St. Johns Ship Building completes WINDEA CTV trio
St. Johns Ship Building, Palatka, Fla., reports that it has delivered the WINDEA Reliance, the third and final vessel in a series of 30-meter aluminum crew transfer vessels (CTVs) built for WINDEA
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ABS and HD Hyundai Mipo in JDP on shipbuilding smart technology
ABS and South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Mipo (HMD) have signed a joint development project (JDP) for digital manufacturing-based automation equipment for shipyards. The focus is on leveraging smart technology in HD
DO’s four new diesel-electric C-CSOVs feature MAN L21/31 gensets
The four 96-meter construction and commissioning service offshore vessels (C-CSOVs) on order in China for operation by Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DO) [see earlier story] will each feature three MAN 8L21/31 MK2 gensets.
New York leads 17 state coalition filing lawsuit to end Trump offshore wind energy halt
New York Attorney General Letitia James led a coalition of 17 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to end the Trump administration’s arbitrary and indefinite halt on new offshore wind energy
DFO back at Vard for a third CSOV
Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has exercised an option in its most recent subsea construction vessel contract with Fincantieri’s Vard subsidiary and is adding a third commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to
VIDEO: Two North Star CSOVs are now alongside the quay at Vard Langsten
Two advanced commissioning service and operations vessels (CSOVs) under construction for Aberdeen, Scotland-headquartered North Star are now alongside the quay at the Vard Langsten shipyard in Norway, marking an important step in
Tokyo Kisen takes delivery of first of two Incat Crowther CTVs
Japanese operator Tokyo Kisen Co Ltd has taken delivery of JCAT HIBIKI 2, the first of two new Incat Crowther crew transfer vessels (CTVs) custom designed to service Japan’s growing offshore wind
Hochul to fight Burgum shut down of Empire Wind “every step of the way”
In an announcement on a social media post, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said yesterday that he had ordered BOEM to immediately halt all construction activities on the Empire Wind Project
Northern Offshore takes delivery of world’s first biomethanol-fueled CTV
Swedish-based Northern Offshore Group company Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) reports that it has taken delivery of M/V Transporter, the world’s first 100% biomethanol-fueled CTV (crew transfer vessel (CTV). Designed, developed and delivered
Deugro takes delivery of first Rotra wind turbine component carrier
Freienbach, Switzerland-headquartered project cargo specialist Deugro and its partners, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S and Amasus Offshore B.V., have announced the delivery of the Rotra Futura and the delivery its sister vessel