ABS has published a report evaluating the U.S. offshore wind industry’s readiness to deliver the 40 gigawatts of capacity that the International Energy Agency estimates will be installed by 2040. The report
New Orleans headquartered Technology Associates Inc. (TAI), has added a diesel-electric hybrid offshore wind farm Service Operation Vessel (SOV) design to its EnviroMax vessel series. The TAI EnviroMax vessels have been designed
Vard Marine Inc. reports that, with U.S. offshore wind projects picking up speed, it has been accelerating its design efforts and has now obtained its second ABS Approval in Principle (AIP) for
An offshore wind Service Operation Vessel (SOV) design developed by ST Engineering will be available from both its Singapore yards and its Halter Marine shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. The SOV is based
Bernhard Schulte Offshore GmbH (BSO) and MidOcean Wind LLC (MOW) have entered into a joint venture to build and operate support vessels for the U.S. offshore wind industry as well as to
Foss Maritime LLC, Seattle, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Haugesund, Norway, headquartered Østensjø Rederi AS to establish a partnership to provide domestic Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for offshore wind projects
JULY 31, 2018 — Germany’s Bernard Schulte Offshore has signed a contract with Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft covering construction of an offshore wind service operation vessel (SOV). The ship will be built
APRIL 27, 2016 — Spain’s Gondan Shipbuilders reports that its Figueras, Asturias, shipyard has launched the first offshore wind SOV (Service Operation Vessel) to be built in Spain. The event was attended
MARCH 27, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, has launched the Bibby WaveMaster 1, the first of Damen’s purpose-built offshore wind Service Operations Vessels (SOV) with Walk-to-Work (W2W) capability,. When completed, Bibby
FEBRUARY 8, 2017 — Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Group, Paris, France, has ordered a new Wind Farm Service Operation Vessel (SOV) based on a design from Salt Ship Design in Stord, Norway. The