Jones Act WTIV

Dominion Energy’s Jones Act WTIV will feature Huisman crane

Schiedman, Netherlands, headquartered Huisman is to deliver a 2,200 metric ton lift capacity leg-encircling crane for the Jones Act compliant installation vessel Wind Turbine Installation Vessel currently under construction for Dominion Energy

Scorpio Bulkers will soon have a new name, but no bulkers

Emanuele A. Lauro led Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) said today that following its recent string of vessel sales, its board of directors has authorized the company, as part of its transition

NETSCo and LR to develop Jones Act compliant WTIV

Lloyd’s Register North America, Inc. (LR) has signed an agreement for a joint development project (JDP) with Northeast Technical Services Co., Inc. (NETSCo) to design and develop a Jones Act compliant wind

Eyeing offshore wind, Scorpio Bulkers sheds a Kamsarmax

Scorpio Bulkers has reached an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to sell the SBI Rock, a 2016 built non-scrubber-fitted Kamsarmax vessel, for a price slightly in excess of $18 million. Delivery

Scorpio Bulkers inks LOI for giant Wind Turbine Installation Vessel

Leading dry bulk owner Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Inc, covering the construction of a large Wind

ABB systems picked for giant Japanese wind turbine installation jack-up

ABB advanced power and control systems have been chosen for a giant self-elevating wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) under construction for Japan’s Shimizu Corporation by shipbuilder Japan Marine United. According to Shimizu,

Fred Olsen Windcarrier gets 70 turbine installation job

Today, for example, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier International Ltd reported that it has been awarded a contract with by Adwen Bremerhaven GmbH for the transport and installation of 70 Adwen 5 MW wind turbine generators for the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm project located in the Baltic Sea within the German exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea.

The contract will commence in the first quarter of 2017 and is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2017. Adwen has the option to extend the contract for anywhere between 14 days to six months.

Fred Olsen Windcarrier will use either one of its wind turbine installation vessels Brave Tern and Bold Tern for the project.The contract includes the provision of installation technicians from Global Wind Service A/S , a company indirectly owned 51% by Fred Olsen Wincarrier’s parent companies, Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA.