Next-gen offshore wind vessel will lift 3,000 tons

The wind turbine installation vessel Voltaire will have heavy-lift capacility over 3,000 tons to handle the coming generation of bigger offshore turbines. Jan De Nul Group rendering

A European marine engineering company has ordered an offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) with double the deck space of its existing vessels and a crane to lift more than 3,000 tons.

The Luxembourg-based Jan De Nul Group will have the offshore jack-up Voltaire built by Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry in China for delivery in 2022. The design is a portent of the much bigger, more powerful wind-driven generators that are coming.

“The global offshore wind industry is developing the next...

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Agreement signed for Ecuador dredging project

The Municipality of Guayaquil and Jan De Nul Group signed the concession agreement for the deepening and maintenance of the 95 kilometer long access channel to the port of Guayaquil. The contract was awarded on 5 October 2018 and the official signing ceremony took place today, at the Municipality of Guayaquil, in the presence of Jaime Nebot, the mayor, and other dignitaries. “This new challenge will firmly position Jan De Nul Group along the Pacific coast of Latin America,” says Jan...

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