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March 24, 2024, 10:26pm
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Americans are now taking European jobs!
Sending American pile drivers overseas would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, when concerns about workforce shortages were at a peak.
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The first of 6 new CSOVs for Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) was delivered from China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) in Jan. 2024:
China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) has handed over the first commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) in a series of six ordered by Norwegian offshore support company Integrated Wind Solutions (IWS) for operation by its subsidiary IWS...
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The second one, “Windwalker”, was delivered 26.March 2024:
Now on her way to Europe.
The NR PREDIATOR on her endurance trials off the Needles, IoW. Another incredible CTV design by WMD and build by Diverse Marine.
Photo courtesy of Diverse Marine.
Double launch, Sept. 2023. Photo via Ulstein
Now the first vessel has successfully completed its Offshore Equipment Acceptance Test (OEAT) at the ZPMC yard:
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Video from the launch of Olympic Boreas:
The BOKALIFT 2 heading for the USA spotted outbound from Amsterdam navigating the Noordzeekanaal escorted by the Port Towage Amsterdam operated tugs SVITZER TEMPEST & TRITON
Photo: Jan Plug (c)
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April 16, 2024, 12:55pm
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First vessel to successfully charge her batteries while connected directly to OWF grid at sea:
Rem Power was the first vessel to partake in the testing of Ocean Charger project.
With a strong consortium of industry and research partners, including Seaonics and Vard Electro, partners Rem Offshore, Solstad Offshore, SINTEF Energi, SINTEF Ocean, DigiCat, Sustainable Energy, Equinor, Source Galileo Norge, Corvus Energy, Plug, Shoreline, Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster, University of Bergen, NORCE and Maritime CleanTech, var has led the work to develop the solution.
CSOV Rem Power: REM Offshore
Newbuilt JA compliant Cable layer on the way for the US OWF market:
https://www.oceannews.com/news/subsea-cable/kalypso-and-royal-ihc-partner-to-build-america-s-first-jones-act-compliant-clv
The collaboration between Kalypso and Royal IHC, a maritime technology leader, marks a significant advancement in the US wind supply chain by filling a key gap in the nation’s vessel capabilities. Leveraging Royal IHC’s extensive engineering prowess and Kalypso’s industry insight, this partnership aims to domestically produce a state-of-the-art 5,000-ton CLV.
Kalypso’s CLV has been designed and constructed to meet Jones Act compliance standards, ensuring adherence to US legislation for domestic maritime trade. This new cutting-edge vessel will offer safe, versatile, and efficient cable lay services including installation, repair, and maintenance capabilities.
Looks like this design:
The ROLLDOCK STORM enroute from Esbjerg to the USA
Photo: Flying Focus Aerial Photography www.flyingfocus.nl ©
CSOV Windwalker has been named in Hanstholm, Denmark today:
Photo: IWS via NSF
A subsidiary of Integrated Wind Solutions. IWS Fleet offers a fleet of state-of-the-art, purpose built Walk-to-Work vessels providing services to the Offshore Wind industry across the wind farm’s entire life cycle; from construction, operations and...
American Offshore Services (AOS), an offshore vessel operator based in Providence, Rhode Island, has taken delivery of a new crewboat built by Blount Boats in nearby Warren. Gripper is a Jones Act-compliant aluminium catamaran built to support Ørsted and Eversource’s growing portfolio of offshore wind farms in the north-eastern US:
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American Offshore Services
American Offshore Services (AOS), an offshore vessel operator based in Providence, Rhode Island, has taken delivery of a new crewboat built by Blount Boats in nearby Warren. Gripper is a Jones Act-compliant aluminium catamaran built to support Ørsted...
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The vessel was designed in cooperation with Northern Offshore Services (NOS) and based on the “G-class” hybride design by Grovfjord Mek. Verksted.
From the Facebook pages of Grovfjord Mek. Verksted A/S:
"Based on our successful D-class vessel, GMV has developed a new G-class vessel with hybrid operation. The development has been carried out in collaboration with Northern Offshore Services, which is the world’s largest operator of CTVs (Crew Transfer Vessels).
The first G-class vessels are now being built in the USA by Blount Shipyard, and GMV supplies a complete drawing package for this!"
A sister vessel, also designed by Northern Offshore Services (NSO) has been built for the Japanese offshore wind market:
Hokuyo Kaiun, a vessel operating company under Japan’s the NYK Group, will soon commence operations of a newly acquired catamaran crewboat built for windfarm support duties. Named Rera As after the translation of “wind blows” in the northern Japanese...
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