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American Offshore Services Launches Its Second CTV

Jun 28, 2024

American Offshore Services (A-O-S) announced the launch of its second crew transfer vessel (CTV), Generater, designed to support the United States' growing offshore wind industry.Generater is a 99-foot, Jones-Act-qualified catamaran built to serve wind farms off the U…

Damen Books New SOV Oder for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Market

Jun 28, 2024

Dutch shipbuilder Damen has signed a deal with Ta San Shang Marine (TSSM) for the construction of new service operation vessel (SOV) for Taiwanese offshore wind operations.This is the third newbuilding SOV for TSSM, a joint venture between Mitsui O…

Fugro Gets Offshore Wind Survey Job in Japan

Jun 27, 2024

Fugro has been awarded a site characterization contract for a 684 MW offshore wind farm development off the coast of the Japanese cities of Murakami and Tainai, Niigate Prefecture, Japan.The offshore wind farm off the country’s west coast will be developed and realized by a consortium of RWE…

Acta Marine’s CSOV Newbuild to Sail Under French Flag

Jun 26, 2024

Dutch offshore vessel owner Acta Marine has announced the expansion into French maritime and offshore energy market with the newbuild construction service operations vessel (CSOV) named Acta Pegasus.The fourth vessel in Acta Marine’s fleet, currently under construction in Turkey…

Does an OSV Newbuild Boom Loom?

Jun 26, 2024

The market for offshore support vessels has experienced tremendous development in the last couple of years. And while we expect the market to continue its positive journey, we would argue that, at least on an overall basis, the market has already recovered to healthy levels at the time of writing…

Solstad’s Subsea Construction Vessel Gets Long-Term Assignment from Prysmian

Jun 26, 2024

Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has signed a five-year contract for its subsea construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Ocean with Prysmian Powerlink.With the contract, the vessel will be on a firm contract with Prysmian until 2032…

DOF Group’s Skandi Seven FSV Up for Long-Term Assignment

Jun 25, 2024

Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF Group has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with an undisclosed energy company for its Skandi Seven field support vessel (FSV).The LOI entails a two-year firm and one-year optional contract. The contract is defined as very large…

EU to Place Sanctions on 19 Energy-Related Ships Including LNG Vessels

Jun 24, 2024

The European Union will add 27 vessels, including oil and liquefied natural gas tankers, to its list of entities under sanctions as part of its latest measures against Russia, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.EU countries…

DOF Scoops Two Vessel Contracts with Petrobras

Jun 24, 2024

Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF Group has secured two long-term contracts with Petrobras for its Pipelay Support Vessel (PLSV) and the Anchor Handling Support vessel (AHTS).The Brazilian built and flagged PLSV Skandi Niterói is awarded a three-year firm plus option contract…

Cadeler Gets Cape Offshore Wind Farm Turbines Installation Job

Jun 24, 2024

Danish firm Cadeler has signed a contract with Inch Cape Offshore for the installation of 72 offshore wind turbines, each rated at 15 MW, at the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea.The work will be done with one of the newbuild M-class wind turbine installation vessels…

Installation of Hollandse Kust (west Beta) Export Cables in Full Swing

Jun 21, 2024

Boskalis’ cable-laying barge Giant 7 has started the installation of the second and final nearshore export cable for the 700 MW offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust (west Beta), being built offshore the Netherlands.The works on the second cable follow the successful installation of the first…

Ørsted Installs First Turbine at Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Jun 20, 2024

Ørsted has installed the first 11 MW offshore wind turbine at Borkum Riffgrund 3 project, set to be the largest offshore wind farm in Germany upon completion.Borkum Riffgrund 3’s first wind turbine was installed by the installation vessel Seaway Ventus from Seaway7…

CDWE to Install Foundations on CIP’s 500 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

Jun 18, 2024

CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), a joint venture set up by Belgian DEME and Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC, has secured a contract from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for transport and installation of foundations for 500 MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan…

North Star Secures First Mover Rights for New Offshore Wind Midi-SOV

Jun 18, 2024

North Star, specialist vessel operator for offshore infrastructure support services, has been announced as the first mover on the Midi-SOV – a new offshore wind ship design developed by Chartwell Marine and Vard that bridges the gap between…

DOF Contracts with Kystdesign for ROV Pair

Jun 17, 2024

Kystdesign won a new contract with DOF for two complete Constructor Compact ROV systems, a newly developed compact version of the Constructor ROV which has four systems sold to date.DOF delivers integrated subsea services. 'We are pleased with…

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