Sif to build world’s largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant
Sif Holding announced its €328 million Final Investment Decision to build the world’s largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Construction is expected to start in April 2023.Read more
EU awards major grant to Port Esbjerg
Port Esbjerg received a grant of over 28 million euros from the European Union, to deepen its fairway from 9.3 to 12.8 metres by the end of next year. This will allow larger vessels to...Read more
Brittany and Scotland hold industry meetings on floating wind turbines
On Wednesday 8th February 2023, a Brittany-Scotland business day dedicated to floating wind turbines was organised at the Ille et Vilaine Chambres de Commerce et d’Industrie de Bretagne (CCI).Read more
Damen introduces the new Methanol-powered Flow-SV
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has designed a new type of offshore vessel for the installation of floating offshore wind turbines. The Flow-SV is considerably larger than the current generation of anchor handlers in the oil and...Read more
Jan De Nul chooses BOW Terminal Eemshaven for Ørsted projects
Jan De Nul Group has chosen a BOW Terminal as a marshalling yard in Eemshaven, in the Beatrix harbour in the northern part of the Province Groningen, for two Ørsted projects.Read more
Pembroke Port prepares for Floating Offshore Wind
The Port of Milford Haven Authority is collaborating with Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, and Tugdock Limited, to prepare for floating offshore wind construction at its Pembroke Port facilities, in Wales.Read more
Bornholm prepares to become an Energy Island
InterviewThe Danish island of Bornholm has been selected as the site for one of the two Danish Energy Islands, as per the Danish Climate Agreement of June 2022. The Port of Rønne is expanding, so...Read more
Cadeler orders Huisman leg encircling crane
COSCO Shipping has ordered a 3,000+mt Huisman Leg Encircling Crane (LEC). It will be installed on the second new build Cadeler F-class jack-up vessel.Read more
Floating offshore wind ambitions write cheques supply chains can’t yet cash
The European Union (EU) has as a target, to reach 300 GW of offshore wind energy by 2050, in its Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy. Developing floating offshore wind farms (FOWF) increases the potential surface...Read more
Huisman receives Japan’s first Monopile Gripper order
TOA Corporation and Obayashi ordered a Huisman Monopile Gripper, which will be the first of its kind in Japan.Read more
SolarDuck and RWE to build largest Offshore Floating Solar plant
The Offshore Floating Solar power plant will be built at the offshore wind park Hollandse Kust West VII (HKW VII), in the Netherlands.Read more
DEME secures contracts representing 1 GW for Hai Long wind farms in Taiwan
DEME Group has secured contracts representing 1 GW for the Taiwanese Hai Long wind farms. The scope of their contract with CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind covers the transportation and installation...Read more
Multi-fuel future: a shared responsibility
In the midst of the energy crisis, questions surrounding the fuel mix that will power the transportation industry in future, while also meeting European Union and International Maritime Organisation target requirements, become increasingly pressing. One thing is...Read more
Port Esbjerg orders two new Liebherr cranes for record-breaking lift capacity
Port Esbjerg has ordered two new Liebherr cranes, an LHM 600 and an LHM 800. The cranes, which will be delivered next summer, will give the port a lifting capacity of 616 tonnes, which is...Read more
Crowley eyes offshore wind hub development in Port of Humboldt Bay
Crowley has signed a deal with the Port of Humboldt Bay for the exclusive right to look into the possibility of developing and operating an offshore wind energy hub, the first of its kind in...Read more
Port Esbjerg kicks off offshore wind facility construction
Ports & Terminals“We are driving on a bike path when what we need is a freeway,” Jesper Bank, Chief Commercial Officer at Port Esbjerg, said during the Project Cargo Summit, when speaking about the pace of offshore...Read more
Mammoet performed load-out of Spain’s first grid-connected floating wind turbine
The load-out of the Saitec-manufactured DemoSATH floating unit took place in the Port of Bilbao, over the course of three hours. Mammoet was contracted by Noatum Logistics, Saitec’s subcontractor, to transport and load-out the ‘floater’...Read more
Project Cargo Summit: Ports facilitating the energy transition
With the European Union looking to cut dependency on Russian fossil fuels and expediting its green energy agenda, European ports are preparing for an uptick in offshore wind project cargo as well as volumes related...Read more