Richmond, Va., headquartered Dominion Energy reports that it has reached a major milestone—the keel laying—in the construction of the first Jones Act compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), currently being constructed
Leading dry bulk owner Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Inc, covering the construction of a large Wind
JUNE 29, 2017—Plans for the construction of the first Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel were unveiled recently by marine engineering firm Zentech Inc. and energy development project specialist Renewables Resources
Denmark’s A2SEA (owned 51 percent by DONG Energy and 49 percent by Siemens Wind Power) has signed a contract with Chinese shibuilder COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd., for the construction of a
Singapore’s Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) reports that a contract, worth in excess of EUR 35 million, has been secured for SEAFOX 5, the KFELS Multi-Purpose Self-Elevating Platform (MPSEP) wind turbine installation
DEME (Euronext: DEME) reports that it has signed an agreement to acquire Oslo-headquartered offshore wind installation contractor Havfram. Primarily owned by private equity firm Sandbrook Capital and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment
Rotterdam-headquartered Van Oord has now accepted delivery of the mega wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Boreas in a ceremony at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard in China. The Boreas, named
There are only so many wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) in the world fleet capable of installing today’s giant wind turbines and Danish-headquartered, Oslo-listed Cadeler A/S controls a lot of them. Today
U.S.-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm NETSCo (with offices in Ohio and Florida) is finalizing an agreement with an undisclosed shipyard and vessel operator to build and operate Jones Act-compliant feeder
After nearly 30 years of service at Seatrium AmFEL’s shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, the Solomon P. Ortiz floating dry dock was retired in May and the contract for its dismantling and recycling
