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Polish shipbuilder Crist S.A. is to build a second heavy lift jack-up vessel for German construction giant Hochtief Solutions. Being built for the installation of offshore wind farms, the vessel is to be named Vidar.It is set to start operating in 2013 and will be Hochtief's fourth heavy-duty craft, following its sister vessel, the Innovation, and the Odin and Thor ...

Southampton, U.K., based BMT Nigel Gee Ltd. is to supply the design for the construction of eight new 20 m Wind Farm Support Vessels, including options, to be built by Australian shipbuilder Strategic Marine for Njord Offshore Ltd., a subsidiary of Norse Management U.K. The contract follows the signing of a teaming Agreement between Strategic ...

The first vessel to be built  at Austal’s recently acquired shipyard in the Philippines will be a 27-meter trimaran wind farm support vessel according to the company. Construction on the wind farm vessel will begin this quarter, and provide work through to November.Aus ...

A Danish shipyard that specializes in superyachts is entering the commercial market with a wind farm service vessel that will see its expertise in carbon fiber hull construction applied to a SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) vessel.Danish Yachts says that its SeaStrider line of designs for high speed passenger transport will be the first carbon fibe ...

Now in service with Maritime Craft Services on the U.K.'s Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Project, the wind farm service vessels MCS Zephyr & MCS Maestro are the first to be built under survey to DNV 1A1 HSLC R2 Wind Farm Service 1 Class.The U.K.-flag vessels were built by South Boats Special Projects Ltd., Isle of Wight. They are configured with an of ...

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the first license for a U.S. tidal power plant  to transmit energy onto the local and national grid. The pilot commercial license allows Verdant Power to construct, operate, and maintain its Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project  in the East Channel of the East River in New York City.  ...

Scottish offshore service provider MarineCo UK has placed an order at Damen Shipyards for two more High Speed Support Vessels (HSSVs). The newbuilds are to be delivered in May and October 2012. The contract includes options for two further vessels.MarineCo took delivery of Damen's first two HSSV 2610 Twin Axe offshore wind farm support vessels - the Mari ...

Drydocks World has entered into a contract with Aibel, a Norwegian provider of services to the energy industry, that will see the Dubai shipyard build a Wind Power Offshore Platform to receive power generated from offshore wind farms. The project will be implemented at the Dubai shipyard. "Drydocks World has progressively enhanced its capability to implement sophistic ...