by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 12, 2021 | News, Offshore wind
Subsea 7 plans to combine its Renewables business unit, Seaway 7, with OHT as soon as the necessary approvals are in place. The combined company is to be named Seaway 7 ASA and will focus on offshore fixed wind. Dutch Seaway Heavy Lifting will also become a part of...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 28, 2021 | News, Offshore wind
Jan De Nul Group has completed the installation of all 21 offshore wind turbines for the 109.2-MW Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Demonstration Project. The project teams of Jan De Nul and Hitachi will now proceed with the commissioning process of the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 7, 2021 | News, Offshore wind, Shipbuilding
Rapid advances in offshore wind technology, making turbines bigger and more powerful, are currently outpacing the infrastructure capacity needed to install them. London-based data supplier IHS Markit warns against this in a new report on the development of the...
by Mariska Buitendijk | May 5, 2021 | News, Offshore
Offshore Marine Contractors (OMC) has towed and installed the high spec drilling rig Maersk Resolute in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The jack-up was towed over a distance of 250 nautical miles from Esbjerg and the operation was carried out in close co-operation...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 15, 2021 | Maritime accidents, News, Offshore
At least one person has been killed and twelve others are missing after a ship capsized in a hurricane south of the port of Port Fouchon, in the US state of Louisiana on Tuesday. It concerns a commercial lift vessel also known as a liftboat or jack-up barge, which is...
