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TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE

TUGS, TOWING & SALVAGE

From tackling multiple wind turbine blade failures to responding to a damaged jack-up rig off Trinidad, global salvage operations demonstrate how salvors’ expertise stretches far beyond towing disabled vessels to a safe haven.

28th May 2026

Groundings and broken turbines among jobs for salvors

28th May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Maersk Offshore Wind’s first WTIV, Maersk Viridis, has been delivered by Seatrium in Singapore and is currently sailing to the US, where she will install the Empire Wind offshore wind farm, a 2GW project offshore New York.

24th April 2026

Maersk Offshore Wind delivers first WTIV with docking system

24th April 2026

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Inadequate tug power, poor communication, lack of joint risk assessment and a failure to coordinate simultaneous operations led to the death of a welder in Rotterdam’s Botlek harbour, a report has found.

16th March 2026

How a fatal allision exposed unseen risks of complex docking

16th March 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Drillship contractor Valaris has expanded into offshore wind, providing accommodation support for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm with one of its jack-up rigs.

29th October 2025

Offshore wind turns to oil jack-ups as energy worlds converge

29th October 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Strong winds and poor communication led in part to a worker’s death after a crane ship crashed into a jack-up rig at Rotterdam, the Dutch Safety Board has found.

28th February 2025

Crane ship crash leads to fatal accident: Report

28th February 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Haven SeaChallenger jack-up barge has played a crucial role in Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm project, providing support for horizontal directional drilling operations and enhancing offshore infrastructure efficiency.

31st January 2025

Meeting the challenges: A jack-up in action

31st January 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Cadeler has signed a Chinese-backed green term loan facility of up to €425m to part fund its two newbuild offshore windfarm installation vessels.

9th January 2024

Green finance for Cadeler offshore wind newbuilds

9th January 2024