Project & Tenders
First Subsea to shield Formosa 2 cables
First Subsea has secured a contract by Jan De Nul to provide the cable protection system for the export and inter-array cables at the Formosa 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The order represents First Subsea’s second cable protection system award in Taiwan and follows last year’s cooperation with
Petrobras and Libra partners sanction Mero 3 development
Brazilian firm Petrobras, along with its partners, has made an investment decision for the Mero 3 project in the Libra block, located 180 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in the Santos Basin.
Petrobras inks letter of intent with MISC Berhad for Mero 3 FPSO charter
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has signed a letter of intent with Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad (MISC Berhad) for the chartering and provision of an FPSO to be installed at the Mero 3 development offshore Brazil.
Hornsea Two jackets start Indonesia to UK trip
The jacket foundations for the Hornsea Two offshore substation and reactive compensation station (RCS) have set sail from Indonesia towards the project site in the UK. The structures weighing over 10,000 tons departed Batam on 13 August onboard heavy transport vessel (HTV) Big Lift Barentsz. The jou
Inter-array and cable protection replacement wanted at DanTysk wind farm
Vattenfall has issued a tender for inter-array cable replacement at the DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender also concerns cable protection system (CPS) replacement, including the design, supply and installation of CPS and CPS stabilization. Vattenfall said it had conducted
NASH Maritime wins consultancy contract for Welsh floater
NASH Maritime has been selected as the shipping and navigation consultant for the 96 MW Erebus floating wind project in the Celtic Sea offshore Wales, UK. NASH Maritime’s scope includes the delivery of radar vessel traffic surveys, which commenced this month, a Navigation Risk Assessment (NRA) and i
DOF Subsea wins new contracts in the Atlantic
Oslo-listed DOF Subsea said it has secured multiple new contracts in the Atlantic region. Specifically, the contract awards include work within survey, inspection, maintenance & repair and decommissioning. The company plans to deploy a selection of vessels to undertake the work, including Skandi Ace
Construction starts at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm site
Scottish offshore wind farm Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) has entered the first phase of offshore construction, with Saipem’s vessel S7000 set to start installing pile casings at the site some 15 kilometres off the Fife coast. The 197.5-metre semi-submersible crane vessel will also prepare the seabed for t
BVG Associates wins North Carolina offshore wind gig
UK-headquartered consultancy company BVG Associates has been awarded a contract by the North Carolina Department of Commerce to assist the agency with an offshore wind industry supply chain and infrastructure assessment. BVG Associates will help the Department research and develop an inventory of bu
Fugro nets Hollandse Kust (noord) site survey work
The CrossWind consortium of Shell and Eneco has awarded Fugro a geotechnical site investigation contract for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm. The work will comprise an unexploded ordnance (UXO) site clearance survey followed by a seabed cone penetration test (CPT) investigation. For th
50Hertz, Elia to award framework agreements for offshore grid projects
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz and Belgian TSO Elia have issued a call for tenders, under which they will award framework agreements for external resource services for offshore projects and regional centres in the two countries. The TSOs are looking to enter framework agreements f
Poles join Bladt on Kaskasi offshore substation project
Bladt Industries has selected Energomontaż-Północ Gdynia (EPG) as a subcontractor for the prefabrication of the offshore substation topside and sea fastening for the Kaskasi offshore wind project in Germany. The Polish company started the production of steel structure in July in Gdynia. Bladt is in
16 turbines left to go at Borssele 1&2 offshore wind project
78 out of 94 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines have been installed at the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. DEME’s jack-up tandem Sea Installer and Sea Challenger are in charge of installing the turbines at the site located 22km off the coast of the province of Zeeland. According t
Vestas nets another 50 MW order for Hoa Binh 1 project in Vietnam
Vestas has secured a 50 MW wind turbine order for the second phase of the Hoa Binh 1 intertidal wind farm in Vietnam. The wind turbine supplier received an order for the project’s first 50 MW phase in December 2019, which included 13 V150-4.2 MW turbines, with ten of them delivered in 3.8 MW and [&h