by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 7, 2022 | Heavy lift, News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Renewables, Ship design, Shipbuilding
Jan De Nul has launched Les Alizés, its next generation floating offshore installation vessel for offshore renewables and decommissioning, at the CMHI Haimen shipyard in China. Once delivered, it will be the largest heavy lift vessel in the company’s fleet, able...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Nov 26, 2021 | Maritime research, News, Offshore, Offshore wind
Heerema Marine Contractors has tested its novel Rotor Nacelle Assembly (RNA) installation method offshore for the first time. The demonstration project was executed in collaboration with DOT and the Delft University of Technology to collect valuable operational data...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 13, 2021 | News, Offshore wind, Ship design
Jan De Nul Group has selected Remazel S.p.A. for the delivery of a set of cradles, a skidding system and an upending hinge for its new floating installation vessel Les Alizés to handle and install XXI monopiles. The design of this fully automated monopile installation...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 26, 2021 | News, Offshore wind
None of the existing wind turbine installation vessels can install next-generation 15+ MW turbines, stated IHS Markit in a recent report. This is incorrect, says Heerema Marine Contractors’ CEO Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven. ‘Our vessels Thialf and Sleipnir are...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 3, 2021 | News, Offshore wind, Ship design, Shipbuilding
The CMHI Haimen shipyard in China laid the keel for Les Alizés, Jan De Nul’s new heavy lift crane vessel, on 29 April. The ship will be ready in 2022 and is equipped with a crane having a lifting capacity of 5000 tonnes and equally impressive lifting heights....
