Offshore Renewables

VESSELS

VESSELS

Spanish shipyard Armon will build an electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV) for Bibby Marine after an ‘amicable move away’ from the original builder, Gondan.

14th January 2025

Bibby selects new builders for eCSOV

14th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Figures released by WindEurope last week show that offshore wind is being developed far more slowly than it needs to be to meet EU 2030 targets.

14th January 2025

INTERVIEW: Just half of Europe’s offshore wind target met

14th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy and marine consultancy ABL Group (AqualisBraemar LOC) has been contracted to assess navigational risks associated with Finland’s first open-sea offshore wind farm.

10th January 2025

Shipping study commissioned to assess wind farm risk

10th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Taiwanese subsea vessel Orient Adventurer has been signed up for charter for around two years by Norwegian firm DeepOcean.

9th January 2025

Taiwanese subsea vessel heads for Europe

9th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch engineering giant Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with European transmission system operator TenneT for a float-over barge.

9th January 2025

Heerema plans float-over barge for North Sea wind farms

9th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new offshore installation vessel that will be ‘the largest of its kind’ has been delivered to Van Oord.

8th January 2025

Latest Van Oord offshore installation vessel delivered

8th January 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Shares in European energy companies fell after a speech by Donald Trump yesterday in which he said there would be no new ‘windmills’ on his watch.

8th January 2025

Trump: ‘Windmills driving whales and people crazy’

8th January 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Xodus Group’s Environmental Statement has played a crucial role in advancing the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon capture project forward.

8th January 2025

The UK’s first carbon capture project moves forward

8th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

PaxOcean has signed contracts to build two state-of-the-art Offshore Construction Vessels (OCVs) for an undisclosed European shipowner, with delivery expected in 2027.

8th January 2025

Advanced methanol-ready OCVs for offshore renewables

8th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dredging and offshore contractor Boskalis has ordered a subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel with a cargo capacity of 45,555 tonnes to add to its growing fleet portfolio.

7th January 2025

New SRI vessel breaks records in size

7th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A sixth jack-up vessel added to Danish firm Ziton’s fleet makes it the largest in Europe, the company says.

7th January 2025

European jack-up fleet brings 6th vessel on board

7th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has secured $3 billion financing for the next stage of its Empire Wind project around 30 miles southeast of Long Island, New York.

6th January 2025

Equinor secures $3 billion for NY wind farm

6th January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has delivered what it calls a state-of-the-art cable-laying vessel to Danish subsea firm NCT Offshore.

3rd January 2025

Vard delivers advanced cable-laying vessel

3rd January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy firm EDF Renewables and Maple Power will design, build, operate and take down a 250MW floating offshore wind farm off the coast of France.

3rd January 2025

EDF consortium wins floating wind tender

3rd January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Subsea vessel REM Pioneer is being built to cover a broad range of subsea construction, from traditional energy to wind activities with a net zero operation. 

19th December 2024

DEEP DIVE: Power challenges of a multi-purpose net zero vessel

19th December 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Equinor and Fugro have agreed to develop a pipeline to transport up to 27 million tonnes to a permanent storage location on the Norwegian continental shelf.

17th December 2024

Offshore giants combine to form ‘CO2 highway’

17th December 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK’s third largest port operator, Forth Ports, has put £50 million (€60.6 million) into its Port of Leith to build the port infrastructure essential for installing the 1.1GW Inch cape offshore…

12th December 2024

Forth Ports spends £50m after ‘game changer’ contract

12th December 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

RWE and TotalEnergies have chosen the port of Eemshaven in the northern Dutch province of Groningen as the hub for turbine assembly and construction work for their joint offshore wind project, OranjeWind.

12th December 2024

Eemshaven named as OranjeWind base port

12th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giant BP has teamed up with Japan’s largest power generation firm JERA Nex to create a ‘top-tier’ global offshore wind joint venture.

11th December 2024

BP joint venture could revolutionise offshore wind industry

11th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Tugdock and Sarens have successfully secured funding from The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator to develop a heavy lift Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub at ABP’s Port Talbot, Wales.

11th December 2024

Crown Estate backing for floating offshore wind O&M hub

11th December 2024