Top News of the Week, 14 – 20 August 2017

Oleg Strashnov Installs First Beatrice Jacket Foundation

Seaway Heavy Lifting’s vessel Oleg Strashnov has installed the first of 86 jacket foundations on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

Boskalis Buys Gardline Group

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has acquired all shares of the UK-based Gardline Group.

U.S. Oil & Gas Liftboat Provider Boosts Fleet with Offshore Wind Installation Vessel

All Coast, a provider of liftboats to the U.S. oil and gas industry, has announced that it will add a new vessel to its fleet with which it will enter the U.S. offshore wind market. The vessel will be used for installation and maintenance of offshore wind farms.

MHI Vestas Dismantles Østerild Prototype After Fire Incident

MHI Vestas took down its V164 prototype in Østerild on 15 August, after the wind turbine caught fire on 4 August and the turbine manufacturer started an investigation to determine the root cause of the incident.

Kriegers Flak Vessel Helps Danish Police Recover Mystery Submarine

Danish subsea services provider JD-Contractor assisted the Copenhagen Police with a recovery of the 17-metre submarine – UC3 Nautilus – which sank in Koge Bay on Friday, 11 August, under suspicious circumstances.