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Scorpio Bulkers to Exit Dry Bulk Sector in 2021 to Focus on Offshore Wind Vessels

Dec 21, 2020

Following a string of bulk carrier vessel sales and a plan to order an offshore wind installation vessel, dry bulk carrier operator Scorpio Bulkers on Sunday said its Board of Directors had authorized the company, as part of its transition to a sustainable future…

Safeway Wins W2W Deal with Heerema to Support Huge Taiwan Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 20, 2020

Safeway won a contract from Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) to supply a Safeway Seagull type motion compensated gangway system for installation on the CSV Normand Baltic.The contract is significant for Safeway as it is the first contract for HMC…

Iberdrola Breezes Into Polish Offshore Wind Market. Buys Stake in Sea Wind

Dec 20, 2020

Iberdrola said on Friday it had bought a 50% stake in North and Baltic Sea wind farm company Sea Wind for an undisclosed sum to jointly develop a portfolio of offshore projects in Poland, a new market for the Spanish group.The two companies…

VIDEO: GIEK Discusses Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm Financing

Dec 18, 2020

Dogger Bank, a wind farm site in the UK North Sea consisting of three phases A, B, and C, will cumulatively be the world's largest offshore wind farm, once in operation a couple of years from now.Fittingly, being the world's largest, the wind farm will feature the world's largest wind turbines…

Havyard Delivers Offshore Wind Service Vessel to Esvagt

Dec 18, 2020

Norway's Havyard has delivered the Esvagt Schelde offshore wind service vessel, built for the Danish shipowner Esvagt.The vessel that was handed over on Friday is the last in a record series, but also the first in a new series to be delivered to Esvagt…

SEACOR Marine Sells Windcat Workboats to CMB

Dec 18, 2020

New York-listed offshore vessel operator SEACOR Marine has agreed to sell its Windcat Workboats and its crew transfer vessel (“CTV”) business to the Belgian shipping and logistics group Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB).Windcat Workboats owns and operates a fleet of 46 offshore crew transfer vessels…

Cadeler's 'Wind Orca' to Sport New Crane for Largest Offshore Wind Turbines of the Future

Dec 18, 2020

Offshore wind turbine installation company Cadeler, until recently known as Swire Blue Ocean, has ordered a new crane for its Wind Orca vessel, to prepare it for the giant offshore wind turbines of the future.The company has signed a contract…

GE to Deliver Giant 14MW Wind Turbines for Dogger Bank C Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 18, 2020

GE Renewable Energy has been confirmed as the preferred turbine supplier for Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm in the UK.The 1.2 GW third phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank wind farm owned by Equinor and SSE will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm when complete in 2026…

Van Oord Orders 'Green' Cable Layer for Offshore Wind Operations

Dec 17, 2020

Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord has ordered a 'green' cable-laying vessel from the Norwegian shipbuilder Vard. The ship will be built in Tulcea, Romania and Brattvaag, Norway for scheduled delivery in 2023.The vessel, equipped with the latest sustainable technologies…

Belgium: Ineos Buys Electricity from Northwester 2 Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 17, 2020

UK-based Ineos, one of the world's largest chemical producers, has struck a ten-year power purchase deal in Belgium with RWE Supply & Trading. Electricity will come from an offshore wind farm.,Starting from 2021, Ineos will buy 198 gigawatt-hours of green electricity per year from RWE…

GE Orders Two Crew Transfer Vessels for French Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 17, 2020

GE Renewable Energy Offshore Wind (GE) has ordered two crew transfer vessels destined to serve the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France.GE has ordered the vessels from Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and Tidal Transit. The two crew transfer vessels…

Keppel AmFELS Lays Keel for First Jones Act WTIV

Dec 16, 2020

Shipbuilder Keppel AmFELS has laid the keel for the first ever Jones Act compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) at its shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, marking a key milestone for the development of the U.S. offshore wind industry…

NETSCo, LR Designing Jones Act Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

Dec 16, 2020

Northeast Technical Services Co., Inc. (NETSCo) and Lloyd’s Register North America, Inc. (LR) are working to design and develop a Jones Act compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) capable of serving the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind sector…

REM Offshore Orders Offshore Wind Vessel

Dec 16, 2020

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Rem Offshore has ordered a Construction Service Vessel for offshore wind operations from Green Yard Kleven shipyard in Ulsteinvik.Havyard Design & Solutions AS is responsible for the design. The vessel, which…

Construction Begins for Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm O&M Base

Dec 16, 2020

Construction has started on the Operations and Maintenance base at Montrose Port which will service the recently sanctioned Seagreen offshore wind farm which will be located off the coast of Scotland, UK.Montrose Port was selected by SSE Renewables…

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