South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has unveiled its first proprietary Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (WTIV) design. It breaks new ground by using a combination of advanced green technologies to slash CO2
Set to enter service later this year, the 60-meter Groene Wind is the first Service Operation Vessel ordered by the DEME Group. The Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) vessel will be
Esbjerg, Denmark, headquartered offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) operator MHO-Co is leading a consortium that aims to develop a propulsion system that will use fuel cells and a new type of
Norwegian headquartered Fincantieri Group company Vard has secured contracts for the design and construction of three hybrid Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Aberdeen, Scotland, based North Star Renewables. The trio will operate
Vineyard Wind will use a foreign-flag wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), serviced by Jones Act compliant feeder vessels, to install the wind turbines for the first large-scale offshore wind installation in the
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encouraging states and port authorities to apply for $230 million in discretionary grant funding for port and
With a target of generating 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030, the Biden administration today announced plans to jump start the industry that, among other things, foresees the construction of four
Designer Incat Crowther reports that the first two WindFlex-27 Crew Transfer Vessels have been sold. Built for stock by Penguin Shipyard, a unit of Singapore-based Penguin International Limited, they are to be
The New York State Public Service Commission today unanimously voted to grant the Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for New York’s South Fork Wind Farm. This is the key state
While most of the focus on U.S. offshore wind development is on U.S. East Coast sites primarily suited to turbines with fixed foundations, California and Hawaii could be key states for wind