Hornsea Two SOV launched in Turkey
Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard today launched the offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV) for French operator Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA). It is set to arrive at Ørsted’s U.K. east coast operations and maintenance
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Netherlands start-up orders innovative offshore wind crew vessel
Lauwersoog, Netherlands, based Next Generation Shipyards has signed a contract to build a new design offshore wind crew service vessel said to combines the stability of a catamaran with the speed and
MacGregor to supply key system for giant offshore wind installation vessel
MacGregor has booked its largest ever single-vessel contract. It covers the supply of a system critical to the mission of what will be the world’s largest custom-built offshore wind foundation installation vessel.
Innovative 30 meter Jones Act CTV awarded ABS AiP
ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an innovative 30 meter offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) design developed by Portsmouth, U.K. based naval architect firm BAR Technologies and Southampton,
ABS awards Vard Marine AIP for second Jones Act SOV design
Vard Marine Inc. reports that, with U.S. offshore wind projects picking up speed, it has been accelerating its design efforts and has now obtained its second ABS Approval in Principle (AIP) for
Study makes case for accelerating U.S. offshore wind leasing
The United States has an opportunity to accelerate offshore wind energy growth, and benefit from 28 new gigawatts of clean energy and $1.7 billion in U.S. Treasury revenue by 2022, according to
Scorpio Bulkers inks LOI for giant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
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
ABS updates offshore wind turbine guidances
Classification society ABS has released updated guides covering both floating and bottom-founded offshore wind turbines.They incorporate lessons learned from projects in Europe and North America and include the latest developments in International
New York State announces 2,500 MW offshore wind solicitation
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced the largest combined clean energy solicitations ever issued in the U.S., seeking up to 4,000 megawatts of renewable capacity. The state’s second offshore
Norwegian suppliers’ offshore wind ambitions get export credit boost
Norway’s state-owned export credit guarantee agency GIEK is actively seeking offshore wind related new business worldwide as part of its mandate to bolster the participation of Norwegian exporters in the growing, but