TOPICS – RETURN TO KEEP INFORMED

November 2018

• Iberdola cuts Wikinger Ribbon
• Hornsea One Offshore Works In Full Swing
• Maersk Connector arrives on EA1
• Rostock suffers monopile crash
• NKT Firms up Moray East Cable deals
• Heerema Readies Elia’s OSY Platform Jacket for installation
• Horns 3 Halfway
• Jumbo Wins Leviathan Gig
• OSY Platform Jacket Touching down at Belgian North Sea
• Nexans wired into Borssele 1&2 at 66kV
• SAL Ships Horns Rev 3 TPs
• Elia Plants Offshore Flag (Video)
• TWBll provides offshore constuction update
• WWO’s heaviest lift from Yokohama
• Laying Foundations at DeBu
• SOC nets Yunlin Deal
• Taiwanese deal : Orsted’s largest ever for jacket foundations
• Global Offshore Wraps Up Kincardine Export Cable Work
• Largest project ever in port of Marghera
• Beatrice Stays On Track
• Turbine sparks at Borkum Riffgrund 2
• Norther Towers over Vlissingen
• TWBll Turbine Towers start rolling into Buss terminal Eemshaven
• Farcont ships Poltava rigs
• Inch Cape Picks NKT and Boskalis for export cable works
• Train to Peru departs from Spain, stopping at Chile, Panama and Mexico
• Floating Foundation gets stamp of approval by ABS
• OHT looking to  the future
• Sapura bags $417 million worth batch of contract
• Trio forge port agreement
• HFG dispose of yards
• Dutch jack-up outfit completes DolWin3 duties
• Next generation offshore installation vessel launcehd in China
• Boskalis wins Ostwind 2 cable installation contract
• Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Installs 400th
• Boskalis, Lamprell inked deal with Saudi Aramco
• Ørsted Wraps Up Hornsea One Divestment
• Port of Cromarty Firth bags GBP 10million Moray East Deal
• Bilfinger secures decommissioning contract  from Seaway Heavy Lifting
• Sapura Energy secures long-term agreement from Saudi Aramco
• Bourbon toasst Scottish Floater
• Borkum West 2.2 takes root
• Living Stone Gets to Work on Hornsea One

October 2018

• Galloper Offshore Windfarm officially inaugurated today
• ALE and Conbit for Orsted Hornsea Project one
• First ever 120 Tonnes cargo by barge
• EW SPC Delivers Hornsea One Monopile No. 116
• Half of Hornsea One Foundations Up
• Arkona Turbine Team Enters Fourth Quarter
• Swedish Offshore Wind Farm Is No More
• BorWin Gamma nears finish line
• Delpa, Titan Ship Oxydizer box
• Borwin Gamma Arrives Home
• Northwester 2 Lines up cable guys
• Acqualis offshore completes Topside Floatover for Bahrain Project
• Global Maritime Secures offshore work from Equinor
• HAF Constortum to decommission Bae Bravo Platform
• BorWin Gamma Preps for Installation
• ALS coordinating delivery of cable reels to China
• Touchdown for BorWin Gamma topside
• Progress at Beatrice as almost one third of turbnines installed
• Orsted acquires US Offshore Rival Deepwater
• Sarens enters Taiwanese market
• Geosea wins Borssele Prize
• Van Oord to Wire Ørsted’s Borssele
• Scottish Power takes renewables leap
• Bladt Closes Horns Rev 3 Chapter
• A record-breaking cargo project
• FGL moves Buenos Aires Cranes
• W.I.S. Delivers Marghera Boilers
• Milestone! Beatrice Turbines One Third Done
• Bourbon Toasts to WindFloat Atlantic
• Ørsted Returns to Siemens Gamesa for Typhoon-Proof Turbines
• Arkona construction completed
• Horns Rev 3 Transition Pieces In Position
• EEW OSB takes slice of Borssele 1&2 TPs
• Boskalis & Tekmar Form Offshore Wind Partnership
• PHOTO: Heerema in ‘revolutionary’ lifting drill in Gulf of Mexico
• Orsted forms foundation crew
• BATI delivers Russian Cargo
• Jan De Nul cooks up new jack-up moniker
• Smulders reveal Deutsche Bucht Topside
• Sembcorp Marine joins Hornsea Crew
• Universal support for van Oord at Deutsche Bucht

September 2018

• Riffgrund 2 beats the clock
• Scylla sets DeBu foundation course
• Seaway Heavy Lifting scores Triton works
• A2Sea Installs Last Rentel Turbine
• Deutsche Bucht Enters Offshore Construction Mode
• Triton Knoll deal is MHI Vestas’ largest in terms of MW
• World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens
• Borkum 2.2 kicks off cabling
• World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbines Unleashed Offshore Scotland
• FESCO Delivers Steam Reforming Equipment
• TenneT taps Van Oord, Hellenic
• Borwin3 platform loaded out
• Merkur nears finish line
• Video – Sarens Leads Behind the Scenes
• Tractebel bolsters offshore offering
• Edda Mistral Arrives at Grimsby
• BorWin Gamma Leaves Dubai Skyline Behind
• TenneT Issues Dutch Offshore Platform Contract Call
• Last Turbine Up at Merkur
• Baltic Eagle Takes Off
• Eon beats the clock at Arkona
• Heerema and AF Gruppen awarded decommisioning project
• Conceptum secures straddle carrier shipment
• Chet Morrison Contractors and iSIMS Present New Jacket Design
• Orsted offloads 50% of Hornsea 1
• Senvion Picks Orange Blue Terminal for Trianel Borkum II Phase
• Arkona delivers first power
• GeoSea select Enerpac for Albatross and Hohe sea wind farm work
• 20 Turbines Installed at Beatrice

August2018

• Suction Bucket Triumph at Borkum Riffgrund 2
• Bladt ships last Hornsea 1 topsides
• Kvaerner Delivers Third Jacket for Johan Sverdrup Field
• Hohe See and Albatros See Ownership Change
• Sea Puffin Takes to the Sea
• Ørsted Starts Building Transition Piece Mock-Up
• Elia corporate & Heerema HFG witness the roll-ups of the OSY platform jacket Vlissingen
• Norther NV has loaded out the offshore substation topside destined for the 370MW Norther offshore windfarm
• Hornsea One Offshore Substations In Place
• Trianel On Guard Watch
• Oleg Strashnov Installs Borssele Alpha Jacket
• Framo Pumps for Borkum Riffgrund 2
• First Norther Steel In Water
• ALE Uses Swift Team Collaboration to Complete Heaviest Ever Convoy Transportation
• Uljanik Delivers Apollo Jack-Up to GeoSea
• Last DeBu TP’s Arrive in Germany
• Boom time for Brave Tern
• Conceptum Ships Monaco Pontoons
• Norther Centerpiece Falling Into Place
• Timelapse: Borkum Riffgrund 2 Rising
• Apollo Makes First Move
• Sea Installer Ticks 33 Turbines Off Rentel List
• Vard chosen to build Yara autonomous boxship
• Beatrice Nears Double-Digit Turbine Milestone
• Stemat Spirit Lays First Hohe See Cables
• EEW Special Pipe Constructions has loaded out the first three monopiles at the port of Rostock for Northland Power’s 268.8MW #DeutscheBucht offshore wind project.
• Oleg Strashnov arrives for EA1 Lift
• Wilton Ships Out First Hornsea One Transition Pieces
• SeaRenergy to Back Petrofac on BorWin Gamma
• Cable celebration at Beatrice
• MHI Vestas Inks 100-Turbine Deal for Moray East OWF
• Norther Substation Arrives Home
• Freja Moves Turku Structures
• NGI Keeping an Eye On Borkum Riffgrund 2 Jackets
• Norther Substation settles
• DOC on Borkum 2.2 cable role
• Dan-Czech Delivers Hamburg Tanks
• Fortune Moves Marghera Ring Piece
• Final Turbine Parts Arrive at Borkum Riffgrund II Site
• SeaRoc Group deploys communication for Orsted
• Cuxport primed for DeBu build
• Subsea 7 Tweaks Renewables & Heavy Lifting Business Unit
• Huisman installs world’s largest tub cranes on Sleipnir SSCV
• BorWin gamma loaded out
• Prysmian pockets trio of French cable connections

March2018

• 2-B offers BiFab lifeline
• GMS Endeavour Testing Sea Legs in Blyth
• Mammoet Russia completes factory-to-foundation project for Gazprom
• Damen Ships Damen Dredger To Umm Qasr
• Offshore Wind Keeps MCC Busy
• EOWDC Foundations Start Falling Into Place
• Last month MBM Consultancy laid out the ground work at Cuxhaven for the Jackets.
• IHCantabria Testing East Anglia ONE Scour Protection Options
• Photo of the Day: First EOWDC Suction Buckets at Peterhead Port
• Arkona Offshore Substation On the Move
• Dutch designs on Scots jackets
• Lamprell takes $80m hit on EA1
• Siemens Gamesa Sends Off First Rentel Nacelles
• Marine Designs Installs Pontoon for Ørsted in Barrow
• Sif and EWA Tackle Foundation Logistics Challenge in Asia
• ALE Barge Delivers First Hornsea One Transition Pieces
• VIDEO: Aeolus Gets the Huisman Crane
• Mammoet Cuts Nissum Bredning Costs by Avoiding Dredging
• First Lamprell-Produced EA1 Jackets Arrive in Vlissingen
• Statoil Signals Greener Future with NAME Change
• Sif Makes Contingency Plans In Case Of Quiet 2018
• LM Wind blade arrives in Blyth
• Jacket construction done faster, smoother and safer.
• Wescott Industrial Services Preps Beatrice OTM Steel
• Pacific Orca Ready to Pick Up Turbine Components
• Roll-iT Moves Londenburg Bridge deck
• Borkum Riffgrund 2 Foundation Stands Complete
• Cuxport Moves Suction Bucket Jackets.
• Thialf Equips Aeolus with New 1600t Crane
• Riffgrund 2 jackets set sail

February2018

• Second Kriegers Flak Substation Foundation Now In Place
• Arkona OSS Foundation Ready for Delivery
• Conbit Designs Re-Usable Monopile Sea-Fastening System
• East Anglia ONE Transition Pieces on Happy Ride
• SCORE Looking to Back Ideas for Maturing OWF O&M, Decommissioning
• Vole au vent Gets Monopile Installation Set in Eemshaven
• Mukran Port Gets Berth Upgrades for Arkona Construction
• An amazing video from Jumbo after completing their project for the Arkona Offshore Windfarm
• Huisman Preparing Aeolus for New 1600-Tonne Crane
• RTE Opens Dunkirk Offshore Substation Design Tender
• Olympic Taurus to Use SMST Gangway During East Anglia ONE Works
• ST3 Offshore Starts Loading Borkum Riffgrund 2 Jackets
• First Offshore Transformer Module Installed at Beatrice
• Jan De Nul Installs First Kriegers Flak Substation Foundation
• GustoMSC Commissions Apollo’s Jacking System
• Fire-Stricken Living Stone Sustained Minor Damage. Works Resumed.
• Vole au vent Completes  Borkum Preps Riffgrund 2
• Ørsted Signs Up Oxford University for OW Foundation Research
• HSM Offshore Rolls Out Borkum Riffgrund 2 Topside
• James Fisher nets Eon ops deal
• Seafox 5 Ready For Merkur
• Heerema places order for upend and flood control system for Peregrino II jacket
• Jobs axe to swing at BiFab
• RollDock, SAL Heavy Lift to Create World’s 1st Pool for Dock Vessels
• Shipping line Hansa Heavy Lift has transported a giant Namibe ship loader from Antwerp
• Fraunhofer IWES probes bucket strength
• Ocean Installer awarded FPSO Decommissioning work
• Hornsea One Monopiles Start Rolling Into Able Seaton Port
• Researchers Test Scour Effects on Offshore Substation Jackets
• First East Anglia ONE Jackets Arrive in Belfast
• ALE Moves Barcelona STS Cranes
• Scotland Could Benefit from Decommissioning, New Study Shows
• First Beatrice OTM Heads for Installation
• Navantia ‘bids for Saint-Brieuc kit’
• First Beatrice OTM Jacket In Place
• LOC to Advise Woen Jinn on Cable Lay Barge Conversion
• Harland and Wolff Sends Off Borkum Riffgrund 2 Suction Buckets
• Ørsted Sets Hornsea One Farm-Down Timeframe
• Bladt, Semco Maritime Team Up with CSBC to Build Taiwanese Offshore Substations
• ST3 Offshore treads water

January 2018

• EA1 jackets ready for Belfast fit
• Beatrice Export Cable Section Arrives in Peterhead
• InterMoor UK Grows Engineering Department
• Arkona Offshore Substation Topside Changes Scenery
• McDermott Scores Aramco EPCI Deal
• Rentel OSS Topside Touches Down
• First Monopile Installed at Hornsea Project One Site
• Houlder wraps up Horns Rev 3 lifts
• Lamprell Sends Off First East Anglia ONE Jackets
• Thumbs up for Nigg overhaul
• Port-Liner Plans Electric Cargo Barges
• Innovation Loads First Hornsea One Monopiles
• Siemens OTM Jacket Gears Up for Beatrice
• Arkona Stays Ahead of the Curve with All TransitionPieces In Place
• Kriegers Flak Foundations Arrive in Denmark
• Damen delivers for Vroon
• Nigg eyes fabrication facelift
• Poland Ripe for Offshore WindBoom
• ST3 Offshore Dodges Bankruptcy, Starts Restructuring Programme
• Ad Hoc Marine Designs Unveils 41m W2W Crew Transfer Vessel
• Normand Jarstein & Ampelmann in German Connection
• Installation of Belgian topside for offshore substation marks milestone in further construction of Merkur Offshore Wind Farm
• OlegStrashnov Gets Back to Beatrice After MerkurOSS Gig
• Rentel OSS Topside on Its Way to Belgium
• As the year begins, let’s look back to 2017 July and Culzean’s jacket installation
• Merkur preps for topside lift
• SCHNIGGE Wants to Buy Rickmers Holding Bonds
• Mammoet Erects Meyer Turku Goliath
• Jumbo’s MV Fairmaster loads 5 large pieces for Bechtel in Ulsan
• DeBu Debut for Universal Foundation’s Mono Buckets
• Monopile milestone at Horns Rev 3
• Kriegers substation feet set sail
• First UK-Made Tower Section Locked and Loaded
• Red7 bows out at Beatrice
• Rentel Substation Topside Awaiting Sail-Out
• Mammoet completes factory to foundation transformer moves at the Ross Powerhouse
• 32 Beatrice Jacket Foundations In Place
• UK offshore towers hit the road
• Kriegers ready for substation leg up
• Dragados Lines Up Hornsea One Jackets

December 2017

• GeoSea forms JV with Taiwanese Shipyard
• ALE has successfully removed six fenders, weighing 25t each, below the DolWin3 offshore platform in Germany
• Hampidjan Expands Its Playing Field with Offshore Wind
• Oleg Strashnov Settles One Third of Beatrice Jackets
• UK consultants on Beatrice mission
• A2SEA Installs All Race Bank Turbines:
• Spotted: Blue Queen Readies for Conversion.
• Kvaerner to build topside and steel jacket for Valhall Flank West project
• Enerpac Launches Low-Height Skidding System
• Hercules primed for Aberdeen lift
• Merkur Substation Topside Loaded Out in Hoboken
• Jan De Nul: Vole au Vent Getting Ready for Borkum Riffgrund 2
• Dutch advance gravity-base case: Research institutes complete first phase of testing
• Oleg Strashnov to Stay on Beatrice Until New Year
• MBM Consultancy Achieved ISO 9001 2015 DNVGL certification
• Modulift Supports Stockton’s Beatrice Campaign
• Last week the Jumbo Kinetic lifted this 1750t ship unloader in Dalian China for Cheng Yun Shipping
• Jumbo to Add New Heavy Lift Crane Vessel to Its Fleet
• SHL Covers Difficult Beatrice Angles with Ampelmann’s Angular Boom Tip
• The Stingray is one of the vessels installing the inter-array cables.
• First Nissum Bredning Turbine Stands Complete
• Berard Transports Gulf Deck and Jacket
• Atkins supports Triton Knoll foundation design
• Able Group Targets Offshore Wind Market
• Beatrice OWF Piles Installation Complete
• Seafox, Ardent Decommission Dogger Bank Met Masts
• Kriegers Flak Substation Foundations Start Taking Shape
• East Anglia ONE Proves Steep Learning Curve for Lamprell, Hits 2017 Results

November 2017

• Hohe See Offshore Substation Rolls Out
• EEW takes reins at OSB, Bladt sells JV stake in UK fabrication yard to German outfit.
• EEW OSB and Bladt Industries Add to Hornsea One Orderbook
• First Nissum Bredning Turbine Takes Shape
• ASM to Manufacture Offshore Wind Towers and Foundations in Port of Aveiro
• UK: Port of Blyth targets decommissioning market after securing license
• Offshore Structures Britain Positions First External Platform on Hornsea One TP
• WSS Delivers For Oman Refinery Project
• Sif shapes Norther monopiles. Fabrication of foundations underway for 370MW project
• Kriegers Flak Offshore Substation Topsides Start Rolling Out
• Ballast Nedam Re-Entering Offshore Wind Sector
• Byron installs SM 71 platform offshore Louisiana
• Scottish energy ports capability directory Launched
• OWEC Jacket Foundation at Beatrice Offshore Wind Project
• Heerema cuts first steel for Statoil’s Peregrino II jacket
• Otary Tenders For Substations
• SHL, SSE fund BiFab rescue. Scottish fabricator saved from administration, Holyrood makes loan offer
• Jacket costs taken to task! Bladt-led initiative to report first findings in early 2018
• Siem Moxie Supporting Tideway at Rentel
• The first jacket foundation for the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm has been successfully installed
• A2Sea’s jack-up vessel SeaChallenger has started installing first transitionpieces (TPs) at the 396MW Merkuroffshorewindfarm located off the coast of Germany.
• Bifab faces critical cash crisis
• Dutch company unveils ‘game-changing’ DP jack-up unit
• Seaway Heavy Lifting Gears for Another Beatrice Jacket Setup Campaign
• Photo of the Day: Smulders Lines Up Scottish Projects’ Jackets in Newcastle
• First Wind Turbine for NissumBredning to Sail Out of Esbjerg Port
• BiFab ‘facing administration’
• Byron loads out SM71platform & jacket ahead of departure on to materialbarges.
• All Monopiles Installed at Arkona Offshore Wind Farm, TPs Next
• Final Arkona Monopile Goes For a Splash
• Nissum Bredning Growing Legs while Waiting for First Turbine
• REDS Completes Lynn and Inner Dowsing Monopile Inspection
• First Merkur Nacelles Arrive in Eemshaven
• Beatrice Foundation Piles Almost In Place
• Maasvlakte 2 expansion progressing
• Bladt First Foundation Manufacturer with 100 Produced Jackets
• French Offshore Wind Developer Thinks Decommissioning Before Final Investment Decision
• Dutch deliver HVDC checks…Bluestream completes inspections of DolWin and BorWin platforms (subsea jacket structures)
• Last Four Walney Extension West Towers Sail Out of Belfast Harbour

October 2017

• Global Wind Service begins Wikinger Service Checks.
• Moray 1 taps MHI Vestas, GeoSea… Contractors lined up for wind farm to feature 100 9.5MW turbines
• ALE Details on Handling Rentel OSS Foundation Parts at the Navacel dock in Bilbao, Spain.
• Wikinger Turbines Up…All 70 5MW Adwen units installed by Fred Olsen jack-up Brave Tern and developed by Iberdrola supported by Jacket Foundations.
• Bladt Industries has shipped the remaining five transition pieces (TPs) for the Arkona offshore wind farm from the Port of Aalborg  to Sassnitz, Germany.
• Palfinger provides NorthSea lift Crane orders secured for Trianel windpark Borkum II, HoheSee and Albatros offshore windfarm projects
• Innovation Loads First Horns Rev 3 Monopiles in Esbjerg
• Merkur substation Jacket Installed
• ByronEnergy operated SM71 “F” helideck, jacket, and platform preparing for loadout
• TP Installation Starts at Nissum Bredning
• Horns Rev 3 plants foundations…Vattenfall starts offshore construction of 406MW project
• Dutch designs on US jack-up…GustoMSC jack-up vessel would have 2600-tonne load capacity
• Neptune Mariner Tows Arkona Monopile to Svanen
• Swedes plan foundation facility….Varvsudden working with Himec Solutions to develop production plant at Oresund.
• First Merkur Transition Pieces En Route to Eemshaven
• Photo of the Day: Seazip 3 Snaps Galloper Offshore Wind Farm
• Public eyes on Vanguard…Vattenfall to start formal consultation in November for 1.8GW project
• Heavy lift company sets up dedicated projects department
• Jacket  for the Merkur Offshore wind farm is now docked for Installation.
• Murphy wires Triton…Work will  cover 60km of underground cabling at 860MW project
• Beatrice monitors lifting kit…SHL using RED Engineering technology during Jacket Installation
• Oleg Strashnov to Install Merkur Offshore Substation Jacket
• Nissum jackets shape up…Concrete TPs to be installed at 28MW offshore demo in one week
• Port of Brest in France has started upgrading its quay in order to offer services to the offshore wind market.
• Buss Setting the Stage for Merkur Offshore Windfarm
• MPI Offshore to install foundations at Triton Knoll
• Pile installation operation of the jacket foundation for the 84 wind turbines at the Beatrice offshore windfarm nearing finish line.
• First EOWDC Jacket Top Sections Arrive in Newcastle
• Oleg Strashnov Leaves Beatrice Site, Stanislav Yudin to Pick Up Jacket Installation
• European record broken yesterday! 263GWh of offshore wind produced yesterday, more than ever before.
• Triton puts trust in MPI.
  Jack-up Discovery to install foundations and substations at 860MW project
• Dong Energy to change name to Ørsted(Transition from Oil and Gas company to Offshore Wind Specialists)
• Mandora Logistics has loaded out the first two jacket top sections for EOWDC En Route to Newcastle.

September 2017

• K2 expands DeBu role (Consultancy to provide construction management for Northland at 252MW project)
• GeoSea Installs Rentel Offshore wind farm Foundation
• 24 Turbines Up at Galloper Offshore Wind Farm
• Navantia Assembles First Jacket Foundation for East Anglia ONE
• New Offshore Decommissioning Project for AF Gruppen
• Beatrice Growing Wind Turbine Legs, 24 Jackets Installed
• Van Oord’s heavy lift vessel Svanen installing monopile foundations on the 385MW Arkona offshore
• ALE has loaded-out the Baronia BNCPP Jacket, weighing 7,096.3t, in Pasir.
• Fabrication of jacket foundations underway (Lamprell targets offshore windfall)
• Ecosse subsea systems on seabed clearance project on Dong Energy’s Hornsea project one
• Tabergs Åkeri has moved a giant steel structure using 10 CombiMAX axle lines with Add-On-beam extension
• Final Rampion offshore wind farm turbine installed
• Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel Hermod successfully Loaded.
• HMB LIntec to suppy Pedestal cranes for offshore substations in Germany.
• Jan De Nul lifts first MHI Vestas machine off Northumberland
• Hermod loaded aboard transportation vessel for final voyage
• 21 Foundation anchors delivered at Abderdeen Bay for the wind turbine.
• Latest offshore Heavylift vessel Gulliver PASSES fist Test
• Smulders Piecing Together EOWDC Suction Bucket Jacket (Video)
• Design success for Maine floater (offshore wind concept)
• ORE Catapult starts £600,000 upgrade at renewables test site in UK
• Hansa Heavy Lift transports with military precision two Naval Ships
• Dual-purpose vessels proving popular in offshore wind industry
• Coordinadora Ships Lüderitz Cargo
• Turbine installation complete for Dudgeon offshore windfarm
• PSA Marine Takes Stake in Njord Offshore
• Germans make local strides
• GPO Grace Delivers Statoil Module
• Lemants Loads Out Merkur Offshore Substation Jacket
• UK joins hands with China for next-gen ORE technologies
• ALE has completed the heavy transport operations for the 3 year Sakhalin project in Russia
• Dong completes Vindeby removal
• Boskalis carries EA1 jackets
• Groningen maps 10GW offshore
• ALE has successfully transported and lifted a de-ethaniser tower, weighing 80t.
• Evopod tidal unit awaits Portugal redeployment
• WSS Moves Rail Wagon Vacuum System
• GeoSea Finalizes A2SEA Buy
• USCG continues post-Harvey port assessments
• LNG-fuelled heavy-lifter is designed for decom and installation

July 2017

• First batch of foundations loaded and en route to Rentel site
• Mating of Hywind Scotland Floating Turbine (Video)
• Dounreay Tri Project falls into administration
• Sandbank offshore windfarm inaugurated
• Diamond and Huisman Design Next-Generation Drillship
• Pile installation halfway at Beatrice
• Maersk Oil puts all three Culzean jackets in place
• Ensco wins a series of new contracts
• Sparrows and SPIE in joint cranes deal on Total’s Moho Nord
• First blades from Siemens UK factory en route to Race Bank windfarm
• Mobile harbour cranes to boost efficiency
• Jan de Nul completes turbine installation on Finnish offshore windfarm
• JB-117 deployed at dolwin gamma site
• Osbit monopile cleaning tool supporting walney extension
• sarens delivers beatrice jacket cluster
• hutchinson engineering completes first load out for mhi vestas
• vbms orders tekmar cps units for east anglia one cables
• Statoil completes the heavylift of the first of eight Mariner topside module.
• Report:QP, Total formally launching new Al Shaheen field operator
• Heavy Lift Vessel Installs Unmanned Gas Platform in North Sea
• Mini SOUL Jack-Up Put Through Paces
• Heerema Sends Culzean ULQ Jacket
• Oseberg Vestflanken 2 Jacket Load-Out at Heerema
• Tahkoluoto turbine installation completed
• Maersk Oil  Culzean CPF jacket load-out and sailaway
• Statoil to develop gas discovery near Aasta Hansteen field
• Decom to take the stage at Offshore Europe
• Kotug assists in record-breaking lift
• New contracts revive two Transocean rigs
• Wartsila and Babcock work on worlds largest offshore windfarm
• EU Asked to Tackle Dismantling of Floating O&G Platforms
• Turbines up at Tahkoluoto
• Boskalis takes new mega cutter Helios into service (Video)
• Bid to create jack-up rig giant takes step forward

March 2017 

• Harley Marine takes delivery of Tier 4-compliant tug
• DEME orders new offshore installation vessel in China
• Scrubber technology now on up to 300 ships
• Newbuilding prices could fall even further, prompting more ordering activity
• Scrubbers are not shipping’s solution … yet
• Bravenes Subsea Rock Installation Vessel, Netherlands
• Blue Water has been awarded the Stevedoring and Port Agency contracts for the Veja Mate Offshore
• ALP’s new tugs will change the towage sector
• China launches world’s largest oil exploration offshore platform (Video)
• 2020 vision
• Geotechnical drillship is optimised for offshore wind projects
• First Hywind Scotland Towers Head to Norway aboard BigLift Shipping’s Traveller
• World’s First Ship Tunnel
• OOS International – OOS Gretha lifted off helicopter
• Oversupplied OSV Market Facing Record Number of Deliveries in 2017
• Wind Power Blows Through Nuclear, Coal as Costs Drop at Sea
• Van Oord orders first LNG-powered crane vessel
• Watch: Newbuild ‘Symphony Provider’ Gets Stuck During Launch
• MPI Discovery starts installation of wind turbines at Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, England
• Cooperation European Transmission System Operators to develop North Sea Wind Power Hub
• Subsea 7 announces acquisition of Seaway Heavy Lifting
• A2SEA prepping SEA INSTALLER for Race Bank
• Jan De Nul Group orders new vessels with exhaust gas treatment systems
• How Bow Thruster is Used for Maneuvering a Ship?
• Resolve Marine Lifts 2200-Ton Jacket Off the Seafloor
• Windea Leibniz Service Operation Vessel (SOV)
• Damen BWTS Gets IMO Type Approval
• Transocean to sell entire jack-up fleet to new offshore drille
• Wreck of the Sewol Lifted to the Surface
• DOF Hires Westcon for Vessel Conversion
• Salvage and removal for offshore
• Odfjell Drilling Gets LoI for Work in South-East Asia
• Damen to Build German Fisheries Research Vessel
  Aeolus Spotted at Belfast Harbour Ahead of Walney Works
• SCALDIS Completes Decommissioning Works For Offshore Horne & Wren Platform In 3 Days
• Bibby SOV can also service offshore oil and gas sector
• Maersk Drilling finds additional North Sea work for jackup
• Arrange a meeting during Breakbulk Antwerp to discuss your Project Cargo Engineering. Send request to business@mbm-consultancy.com
• Van Oord signs contract for modification offshore installation vessel Aeolus
• Wärtsilä, Houlder and Trelleborg develop jettyless LNG transfer concept
• Harren & Partner now manager of Wind Lift I
• Aker Solutions acquires Reinertsen
• Cargo Ship Collision Caught on Video
• ALE Performs World’s Heaviest Commercial Lift During FPSO Integration work in Brazil

February 2017

• Feb 28 HHIC builds the state-of-the-art liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering vessel for the first time in the world hanjinsc.com/eng/pr/notice/… pic.twitter.com/mjw5ABxkLd
• Feb 28 Mammoet erects 75 turbines for the Ararat Wind Farm #mammoet mammoet.com/en/news/all-75… pic.twitter.com/LbsQx0qQpi
• Feb 27 MOL to Invest in Self-Elevating Platform Vessel Operator marineinsight.com/shipping-news/… pic.twitter.com/erskbqWdiL
• Feb 27 MacGregor’s new ship-to-ship compensation system widens offshore load transfer windows (Video) youtu.be/5_QoSTrU2gc
• Feb 24 Hundai Heavy staff in three-day strike http://splash247.com/hyundai-heavy-staff-three-day-strike/ … pic.twitter.com/n8H1rQlnNi
• Feb 24 Statoil’s giant blades unveiled heavyliftpfi.com/news/statoil-s… pic.twitter.com/WmanydvNdE
• Feb 23 McDermott Strengthens Subsea Fleet subseaworldnews.com/2017/02/21/mcd… pic.twitter.com/9C5lY6u9hJ
• Feb 23 Damen Shipyards lays-off 150 employees Dutch ship repair and conversion yards | Maritime Herald: maritimeherald.com/2017/damen-shi…
• Feb 23 Bibby Marine CEO: There Are Several Boxes to Tick when Looking for Vessel Design offshorewind.biz/2017/01/22/bib… pic.twitter.com/p5nRavPCUC
• Feb 22 Autonomous vessels are coming tugtechnologyandbusiness.com/news/view,auto… youtu.be/E9RwAjSQ1E0
• Feb 22 Blue Water sails with the wind heavyliftpfi.com/news/blue-wate… pic.twitter.com/eGgst3uDUf
• Feb 21 Boskalis Books Massive Impairment Blaming Deteriorated Offshore Energy Market Conditions marineinsight.com/shipping-news/… pic.twitter.com/ECoI814zyK
• Feb 21 Subsea 7 takes delivery of remaining newbuilds http://www.osjonline.com/news/view,subsea-7-takes-delivery-of-remaining-newbuilds_46569.htm … pic.twitter.com/rFpysJdhHn
• Feb 20 Oceaneering extends ROV/survey relationship with @MaerskSupply osjonline.com/news/view,ocea… pic.twitter.com/1qZzZvjR4c
• Feb 20 Heavy Lifters Turn to Less Traditional Markets worldmaritimenews.com/archives/21260… pic.twitter.com/z5S8u5wmMT
• Feb 17 Purpose built LNG bunkering vessel delivered shipefficiencyreview.com/purpose-built-… pic.twitter.com/IiU8HaxrZ3
• Feb 16 Heavy Lift Dynamics of the Sewol Ferry Salvage maritime-executive.com/blog/a-technic… pic.twitter.com/0FZtOAom1i
• Feb 15 New ISO standard for the safe bunkering of LNG-fuelled ships iso.org/iso/home/news_… pic.twitter.com/9Jqd0MZktN
• Feb 14 SENER to unveil new design for LNG bunkering vessel ship-technology.com/news/newssener… pic.twitter.com/5Efec9Ccre
• Feb 14 DNV GL unveils new vessel dynamic positioning capability assessment standard ship-technology.com/news/newsdnv-g… pic.twitter.com/zr4JZAruVr
• Feb 10 China’s Shipbuilders Go From Boom to Rust https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-shipbuilders-go-from-boom-to-rust-1486552896 … pic.twitter.com/KJWxpBMvQy
• Feb 10 Louis Dreyfus Armateurs charters wind vessel to Dong http://splash247.com/louis-dreyfus-armateurs-charters-wind-vessel-dong/ … pic.twitter.com/LIdtBofv2t
• Feb 9 Modelling to Prevent Extreme Weather Disasters maritime-executive.com/features/model… pic.twitter.com/PM09GlfsNr
• Feb 8 New jack-up can handle much larger turbines owjonline.com/news/view,new-… pic.twitter.com/mcOj0ZSvos
• Feb 7 Technology Can Turn Around Shipping’s Prospects maritime-executive.com/blog/technolog… pic.twitter.com/ry4L0oZQkd
• Feb 7 Coast Guard Presents Analysis of El Faro Sinking maritime-executive.com/article/coast-… pic.twitter.com/2VmmCFrBrW
• Feb 6 MBM recognises ALFALAVAL as a good option for the US ballast water treatment solution. alfalaval.com/microsites/pur… pic.twitter.com/4ZhGgjpcwa
• Feb 3 Spotted: Ulstein Delivers Its Largest Offshore Construction Vessel worldmaritimenews.com/archives/21086… pic.twitter.com/RrDj9A3hZu
• Feb 1 To “Ballast” or Not to “Ballast” that is the question. The Chamber of Shipping of America warns owners….. shipefficiencyreview.com/shipowners-are… pic.twitter.com/5RE4VT1qaq

January 2017

• Jan 31 23 affiliated vessel-owning companies filed voluntary petitions to reorganise under Ch.11 of the Bankruptcy Code –osjonline.com/news/view,tois… pic.twitter.com/l5WbPbymXw
• Jan 30 OSV industry will emerge with leaner structure but asset values remain an issue: osjonline.com/news/view,osv-… pic.twitter.com/1EEkcJoDqL
• Jan 29 Until the current crisis in the OSV sector, uncertainty was never much of a concern. But now, although we know recov…lnkd.in/gFmQS_E
• Jan 29 Check out the latest news, insights, and opportunities from MBM Consultancy GmbH & Co.KG. linkedin.com/company/mariti… pic.twitter.com/WvbZuWCKt1