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TKI Offshore Energy

TKI Wind op Zee becomes TKI Offshore Energy

The range of sustainable offshore energy sources is increasing beyond offshore wind energy. Think of hydrogen, wind, waves and sun. This changes the scope of TKI Wind op Zee’s (TKI Offshore Wind) mission and work. Starting ten years ago on mainly offshore wind energy, the last years TKI Wind op Zee has become active...
Damen

Purus Wind signs order with Damen Shipyards for eight, low-emission vessels for wind farm operations

Damen Shipyards and offshore wind services provider Purus Wind have signed a contract for the build and delivery of eight new vessels. Four Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 Hybrid and three Damen FCS 3210 Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) and one, 90-metre Construction Service Operation Vessel (CSOV). The FCS 3210s and the CSOV...
James Fisher Subtech

James Fisher Subtech signs second charter for multipurpose offshore vessel to meet the UK’s offshore energy needs

James Fisher Subtech (JF Subtech) has signed its second charter agreement of 2023. Allowing for the exclusive use and operation of the multipurpose offshore vessel, Olympic Taurus, the agreement with Olympic Subsea increases JF Subtech’s vessel availability and its capacity to support additional projects and further cements its commitment to the UK offshore energy...
WindEurope

By the industry, for the industry

WindEurope’s Annual Event is returning to Denmark – the home of wind energy. The entire industry, every link in the value chain, and from every part of Europe, will be in Copenhagen from 25-27 April 2023. We are living through turbulent times and the coming years will be crucial for wind energy. Europe needs to...
Business Network

Business Network for Offshore Wind celebrates tenth anniversary

The Business Network for Offshore Wind, the non-profit working to accelerate offshore wind development and build a dedicated manufacturing supply chain in the US, is marking its tenth anniversary by launching a campaign that celebrates the remarkable growth of the American offshore wind industry over the last decade. A new anniversary website highlights the...
IQIP

HAL completes acquisition of IQIP

Royal IHC has reached agreement on the sale of IQIP Holding to HAL Investments (HAL). Royal IHC had initiated a WHOA (Homologation Private Agreement Act) proceeding to convince all financial stakeholders of their financial restructuring plan including the sale of IQIP. Last week the court ratified this plan, and today the transfer of the...
O&M

Inland and Coastal Marina Systems installs new O&M base berthing

Supporting Scotland’s growing offshore energy sector, Inland and Coastal Marina Systems (ICMS) has installed a heavy-duty pontoon system in Eyemouth Harbour as part of the new operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the Neart na Gaoith offshore wind farm. The bespoke pontoon system comprises a 58m x 4m pontoon and a 27m x 4m...
Seavolt

Seavolt: a new offshore floating solar technology

Belgian partners Tractebel, DEME, and Jan De Nul introduce Seavolt, a new offshore floating photovoltaic (PV) technology. This technology is a result of joint research and development, combining the expertise of solar, environmental, and offshore experts.  The Seavolt technology (patent pending) can withstand harsh offshore conditions while creating large surfaces that are protected from...
Elia

Jan De Nul and DEME build the world’s first energy island for Elia

The Belgian consortium TM EDISON (Jan De Nul and DEME) has won the tender for the construction of the world’s first artificial energy island. The construction of the foundations of the Princess Elisabeth Island will begin in early 2024 and will last 2.5 years. After that, the installation of the high-voltage infrastructure can be...
Farra Marine

Farra Marine expands fleet with seven new CTVs

Irish crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner and operator Farra Marine, has expanded its fleet of CTVs after ordering a further seven vessels from Singapore-based Penguin Shipyard International. The new CTVs – part of the WindFlex-27 series – will, when complete, see Farra Marine boast a fleet of fourteen CTVs servicing the UK and European...
offshore wind

Making the move from military to offshore wind

The offshore wind industry gained four new recruits this week after they completed their training with East Coast College as part of a Military into Offshore Wind initiative. The programme aims to attract those seeking a new career after serving in the armed forces into the engineering construction industry. It is a collaboration between...
Damen

Damen’s new offshore construction capability revealed

Damen Shipyards Group is leveraging its resources and shipbuilding expertise to become a major force in offshore construction. It sees exciting opportunities in offshore wind, in particular the emerging floating wind sector, but also recognises the potential in other segments of the offshore energy sector and aquaculture. Damen is now offering a complete construction...
Lankhorst

Lankhorst first for deepwater deployment and recovery ropes

In an industry first for deepwater deployment and recovery systems, Lankhorst Offshore announces the development of a new DNV Endorsement of Qualification Plan End-to-End rope splice for its LankoDeep rope. In the event the LankoDeep needs to be spliced offshore by certified personnel, an End-to-End splice can be made quickly, allowing offshore handling operations...
Copenhagen Offshore Partners

Copenhagen Offshore Partners expands European footprint

Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP), a leader in offshore wind origination, development and construction in new and established markets around the world, has expanded its presence in Europe and opened a new office in Porto, Portugal. The new office will support COP’s ambitions to unlock offshore wind in the country, including early market assessment and...
Sif

The world’s largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant

Sif Holding has announced its USD 352 million Final Investment Decision to construct the world’s largest monopile foundation manufacturing plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Construction is expected to start in April 2023. Once the expanded manufacturing plant is fully ramped-up, which is expected in the first half of 2025, the  total combined capacity of...
Vineyard Wind

Vineyard Wind and fishing industry family agree to build CTV terminal on Popes Island

Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, today announced that it has signed a partnership with Shoreline Offshore, a joint venture between the Quinn family, a longtime member of the fisher community in New Bedford and SEA.O.G Offshore a leading integrated logistics provider, to build out a berthing and fuelling...
Siemens Gamesa

Siemens Gamesa intends to establish a nacelle facility in New York

Siemens Gamesa intends to build a major offshore nacelle manufacturing facility in New York state, subject to the company’s wind turbines being selected by the New York authorities in their third offshore wind solicitation. The planned facility will be located at the Port of Coeymans. It would create up to approximately 420 direct jobs,...
JDR

JDR secures umbilical contract with Petrogas

JDR, owned by the TFKable Group, has been awarded a contract by Petrogas E&P Netherlands to supply two umbilicals for the A15 and B10 offshore conventional gas fields in the Netherlands. The fields are located in quads A & B, in a shallow water depth of 35m and are expected to recover 17.25 Mmboe,...
Clarkson Port Services

Clarkson Port Services acquires DHSS

Clarkson Port Services, a subsidiary of Clarksons, has completed the acquisition of DHSS, a provider of integrated logistics services to the offshore renewable industry, based in the Netherlands. Established in 1997, and with a presence across a number of ports in the Netherlands, DHSS acts as a gateway to offshore wind farms, with services...
partnership

Historic offshore wind partnership framework agreement

Siemens Gamesa and Doosan Enerbility, formerly Doosan Heavy Industries, announce the signing of a binding framework agreement for a strategic partnership for the South Korean offshore wind market. Marc Becker, CEO of Siemens Gamesa’s offshore business and Hongook Park, CEO of Doosan Enerbility’s Power Service Business Group represented the parties at the partnership framework...
BOW Terminal

Jan De Nul Group chooses BOW Terminal Eemshaven as marshalling yard

Jan De Nul Group has chosen BOW Terminal’s Eemshaven marshalling yard for the Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm projects. The 242MW Gode Wind 3 and 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 wind farms are owned and developed by Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted. Both wind farms are being built in the...
Lifting skills

Combining precision lifting skills with engineering expertise

Jumbo Offshore has completed the transportation and wet storage of a riser caisson for Technip FMC. Jumbo carried out the job in October, deploying its heavy-lift vessel Fairplayer to handle the 120m long and 1.3m diameter caisson. The Fairplayer picked up the caisson from the Scottish port of Nigg, an operation that demanded a...
TSC Subsea

TSC Subsea targets new global markets in 2023

TSC Subsea, a global specialist in remotely deployed subsea NDT inspections for the energy industry, is entering 2023 in a strong position, with plans to target new markets in the Middle East, Africa and South East Asia. The strategic growth plans follow on from one of the company’s most successful years to date which...
SMST

Next milestone: SMST gangway and crane on board first ever Asian CSOV

After being on board the first ever Chinese SOV with its walk-to-work equipment, SMST has reached another milestone in the Asian market. Recently, Marco Polo Marine, a Singapore-based marine logistics company, has awarded SMST the contract for the delivery of their mission equipment to the first ever Asian Commissioning Service Operations Vessel (CSOV). This...
Les Alizés

Heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has left the shipyard

Jan De Nul NextGen heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has left the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China and is currently heading for Europe. The vessel has been delivered by the shipyard on 16 January and has departed on 18 January. Les Alizés is specifically designed for loading, transporting, lifting and installing offshore wind turbine...