Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for wind farm vessel
AUGUST 12, 2015—An official ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held today at the Warren, RI, shipyard of Blount Boats, Inc., for the first offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel being built in the
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Strategic delivers advanced wind farm crew transfer cat
MARCH 30, 2015 — Essex, U.K., based offshore wind farm crew transfer specialist Njord Offshore has taken delivery of Njord Odin, the first of four 26 m StratCat design crew vessels on
Meercat completes workboat for Scottish fish farm
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Meercat Workboats Ltd., Portsmouth, U.K., has delivered its first vessel since being acquired last September by Burgess Marine. The just completed vessel is a 14 m steel workboat
Ferus Smit wins order for two DP2 ECOBOX vessels
JANUARY 6, 2015 — Symphony Shipping B.V., the Netherlands subsidiary of Singapore’s Symphony Ventures Pte Ltd., has added two more ECOBOX multipurpose vessels to the six it has on order at Westerbroek,
Havyard books order for wind farm service vessel
DECEMBER 19, 2014 — Norway’s Havyard Ship Technology AS has signed a contract with the Danish shipping company ESVAGT for the design and building of a further Havyard 832 SOV wind farm
Gulf Island Fabrication wins wind farm contract
NOVEMBER 11, 2014 — Houston, TX, headquartered Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (NASDAQ: GIFI), says that, through its subsidiary Gulf Island L.L.C., Houma, LA, it has signed a contract for the fabrication of
Workboat whacks windmill: Master fined
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency reports that the master of a 17 m waterjet propelled wind farm support catamaran has been made to pay £3,000 (about $5,000)
Damen wins first order for smaller wind farm support cat
APRIL 30, 2014 — Windwave Workboats, Penzance, Cornwall, U.K., has placed the first order for a Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2008. It is the first Damen Shipyards vessel ordered by
OSD-IMT designs new wind farm vessel range
APRIL 28, 2014 — OSD-IMT, the U.K. division of Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), has developed a range of innovative new designs of offshore wind-farm service operation vessels (SOVs). The 1,350 dwt IMT972
MAIB issues safety bulletin following workboat fire
FEBRUARY 26, 2014 — The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch is investigating last month’s fire and subsequent foundering of a 14 m wind farm support catamaran, ECC Topaz. At this stage in