June issue of Marine Log magazine

June 2021

This issue of Marine Log magazine includes several in-depth features on floating wind, green technology, environmental initiatives of ports and terminals, ballast water treatment systems, and LNG as a marine fuel.

Boat approaching floating wind turbine

OCTOPUS and robotics could boost wind farm vessel uptime by 35%

With ABB Ability’s marine advisory system OCTOPUS and robotic maintenance working together, wind farm vessels’ working hours could increase by over a third. A study from ABB focusing on the ATLANTIS offshore

CSOV launches from Gondan Shipyard

Gondan launches first CSOV in Edda Wind quartet

Spain’s Gondan Shipyard has launched the first in the series of four Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) it is building for Edda Wind AS, the offshore wind segment of Norway’s Østensjø Group.

Unmanned survey vessel

Reygar aims for role in offshore wind surveys

The siting and construction of offshore wind farms and associated seabed infrastructure requires accurate mapping of wide areas of the ocean floor. This typically becomes more challenging and costly with each mile

floating offshore wind turbine

Biden administration unveils plans for California offshore wind

Mid-2022 could see the first offshore wind lease sale for a Wind Energy Area (WEA) off the coast of California, opening the way for the first floating wind farms off the U.S.

Offshore wind and Jones Act finance

Fair (offshore) winds for the Jones Act finance market

By Basil M. Karatzas, Founder, Karatzas Marine Advisors & Company Until recently, the offshore drilling market had the distinction of employing the most expensive assets in the maritime industry. A decade ago,

Five wind torbines

Ørsted and Eversource partner with fishermen’s consortium

Joint-venture partners Ørsted and Eversource are to collaborate with Sea Services North America to support safe navigation in and around Northeast offshore wind farms, including the 704-megawatt Revolution Wind project serving Rhode

Seacat Enterprise has transited to and completed its first operational assignments at the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm using Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as a fuel.

Seacat modifies support vessel to operate on “significantly cleaner” fuel

With offshore wind being widely seen as a pathway to decarbonization, it’s inevitable that reducing the carbon footprint of operations at the wind farms themselves will come in for increasing attention. Cowes,

Model tests of Seaplace system were performed at the IH Cantabria offshore basin.

Floating offshore wind ballast system wins LR approval

An active ballast control system designed to improve the stability of floating offshore wind platforms has gained Lloyd’s Register (LR) Approval in Principle. The system has been developed by Madrid, Spain, headquartered

Offshore wind turbines

$700,000 U.S. offshore wind supply chain study gets underway

A major effort aimed at developing a comprehensive U.S. offshore wind supply chain roadmap has launched. The comprehensive study is a combination of two projects with $400,000 in funding coming from the

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