquipmentPRESS RELEASE – In collaboration with Jan de Nul, Huisman Equipment has developed a Universal Quick Connector that allows installation ships to quickly and hands-free change hooks or other heavy lifting equipment. The system will...Read more
Offshore windFred. Olsen Windcarrier becomes the latest offshore contractor to invest in bigger cranes in anticipation of the new generation of wind turbines that are set to hit the market in 2021. The company has ordered...Read more
Offshore windSAL 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 lift height from 97 to 132 metres, enabling it to...Read more
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 living quarters topsides in the Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway.
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