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
ABB advanced power and control systems have been chosen for a giant self-elevating wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) under construction for Japan’s Shimizu Corporation by shipbuilder Japan Marine United. According to Shimizu,
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
MARCH 30, 2018 — In a move that signals the growing opportunities in the nascent U.S. offshore wind energy, a subsidiary of SEACOR Marine Holdings, Galliano, LA, will team up with Norway’s
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017—Class society Bureau Veritas recently issued new rules for the Classification of Offshore Service Vessels and Tugs, including new class notations for pipelay vessels, accommodation units, offshore construction vessels and
Today, for example, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier International Ltd reported that it has been awarded a contract with by Adwen Bremerhaven GmbH for the transport and installation of 70 Adwen 5 MW wind turbine generators for the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm project located in the Baltic Sea within the German exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea.
The contract will commence in the first quarter of 2017 and is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2017. Adwen has the option to extend the contract for anywhere between 14 days to six months.
Fred Olsen Windcarrier will use either one of its wind turbine installation vessels Brave Tern and Bold Tern for the project.The contract includes the provision of installation technicians from Global Wind Service A/S , a company indirectly owned 51% by Fred Olsen Wincarrier’s parent companies, Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA.
JULY 19, 2015—Work is well underway at Blount Boats in Warren, RI, on what will be the first U.S.-flag vessel built for the U.S. offshore wind farm market. The 21-meter-long aluminum catamaran
AUGUST 5, 2014 — Cape Wind announced today that it has signed a contract with Weeks/Manson, a Joint Venture (WMJV) to serve as the lead construction contractor for America’s first offshore wind
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the green light for Principle Power, Inc., Seattle, WA, to submit a formal plan to build a 30- megawatt
MAY 6, 2013 — Aker Philadelphia’s strategy of building the last two ships in its long running Veteran Class of products carriers for its own account seems to have worked. Both have
