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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

 

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