Jumbo moves first batch for its largest contract yet
Jumbo is advancing with its largest contract to date, the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm. Jumbo has been hired to transport the monopiles and other components as well as installing 80 transition pieces. The first 10...Read more
Fred. Olsen awarded new offshore wind contract in Taiwan
PRESS RELEASE – Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has been awarded a conditional contract with Liwei Wind Power, a company wholly owned by WPD Group, for the transport and installation of 36 V164-9.7 MW wind turbines on...Read more
Jan de Nul installs its first foundations in Taiwanese waters
PRESS RELEASE – Jan de Nul Group has installed its first jacket foundations in Taiwanese waters. The work was carried out for the Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 demonstration project of Taiwan Power Corporation (TPC), which...Read more
Jan de Nul and BBC deliver first batch of pin piles for Formosa 2
PRESS RELEASE – Jan De Nul Group has started transportation of the pin piles for the 376 MW Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm. The first batch of 26 pin piles was loaded on the transportation...Read more
Jumbo Javelin gets power upgrade for Yunlin installation contract
PRESS RELEASE – Alewijnse has finished the electrical conversion on board the heavy lift crane vessel Jumbo Javelin. For this conversion, the company engineered, manufactured and delivered several new switchboards and modified systems for power...Read more
DEME gives go-ahead for new 4,000-tonne installation vessel
Together with its Taiwanese partner CSBC, Belgian offshore contractor DEME has given the go-ahead for the construction of another installation vessel. The Green Jade, as the vessel will be called, will feature a 4,000-tonne crane...Read more
Heerema suffers dropfall incident while piling in Taiwan
Heerema has halted piling works for the Changhua offshore wind farm in Taiwan after installation vessel Aegir suffered a dropfall incident while installing a foundation. The company is currently investigating the cause of the incident. Read more
Siemens Gamesa finds first customers for new mega wind turbine
Siemens Gamesa has signed the first contracts for its new 14 MW offshore wind turbine. Combined the orders have a capacity of 2,940 MW, some 210 units, with another 1,044 MW possibly in the pipeline. ...Read more
Fred. Olsen wins another offshore wind contract in Taiwan
PRESS RELEASE – CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering has awarded Fred. Olsen Windcarrier the transport and installation contract for the Changfang and Xidao wind farms (CFXD) in Taiwan. In total, the scope of the contract covers 62...Read more
SAL Heavy Lift completes first piling project with new fly-jib
PRESS RELEASE – SAL Heavy Lift has recently completed its first offshore piling project using its newly installed fly-jib on the heavy-lift vessel Lone. Together with the main contractor Per Aarsleff A/S, the German shipping company...Read more
Siemens Gamesa wins new Taiwanese offshore wind project
PRESS RELEASE – Hai Long Offshore Wind (Hai Long) thas named Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy as the preferred supplier for the delivery and servicing of turbines on the 300 MW Hai Long 2 project. The 300...Read more
Huisman to deliver giant crane for Bokalift 2
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis has selected Huisman Equipment to build and deliver the 4,000-tonne mast crane for its new crane vessel Bokalift 2. The offshore contractor announced the construction of the new giant vessel last...Read more
Boskalis builds new crane vessel following large OWF contract
PRESS RELEASE – Boskalis will build a new crane vessel capable of lifting 4,000 tons, following a new contract for the Taiwanese Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm (CFXD OWF) project owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure...Read more
Van Oord also lands Taiwanese offshore wind contract
Ørsted has contracted Van Oord for the cable installation works at the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The Dutch offshore contractor will be responsible for the transport, installation and burial...Read moreHeerema lands another large wind contract in Taiwan
Heerema Marine Contractors has secured its second large offshore wind contract in Taiwan. Ørsted has contracted the company to transport and install 111 turbine foundations and two large offshore substations for the Greater Changhua offshore...Read more
United Wind Logistics completes “ultra-heavy” offshore wind transport
United Wind Logistics has completed the transportation of 20 large monopiles from Rostock in Germany to Taichung in Taiwan. The transport was carried out for Jan de Nul Group, who has been contracted to expand...Read more
Seajacks wins Siemens contract for Taiwanese wind farm
Seajacks has conditionally been awarded a contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy for the transport and installation of 47 wind turbines at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Formosa 2, developed by Macquarie Capital...Read more