Mammoet transported a 390 metric tonne, 750 MVA transformer 270 kilometres from the Hitachi Energy facility in Ludvika to an Ellevio wind farm in Tovåsen, Ljusdal municipality. This is the heaviest transport ever to take...Read more
The construction of Windplanblauw in the IJsselmeer has been given the green light earlier this month, signifying that Ballast Nedam will replace outdated wind turbines with more modern and powerful ones. In addition to this,...Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Steelwind Nordenham, a Dillinger Group company, has signed an agreement to build and deliver 64 steel monopile foundations for the He Dreiht offshore wind farm, under development by Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW). The contract between the...Read more
The Dutch Machinery industry company Huisman has been awarded a contract by the China Ocean Shipping Offshore Company (COSCO), to design and build a Leg Encircling Crane (LEC). This LEC will be installed on the ...Read more
Road transportCollett & Sons is the first transport company to use a Blade Lifter on a UK wind farm. Working in partnership with P. Adams Transport, the company has been appointed to manage and transport all...Read more
Vattenfall has won the tender to construct the second subsidy-free Dutch offshore wind farm, Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) 3 & 4. In September last year, the company also won the tender to build the first...Read more
Offshore windFred. Olsen Windcarrier has won a large contract from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for the transport and installation of 100 9.5MW wind turbines for the Moray East project off the East coast of Scotland. The...Read more
On Tuesday 11 December 2018, Ørsted drove the first pile for its wind farm maintenance base at Vlissingen, part of North Sea Port.
The Danish energy giant Ørsted has begun construction of the maintenance base for...Read more
Shell, Deme and Quadran Energies Marines from France will join forces for the tender for the construction, operation and maintenance of a new offshore wind farm in the French section of the North Sea.
To this...Read more
Orange Blue Terminals and the international wind turbine manufacturer Senvion have signed a contract for the planning, transport, storage and pre-assembly of wind turbine components for the Trianel Borkum II wind farm.
This means that all...Read more
