Seawings kite deployed on Airbus RO/RO

VIDEO: Seawing kite to start trials on Airbus RO/RO

Airseas, a French tech pioneer founded by former Airbus engineers, has completed the first installation of its automated kite Seawing on a commercial vessel. The first Seawing system has been installed on

Louis Dreyfus wins another CTV contract

France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs and its U.K.-based partner Tidal Transit have won another offshore wind Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) services contract for the Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm. It follows the two-CTV

Louis Dreyfus enters offshore wind crew transfer market

France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Group and has partnered with U.K.-based Tidal Transit to sign a contract with GE Renewable Energy (GE) for two Crew Transfer Vessels for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm.

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

Second Louis Dreyfus SOV to feature Schottel propulsion systems

French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has selected Schottel to supply a range of propulsion systems for its second wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) the Wind of Hope, the sister vessel

Louis-Dreyfus welcomes moves towards ship speed reduction

When IMO’s working group on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships meets in London next week, proposals before it will include measures to either put limits on ship speed or, as

LDA Service Operation Vessel showcases range of ABB solutions

MAY 30, 2018 — Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) has ordered a second Service Operation Vessel (SOV) dedicated to the Hornsea Project Two offshore windfarm off the English coast. The 84 m vessel

Hybrid wind farm SOV to have ABB Onboard DC Grid

AUGUST 22, 2017 — A diesel-electric offshore wind farm Service Operation Vessel (SOV) designed by Norway’s Salt Ship Design and being built for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs by Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard is to

Vancouver Drydock completes its first BWTS retrofit

JUNE 3, 2017 – Seaspan reports that its Vancouver Drydock shipyard in North Vancouver, BC, has completed a five week refit of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs’ special purpose/cable layer vessel Ile de Batz.

WSOV to have MAN gensets and electric propulsion system

MAY 31, 2017 — A wind service operation vessel (WSOV) under construction for France’s Louis Dreyfus Armateurs by Turkish shipbuilder Cemre Marin Endüstri A.Ş, will be equipped with four MAN 8L21/31 variable-speed

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