Offshore news
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NewsMingyang plans Scottish plant amid push for ever-larger floating wind turbine
Chinese OEM Mingyang Smart Energy plans to build the UK’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland. It is also pressing ahead with plans for truly massive floating wind turbines.
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NewsBuss Terminal Eemshaven gets offshore wind cash injection
The Netherlands’ Buss Terminal Eemshaven has received a multi-million-euro investment to reinforce its quay and improve the seabed at the Julianahaven harbour.
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NewsDEME takes delivery of Norse Wind
Offshore contractor DEME has taken delivery of the wind turbine installation vessel Norse Wind at the CIMC Raffles Shipyard in Yantai, China.
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NewsInch Cape receives first XXL monopiles at Leith renewables hub
The first shipment of XXL monopile foundations for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm has arrived in the port of Leith.
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NewsMaersk terminates WTIV order
Singapore-based Seatrium has received a notice of termination for Maersk Offshore Wind’s wind turbine installation vessel that was scheduled to be deployed at the USA’s Empire Wind 1 project.
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NewsBoa and BrestPort pen MoU for offshore wind solutions
Norwegian offshore services provider Boa and France’s BrestPort have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), aimed at developing innovative floating offshore wind solutions.
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CapPro news US falters, China surges
Despite unfavourable conditions in the USA, Rystad Energy research states that 16 GW of new offshore wind capacity will come online by the end of 2025 due to projects already under way, with two thirds of them being developed in China.
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NewsCadeler takes delivery of Wind Ally
Offshore installation contractor Cadeler has taken delivery of its first A-class vessel, Wind Ally. Its inaugural job will see it install monopile foundations at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
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NewsUS-flag turbine installation vessel in service
Charybdis, the first, and so far only, Jones Act-compliant turbine installation vessel has arrived at Portsmouth Marine Terminal, the marshalling port for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) development.
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NewsLiebherr supplies cranes for offshore jack-up vessel
Liebherr has supplied two BOS 4200 board offshore cranes and one mast type crane 78000 (MTC) for Petrodec’s jack-up vessel Obana, which are used to support complex offshore decommissioning operations in the North Sea.
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NewsMammoet partners with Tugdock to expand TSP use
Mammoet has entered into a strategic partnership with UK-headquartered Tugdock to expand the use of the latter’s submersible platform that has been designed to improve buoyancy, stability, and load-in/load-out operations across marine industries.
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NewsAllseas orders Grand Tour heavy transport vessel
Allseas has contracted Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China to build a purpose-built semi-submersible heavy transport vessel – to be named Grand Tour.
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NewsCadeler selected for Formosa 4 T&I scope
Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) has selected offshore installation contractor Cadeler for the transport and installation of Siemens Gamesa 14 MW turbines for the Formosa 4 offshore wind farm in Taiwan.
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NewsLerwick-based partnership formed to ramp up decommissioning activity
Brown & Mason, a specialist in heavy industry and demolition works, has partnered with Paterson Energy Logistics to scale up decommissioning activities at the Dales Voe site in Lerwick Harbour in Scotland.
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CapPro newsIRENA: Asia remains at the forefront of renewables
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) Renewable Energy Statistics 2025 report, published July 10, shows that despite renewables capacity growing by over 15 percent in 2024, there is a growing gap between regions.
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NewsMammoet to support Heerema with installation of giant topsides
Transport engineering and heavy lift specialist Mammoet will assist fellow Dutch firm Heerema Marine Contractors with the installation of two giant topsides for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore platforms project.
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NewsEmpire Energy and Ellevo form e³ to serve offshore wind sector
Empire Energy and UK-based heavy lift consultancy Ellevo Group formed a strategic joint venture to meet the evolving demands of the offshore wind industry: Empire Energy–Ellevo (e³).
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NewsGeodis on hand at EFGL pilot project
Global logistics provider Geodis has been on hand to support construction of the Les Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) pilot project in France, completing the transport and float-off of three wind turbine foundations with a combined weight of 2,500 tonnes.
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NewsVan Oord christens Boreas
Van Oord has held a christening ceremony for its offshore wind installation vessel Boreas in Rotterdam.
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CapPro news
UK: Industry urges tax reform amid warning of 20 percent offshore workforce decline
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), a trade association, has called for the government to remove the windfall tax on oil and gas profits by 2026. Meanwhile, Robert Gordon University believes the country could lose up to 20 percent of its offshore energy workforce by 2030 without urgent intervention.