Everybody wants a piece of the Offshore Wind Industry:
Singapore offshore vessel owner and operator Marco Polo Marine has completed the acquisition of Taiwan-based PKR Offshore (PKRO) as part of the company’s plan to bolster its presence in the country’s offshore wind farm sector. Marco Polo’s 49%-owned...
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Normally used to transport yachts, but everybody needs to step in to help to develop renewable energy as fast as possible:
MV YACHT SERVANT loaded with 90 windmill Blades for Vestas in Puerto Brisa
She shows the scars from a hard time working off USEC:
GEOQUIP SAENTIS (ex TOISA VIGILANT) arrived in Vlissingen Sloehaven from
New Bedford (US) heading for Shipyard Reimerswaal.
Photo: Wim Kosten Sr (c)
Geoquip Saentis, formerly Toisa Vigilant
New pipelay vessel under construction at Qingdao Wuchuan Heavy in China for Shanghai Salvage Co. Ltd. Due for delivery Aug. 2023 and intended to be on long term charter to Norwegian Offshore Construction Contractor Havfram:
Illustration by building yard
MPCV Shen Da Hao is a VS 4235 design Tier 1 Pipelay Vessel utilising the reeling method. It will be completed, tested and delivered by mid-2022.
The vessel being built to highest standard incorporating full rigid pipelay system from Royal IHC, The Netherlands capable to install up to 14”/18” Pipe-In-Pipe Flowline systems, Piggyback lines, DEH systems, Flexible flowlines and Umbilicals.
Key features include DP3 system, 4000Te reeling capacity, 550 Te tension Lay tower, 5000Te Underdeck Carousel, 400Te Active Heave Compensated (AHC) Crane (800Te capacity in Double fall)
Shen Da Hao - Broschoure
First vessel for the newly established Norwind Offshore,
Norwind Breeze is out on her first sea trial after conversion at Vard Brattvåg:
All Norwegian designed PSVs and many other types of vessels have passive anti.roll tanks,
A number of them have been converted to SOVs
More “double X” CSOVs for Acta Marine:
This time to be powered by Methanol and built at Tersan Yard, Turkey, but still designed by Ulstein.
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Hybrid heavy transport vessel for the offshore wind industry:
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US-based owner Crowley and Danish offshore player Esvagt have penned additional joint venture agreements to further strengthen their commitment to supporting purpose-built, Jones Act vessels for the US offshore wind sector. The new agreements, which...
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The venture was created in 2021, under which Crowley will own and operate the vessels crewed by US mariners, while Crowley and Esvagt will share in the financials of the venture.
Meanwhile in Europe:
Dutch offshore vessel owner Acta Marine has secured a charter deal for its construction support operations vessel (CSOV), Acta Auriga, to support Siemens Gamesa in commissioning activities for wind turbines at the Fécamp and the Calvados offshore...
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