Dutch Lower House wants level playing field for offshore fleet
The Dutch House of Representatives asked the government to include offshore working vessels under the Dutch tonnage regime on Tuesday, 7 February 2023. The House majority supported a motion to this effect by MP Chris...Read more
Heerema’s Sleipnir breaks world heavy lift record
The world-lifting record was broken this morning, by Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel, the Sleipnir, in the Danish North Sea. The vessel installed a 17,000 metric tonne Thermoelectric generator (TEG) Module for the Tyra...Read more
First Provence Grand Large transition piece installed
A milestone has been reached in EDF Renewables and Enbridge Éolien France Provence Grand Large project. The first transition piece has been installed on the floating foundation, for France’s first floating wind turbine project, at...Read more
Neptune Energy signs decommissioning contract for wells in North Sea
Neptune Energy Group and Well-Safe Solutions have signed a $30 million contract for the decommissioning of over 20 wells in eight Dutch and UK North Sea gas fields. It is the first time contract for...Read more
Pioneering Spirit removes North Sea’s Tyra field jackets
Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit is headed for Frederikshaven, in Denmark, to bring two jackets from the North Sea’s Tyra field for recycling. Read more
Allseas completes installation of DolWin kappa offshore converter station
Allseas has completed the installation of TenneT’s 900-megawatt DolWin6 kappa offshore converter station for the offshore grid connection system in the German North Sea – including piling of jacket foundations. This 12-day operation, completed on...Read more
Aegir instals Greater Changhua’s final jacket
Heerema Marine Contractors installed the final jacket for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind farm, in the Taiwan straits last week. This 111th jacket was installed by the Aegir crane vessel, marking another milestone in the...Read more
DEME offshore and Havfram sign MoU to provide offshore wind farm construction services
DEME Offshore, the Belgian offshore marine engineering company, and Havfram, the Norwegian international offshore wind and subsea contractor, have both signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in offering construction services to the offshore...Read more
Ørsted inaugurates ‘Taiwan Offshore Wind Farms Operations and Maintenance Hub’
The Ørsted Taiwan Offshore Wind Farms Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Hub in Taichung was inaugurated today. The O&M hub is the largest and is the first green-designed hub in the Asia-Pacific region. It will service...Read more
Jumbo Offshore installs Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm transition pieces
Jumbo Offshore has begun Transport & Installation for the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm 2022 campaign. The Jumbo Javelin heavy load carrier is now installing the first of thirty transition pieces, after being loaded in Singapore.Read more
Van Oord and Subsea 7 win offshore contract in Guyana
The British Subsea 7 group and the Dutch Van Oord consortium were awarded a major contract by the ExxonMobil affiliate, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), for the offshore Guyana Gas to Energy project.Read more
Boskalis reaches milestone in Taiwan wind farm project
Boskalis’s Bokalift 2 crane vessel has successfully executed its first job, installing seven jackets for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm project, in Taiwanese waters. The Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms are owned...Read more
Van Oord cuts steel for new jack-up vessel Boreas
The Dutch offshore construction company, Van Oord, has begun the construction of a new jack-up vessel, the Borealis. The steel cutting ceremony took place at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore (CIMC Raffles) Shipyard, in the...Read more
Heerema assists in the decommissioning of British drilling rigs
The Dutch group, Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Offshore Decom have cooperated in the main jacket removal of the Brae Alpha West Drilling Rig and Brae Bravo upper main jacket, last week.Read more
Topside of the Dunlin Alpha removed by Heerema Marine Contractors
Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Offshore Decom operating together under the name ‘HAF Consortium,’ have successfully removed the topsides of Fairfield Energy’s Dunlin Alpha. The removal of the topsides, weighing around 9,000 metric tons, was...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
KenzFigee and CMIC sign a strategic cooperation agreement
The Zaandam-based offshore lifting equipment provider KenzFigee, and CMIC Ocean En-Tech (CMIC), a global product and service provider for the onshore, offshore oil and gas, offshore wind and hydrogen sectors, signed a strategic cooperation agreement....Read more
Huisman and BMS Heavy Cranes kick-off production of 3,000MT ringer crane
Huisman, and the Denmark-based, BMS Heavy Cranes, inaugurated the manufacturing of their 3,000mt Ringer Crane with a ceremony at Huisman’s Czech production facilities. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2023.Read more