Seaway 7 welcomes Seaway Swan to its fleet
The Norwegian company Seaway 7, which has been active in the offshore Renewables Energy industry since 2009, has received a new semi-submersible heavy transport vessel, the Seaway Swan, which will be used for their work...Read more
Huisman builds 700mt Travelling Quayside Crane
The Schiedam-based industrial machinery manufacturer, Huisman, has built a 700mt Travelling Quayside Crane to better handle offshore wind turbine components. This is a result of increasing demand for rapid and efficient load out of turbine...Read more
Heerema Marine Contractors to install Hornsea 3 offshore converter station
The Norwegian company Aibel has contracted Heerema for the transport and installation of two offshore converter stations (OCS) for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm, being developed by the Danish multinational power company, Ørsted. The Hornsea...Read more
BigLift Baffin wraps up heavy transport op for Aibel
The heavy transport vessel, HTV BigLift Baffin, which departed from Aibel shipyard in Thailand, arrived in Haugesund, Norway on June 26th. Abiel is a service company in the oil, gas and offshore wind industries. Read more
Acta Marine to supply Siemens Gamesa with vessels for French wind farms projects
The Dutch maritime support provider, Acta Marine, will be supplying the French, renewable energy focused, engineering company, Siemens Gamesa, with a walk-2-work vessel, the Acta Auriga. It will assist with the commissioning of two French...Read more
GustoMSC introduces the ENSIS next-generation heavy lift crane vessel series
In response to the increasing size of wind turbine components, namely monopiles and jackets, the Schiedam-based engineering consultant company, GustoMSC, has introduced a new generation of ships, the ENSIS heavy lift crane vessel. Read more
Port of Tallinn invested in new quay to service wind farms
The Port of Tallinn, Estonia’s largest port authority, will invest € 53 million, to build a new quay in Paldiski South Harbour, by summer 2025. This 310-metre quay with a 10-hectare area will be co-financed...Read more
Seaway 7 secures East Anglia THREE exclusivity deal
Seaway 7 has lined up an exclusivity deal with ScottishPower Renewables for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind project in the southern North Sea, offshore the UK. The deal lays the path towards finalisation of...Read more
DEME’s LNG-fuelled giant Orion installs first monopile at Arcadis Ost 1
DEME’s offshore installation behemoth Orion has ticked off a major milestone with the installation of the first XXL monopile Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany.Read more
Port of Rotterdam: energy transition shakes up breakbulk industry
Worldwide, it is one of the most important ongoing evolutions: the energy transition. For supply chains in the breakbulk industry and for ports around the world, this transition has an enormous impact as well. With...Read more
Vestas’ 15 MW wind turbines picked for a US project
The 15 MW wind turbines developed by Vestas have been selected by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp. The JV is developing the 2.1 GW Empire wind 1 and Empire Wind...Read more
MV Svenja concludes Saint-Nazaire OWF foundations transport
In early October, SAL Heavy Lift’s MV Svenja completed the last of its 20 journeys for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm project in France. Right after the completion of the Hornsea 2 project earlier this...Read more
DEME expands Vineyard Wind 1 project scope
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
FOWIC readies Bold Tern for next-gen wind turbines
Offshore wind turbines are getting taller and heavier, which means bigger challenges for their installation and maintenance. This has spurred Fred. Olsen Windcarrier (FOWIC) to add a new 1,600-ton crane to its jack-up vessel Bold...Read more
Van Oord preparing for 20 MW wind turbines with new vessel
Van Oord has made additional moves to further strengthen its position in the offshore wind market with the order of a new offshore installation vessel capable of installing up to 20 MW wind turbines. The...Read more
Port of Blyth eyes project cargo services uptake
The Port of Blyth has set its sights on becoming a major project cargo hub for offshore energy projects. The port has recently been selected by Seaway 7 as the location for the storage and mobilisation...Read more
Subsea 7, OHT join forces to form Seaway 7
Subsea 7 has moved to combine its renewables business unit with OHT to create a pure-play renewables company Seaway 7, focused on offshore fixed wind.Read more
Friede & Goldman aims to increase uptime of installation vessels with barge rack
Offshore windFriede & Goldman has developed a new feeder concept for the offshore wind industry called BargeRack. The system eliminates motions between the jack-up installation vessel and the feeder barge thus removing the need for complicated...Read more