Offshore Wind
NKT Separating Businesses Following ABB Cable Deal
NKT has decided to split the Holding company into two separately listed companies, with the timing of this decision being linked to NKT Cables’ acquisition of ABB’s high-voltage cables business. NKT is the active and long-term owner of three industrial businesses including Nilfisk, NKT Cables, and N
ABB to Sell EUR 836 Million High-Voltage Cables Business to NKT
NKT Cables is acquiring ABB’s global high-voltage cable system business with a total enterprise value of EUR 836 million. ABB’s cable system business offers turnkey solutions including design, engineering, supply, installation, commissioning and service. It had adjusted standalone revenues of USD 52
Semco Maritime to Build, Install Seajacks Scylla’s Sea Fastening Kit
Semco Maritime has won a contract to fabricate and install a sea fastening system on Seajacks Scylla, the world’s largest wind turbine installation vessel. Semco Maritime is to construct a special module, which will render it possible to adapt Seajacks Scylla’s freight deck to accommodate different
Deutsche Windtechnik Buys Into OutSmart
German wind turbine maintenance provider Deutsche Windtechnik has acquired a 70 per cent stake in the Dutch-German group OutSmart, which focuses on offshore operations management and management services. OutSmart’s range of services in the area of offshore wind farm management includes technical and
Sif Assembles First Monopiles in Rotterdam
Sif Holding, a Dutch-based manufacturer of large steel tubulars for offshore wind turbine foundations, has completed the first monopiles in the new assembly facility at Maasvlakte II in Rotterdam. The first monopiles that will leave the assembly facility at Maasvlakte II are being built for the Gall
Oceanteam to Store Dutch Offshore Transmission Cables
Oceanteam Solutions has been awarded a long-term contract to supply an Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) with port facilities, loadouts and storage of cables at Oceanteam’s own cable storage facility in Velsen Noord, The Netherlands. The transpooling of a cable will be performed by the company’s ca
SeaRoc Develops Communications and Logistic Data System for Offshore Wind
SeaRoc Group has launched SeaHub, a new communications and logistic data solution and an industry-first for the offshore wind sector, according to the company. The SeaHub system utilises the latest enhancements of its SeaPlanner software, which sets out to centralise, standardise, automate and make
SeaRoc Develops Communications and Logistic Data System for Offshore Wind
SeaRoc Group has launched SeaHub, a new communications and logistic data solution and an industry-first for the offshore wind sector, according to the company. The SeaHub system utilises the latest enhancements of its SeaPlanner software, which sets out to centralise, standardise, automate and make
Next Geosolutions, RMS Surveying West of Adlergrund OWF Cluster Cable Routes
Next Geosolutions and RMS Submarine are some two months away from wrapping up a 17-month project involving marine surveys for cable route design and engineering of multiple 220kV HVAC grid connections for Arkona and Wikinger offshore wind farms in the western Baltic Sea. Next Geosolutions has been h
Boskalis Works Council Cushioning Fleet Rationalization Blow
Royal Boskalis Westminster’s Works Council has unanimously rendered a positive advice on the fleet rationalization plan announced in early July, under which 24 vessels will be taken out of service in the coming two years resulting in the loss of approximately 650 jobs worldwide. Part of the positive
ORE Catapult Setting Up Wind Blade Research Hub
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is establishing a Wind Blade Research Hub and seeking to collaborate with a UK-based University to accelerate offshore wind turbine blade research and development activities. The Hub is aimed at building a stronger, complementary offering of academic rese
Gondan Shipyard Lays Keel for Race Bank SOV
Gondan Shipyard has laid the keel for the Service Operation Vessel (SOV) that will serve as a mother ship for wind turbine technicians at DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The keel laying ceremony marked the start of the assembly of the hull in the slipway at Gondan’s faci
DEME’s Living Stone Hits the Water (Gallery)
DEME Group’s new multi-purpose vessel Living Stone was launched yesterday at the LaNaval shipyard in Spain by Sarah Tommelein, wife of Bart Tommelein, Vice-Minister-President of the Government of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Energy. The vessel is scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter
LR Covers Offshore Support Vessels and Walk-to-Work Technology with New Class Notations
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has introduced a range of new class notations which cover offshore support vessels (OSVs) intended to operate in renewable energy sectors such as the offshore wind market. LR has also launched the special feature notation, ‘W2W’ (Walk-to-Work), which is applicable to personnel