Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder VARD has held the keel laying ceremony for what is said to be a highly customized hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel that will serve the Japanese offshore wind market. VARD is building the vessel for Toyo Construction, a Japanese general constructi
Given the fast-increasing popularity of offshore wind developments within the growing decarbonization push toward renewable and clean power in the energy transition era to a net zero future, Global Maritime’s Geosciences department, GM Geo, has launched a geological, geohazard, and geotechnical desk
The U.S.-based Ocean Energy Safety Institute (OESI), funded by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to foster the technology and workforce development for safer, more sustainable, and cost-effective energy production, has issued a request for p
A joint venture (JV) between Schoeller Holdings and Deutsche Offshore Schifffahrt (DOS) has ordered four commissioning service operation vessels (C-CSOVs) for deployment in the offshore wind and other segments of the offshore energy sector, marking its entry into the market which is, according to Ph
The 600 MW Gemini wind farm offshore the Netherlands is once again fully operational after experiencing a failure in one of the export cables between the wind farm and the shore. A group of cable and energy specialists, including a repair team from NKT, helped Gemini with a fast repair during the su
After establishing a team to handle the workload, the UK-headquartered Ocean Geophysics has introduced certification support related to the Certification Scheme for the Detection of Explosive Remnants of War (CS-OOO) in the Netherlands to address the rising demand for professionals in unexploded ord
Norwegian seismic company TGS has finished the acquisition of an ultra-high-resolution 3D (UHRD3D) survey on behalf of Community Offshore Wind in the New York Bight, providing soil condition data to guide the design of the offshore wind project. According to TGS, the survey began in October 2023 and
Beam, a new brand formed by the merger of UK-based providers of tech-powered offshore wind solutions Rovco and Vaarst, has added two autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) and an electric work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to its fleet. Under the brand-new name, the companies aim to bring technol
UK-headquartered CRP Subsea has secured a contract from Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean to supply cable protection systems for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in the German part of the North Sea. Under this contract, CRP Subsea will supply 96 NjordGuard cable protection s
Aberdeen-based THREE60 Energy has appointed a new Renewables Director, Scott Roy, to support a just energy transition and help customers reach their Net Zero targets. Scott Roy will oversee the Aberdeen-based company’s strategic growth efforts across the company’s service lines. According to THREE60
Nexans and Ulstein have held the grand block ceremony for the new cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra, bringing the vessel closer to realization. The ceremony was celebrated on September 10 at CRIST, Poland, with the remaining processes such as engineering, outfitting, system integration, equip
Nexans, a French manufacturer of subsea power cables, has unveiled a €90 million investment to build new and upgrade existing facilities to support the growth of offshore wind in Europe. The investment will begin in 2025 and run through 2026 when the work is planned to be completed. The funding will
DEME Group has laid the first export cable for Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, while also reaching a milestone by installing the 70th monopile foundation at the site off Virginia Beach in the U.S. As previously reported, Dominion Energy selected the consortium
Van Oord’s new, next-generation cable-laying vessel (CLV) is getting ready for its first project with the pick up of inter-array cables destined for a UK offshore wind farm. Calypso, Van Oord’s second CLV which will mostly be used for installing inter-array and export cables for offshore wind projec
