DNV GL releases first class rules for floating offshore wind structures

“Floating offshore wind is poised to be one of the key technologies that can help build the renewable energy power base that underpins global decarbonization,” says Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, CEO of DNV GL

Biden election hailed as good for offshore wind

The Business Network for Offshore Wind has hailed the election of Joe Biden to be the 46th president of the United States as promising to usher in a renewed focus on renewable

Intelligent offshore wind SOV/gangway combo puts a focus on rough sea workability

Spanish engineering company Marcelo Penna Engineering has joined forces with Dutch offshore transfer system specialist Safeway to design an intelligent Service Operation Vessel and gangway combination that puts a high focus on

Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia partner on offshore wind development

The governors of Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia have announced a three-state collaboration to advance offshore wind projects in the region. Called SMART-POWER (Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Transformative Partnership for Offshore Wind

U.K.’s first hybrid crew transfer vessels feature Volvo Penta technology

Two hybrid crew transfer vessels on order for operator MHO-Co A/S, Ejsberg, Denmark, to serve Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm off the U.K. coast will be powered by innovative technology developed

Damen gains ABS approval for CTV for U.S. offshore wind market

Damen Shipyards has received ABS approval in principle for a version of its FCS 2710 offshore wind CTV (crew transfer vessel) that has been modified to meet U.S. requirements. Among other things,

Ulstein: Zero emission wind turbine installation is “today’s reality”

Ulstein: Zero emission wind turbine installation is “today’s reality” Norwegian shipbuilder and designer Ulstein has unveiled a hydrogen hybrid design offshore wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), the Ulstein J102, that can operate

Chouest to build and operate first Jones Act offshore wind SOV

Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Ørsted and Eversource today announced the execution of a long-term charter agreement for the provision of the first-ever U.S. flagged Jones Act compliant wind farm Service Operations Vessel

Eyeing offshore wind, Scorpio Bulkers sheds a Kamsarmax

Scorpio Bulkers has reached an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to sell the SBI Rock, a 2016 built non-scrubber-fitted Kamsarmax vessel, for a price slightly in excess of $18 million. Delivery

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Houses passes amendment reinforcing Jones Act requirements for offshore renewables

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an amendment by Congressman John Garamendi (D-Calif.) to the “Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act” (H.R. 4447) that clarifies that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands

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