UK offshore support company NR Marine Services has taken delivery of a new catamaran crewboat built by Isle of Wight-based Diverse Marine. Named NR Predator, the vessel boasts a hull form that incorporates an ultra-fine entry for excellent head sea performance and tower access but with high...
A new catamaran crewboat ordered by US operator WINDEA CTV recently began conducting sea trials. Built by St Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Florida, WINDEA Enterprise belongs to a series that also includes WINDEA Courageous and WINDEA Intrepid. The design and construction ensures that the crewboat...
UK-based crew transfer vessel operator Mainprize Offshore has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine for the construction of six CTVs. The deal for the construction of the six supa-swath-model vessels comes with an option for an additional six...
https://splash247.com/mainprize-offshore-orders-six-ctvs-from-strategic-marine/
Offering a way to cut emissions during the operating phase of an offshore wind farm, Damen Shipyards Group has developed a new concept for offshore charging. The system envisages a fully electric crew transfer vessel (CTV) that can charge at either a turbine, or a Damen commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) outfitted with a charger.
With the infrastructure for turbine mounted chargers not yet widely available, vessel-to-vessel offshore charging offers CTV owners and operators an...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/damen-unveils-new-offshore-charging-concept/
American Offshore Services (AOS), an offshore crewboat operating company based in Providence, Rhode Island, has taken delivery of a new crewboat built by Blount Boats in nearby Warren. Gripper is a Jones Act-compliant aluminium catamaran built to support Ørsted and Eversource’s growing portfolio of...
Data provided in the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation 2023 report shows that the number of incidents in 2023 nearly doubled compared to the year before. In 2023, there were 1,679 incidents recorded by almost 40 G+ members – a who’s who of offshore wind players. This is an...
https://splash247.com/offshore-wind-safety-incidents-see-94-rise-year-on-year/
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With a total installed capacity of 900 MW, the two offshore wind farms are in operation and fully connected to the grid, making them the largest of their kind in … |
https://maritime-professionals.com/asias-largest-offshore-wind-farms/
An SSE Renewables-led consortium and a Vattenfall-Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) joint venture have been awarded permits for constructing and operating two new offshore wind farms off the Netherlands. Noordzeker, a consortium consisting of SSE Renewables, Dutch pension fund ABP and its...
South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has launched the first unit in a new series of wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) ordered by Cadeler. The vessel, which has been named Wind Maker, is scheduled to be delivered to Cadeler in the first quarter of 2025. The GustoMSC-designed WTIV will...
Equinor today broke ground on construction at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT), formally kicking off the revitalization of the historic port facility into a hub for offshore wind on the U.S. East Coast and a critical contributor to New York’s renewable energy ambitions.
The groundbreaking ceremony included remarks from New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), NYSERDA president and CEO Doreen Harris, executive director of Brooklyn community organization UPROSE...