by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 29, 2022 | News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Ship design, Shipbuilding
NOV, the parent company of GustoMSC, will deliver the equipment and design of Cadeler’s first F-class jack-up vessel. The new F-class is a bespoke version of the GustoMSC NG-20000X model specially designed as a hybrid wind turbine and foundation installation...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 22, 2022 | Heavy lift, News, Offshore, Offshore wind, Renewables, Ship design
GustoMSC’s new ENSIS heavy-lift crane vessel series addresses the needs of the growing offshore wind foundation market. With monopiles and jackets increasing in size and weight and the continuous need for efficiency in installation, the ship design company felt...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 17, 2022 | Heavy lift, News, Offshore, Offshore wind
Huisman has won a contract from COSCO Shipping Offshore for the design and construction of a Leg Encircling Crane. This crane will be installed on the new build F-class jack-up vessel of Cadeler. The contract award follows last year’s contracts for two identical...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 13, 2022 | Heavy lift, News, Offshore, Offshore wind
After a two-year delay following an accident with the vessel’s crane during load tests, DEME’s latest addition to the fleet, the Orion, has been deployed for the first time. The offshore installation vessel has successfully installed the first XXL monopile at...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jun 8, 2022 | Digitalisation, Heavy lift, News, Offshore, Offshore wind
Jan De Nul Group has ordered a high-end crane simulator for its new offshore installation vessels Voltaire and Les Alizés, soon to be delivered. The simulator will be based on real physics and the actual vessel models, to train crew and realistically simulate complex...