Offshore Wind
Ideol Strengthens Northern Europe, Japanese Business Team
The French floating foundation company Ideol has appointed two new professionals to boost its business in Northern Europe and Japan. Ole Stobbe has been appointed Business Development Manager for Northern Europe and Mutsumi Yamada is Ideol’s Country Manager for Japan. Stobbe has a degree in mechanic
CWind Opens Its New Headquarters
The new Colchester head office of offshore wind services provider CWind Ltd was officially opened by Harwich and North Essex MP Bernard Jenkin last week. CWind moved to its new offices in the APEX 12 Business Park north of Colchester after outgrowing its previous premises in Westside, now occupying
CRANES: Huisman delivers world’s largest Leg Encircling Crane
Huisman recently delivered the cranes for the Seajacks Scylla, the new build wind turbine installation vessel for Seajacks UK Ltd. This jack up vessel is currently nearing completion at the yard of Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The Seajacks Scylla, based on the Gusto MSC NG14000X design,
SeaRoc Group Names Senior HSE Advisor
SeaRoc Group has appointed that Rupert Guthrie as Senior HSE Advisor at the company’s head office in Chichester, West Sussex. As Senior HSEQ Advisor, Rupert will be responsible for HSE management, implementation and monitoring of HSE management systems across all elements of offshore wind farm proje
PSA Marine Teams Up with Njord Offshore
PSA Marine has entered into partnership with Njord Offshore to provide crew transfer services to the offshore wind market in Europe. The partnership will see PSA Marine providing a fleet of modern 21-metre and 26-metre crew transfer vessels (CTVs) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ventus Marine.
PSA Marine Teams Up with Njord Offshore
PSA Marine has entered into partnership with Njord Offshore to provide crew transfer services to the offshore wind market in Europe. The partnership will see PSA Marine providing a fleet of modern 21-metre and 26-metre crew transfer vessels (CTVs) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ventus Marine.
K2 Management Bags Danish Nearshore Wind Job
K2 Management has been awarded with a contract from Sønderborg Forsyning, a local Danish utility covering the municipality of Sønderborg, which is planning to build a 100-120MW nearshore wind farm. The wind farm is a part of “Project Zero” making the local community CO2 neutral by 2029. K2 Managemen
PRIMaRE Lists Its Marine Renewables Research Priorities
The Partnership for Research in Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMaRE) has released a document setting out its research priorities. PRIMaRE, together with the South West Marine Energy Park (SW MEP), has put together a consortium of marine experts from across higher education, research and industry, which
Global Wind Turbine O&M Market Likely to Reach $20.6Bn by 2023, Report Says
The global wind turbine O&M market stood at USD 9.3 billion in 2014 and is likely to reach USD 20.6 billion by 2023, expanding at a CAGR of 8.8% between 2015 and 2023, according to a new report. Transparency Market Research has released a new market report titled “Wind Turbine Operations and Mainten
Jan De Nul Relies on Mermaid
Jan De Nul Group is now licenced for the use of Mojo Maritime’s Mermaid®, which will help the offshore construction company to better assess weather risk for offshore operations. Mermaid allows users to realistically simulate marine operations to uncover the risks and identify critical operations be
Jan De Nul Relies on Mermaid
Jan De Nul Group is now licenced for the use of Mojo Maritime’s Mermaid®, which will help the offshore construction company to better assess weather risk for offshore operations. Mermaid allows users to realistically simulate marine operations to uncover the risks and identify critical operations be
ITW WindGroup Grouts Taiwanese Met Masts
Met masts for two new Taiwanese offshore wind projects have been grouted by ITW WindGroup’s UHPC material Ducorit®, the company informed. After a met mast for the TGC project was grouted with Ducorit S5 in July, in early November, the grouting work was carried out at the met mast for the TaiPower pr
Blue Water Handles Massive Tower Transport
Blue Water Shipping has handled the transport of four gigantic wind turbine towers on their way to Osterild, where the Danish test centre for wind turbines is located. The tower sections weigh up to 190 tons each and have a diameter of nearly seven metres. The fourth transport was completed in Octob
Atlas Sets Subserv Pro as Its Official RDI Office
After the acquisition of Subserv Pro (SSP) in early September, Atlas Professionals has named the company its official ROV, Diving and Inspection (RDI) office. In September, Atlas acquired both Subserv Pro and ORCA Offshore Ltd, specialists in ROV, Diving, Inspection and Renewable Energy markets. The