Jan De Nul orders giant jack-up
Offshore wind turbines are getting larger, with units under development with heights of more than 270 m and blades 120 m long. These increases in size and installation height create problems for
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Ulstein develops “future proof” wind turbine installation jack-up
While 10 MW offshore wind turbines are only now starting to be marketed, the Ulstein Group has developed a design for a “future proof” heavy lift jack-up installation vessel able to carry
Crane refit readies jack-up for installation of next gen wind turbines
AUGUST 10, 2018 — Brave Tern, a 132 m jack-up installation vessel operated by Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, has completed a major crane refit at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam to allows it to
Giant wind farm installation jack-up ready for East Anglia ONE project
JUNE 19, 2018 — The world’s largest offshore wind installation jack-up vessel has successfully completed important maintenance checks ahead of its next large-scale offshore wind farm project. Seajacks UK reports that Scylla,
Giant jack-up marks a wind farm installation milestone
MAY 17, 2017 — Wind farm installation specialist Seajacks UK reports that its largest and most advanced installation jack-up vessel, Seajacks Scylla, has successfully completed work on the biggest offshore wind farm
Damen Verolme gets jack-up ready for next gen wind turbines
FEBRUARY 13, 2017 — The 151-metre, self-propelled, DP2 jack-up rig Seafox 5 has left the Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) shipyard following a four-month refit in which the boom of its main crane
PSV damaged after colliding with legs of jack-up
OCTOBER 16, 2017 — A recent alert from the International Marine Contractors’ Association (IMCA) looks at lessons to be learned from a recent incident in which a platform supply vessel (PSV) incurred
First Jones Act wind turbine installation vessel in the works
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
C-Job provides design package for advanced installation vessel
APRIL 5, 2017 —Hoofddorp, Netherlands, headquartered C-Job Naval Architects is provide China’s COSCO (Qidong) Offshore shipyard with the basic design package for the Orion, an advanced offshore installation vessel that the yard
New jack-up design targets next gen wind turbines
FEBRUARY 7, 2017— Ulstein and Rotterdam headquartered offshore consultancy SeaOwls have launched a pioneering heavy-lift jack-up vessel design called SOUL aimed at installing the next generation 10-12 MW offshore wind turbines in