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

Wind farm win for L-3 SAM

JANUARY 13, 2014 — L-3 Marine & Power Systems is to supply and install the electrical system package on an accommodation platform being built by Germany’s Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg for the

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