Offshore news – Page 36
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ABS offers guide for offshore wind turbine installations
December 30 - Classification society ABS has released a Guide for Building and Classing Offshore Wind Turbine Installations, which addresses design considerations for the bottom founded support structure of an offshore wind turbine situated in tropical st
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German shipyard claims a first with jack-up vessel for offshore wind installations
December 10 - The Sietas Group says it will become the first German shipyard to develop and build a jack-up vessel to be used for offshore wind farm installations.
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Hochtief and Beluga in offshore wind farm project
October 29 - Hochtief Construction has been awarded a contract for an offshore wind farm from the project company Global Tech I Offshore Wind, in which several energy suppliers, energy trading companies and a number of other companies are shareholders.
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HOCHTIEF and Beluga Shipping construct jack-up vessel for offshore wind farms
October 12 - A joint venture between HOCHTIEF Construction and Beluga Shipping has commissioned the construction of a special jack-up vessel for the more rapid assembly of offshore wind turbines.
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Beluga Offshore Training Academy forms partnership to provide new training
September 21 - Beluga Offshore Training Academy (BOTA) and Deutsche WindGuard (DWG) have signed a cooperation agreement proposing joint training courses on offshore safety.
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New dedicated terminal for offshore wind farms, general cargo project cargoes in Vlissingen
September 13 - BOW Terminal (Breakbulk and Offshore Wind Terminal), is a new terminal that has been developed in Vlissingen seaport, part of Zeeland Seaports, to support the construction of wind farms at sea.
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SAL handles monopiles for the Walney Offshore Project
August 23 - Earlier this year SAL's vessel - Annette - made eleven consecutive voyages between Rostock and Barrow in Furness with equipment for the Walney Offshore Project Phase I.
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Jumbo Offshore scores a transition piece century
July 27 - Jumbo Offshore's heavy lift vessel, Jumbo Javelin has installed its 100th transition piece (TP) for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (GGOWF), off the UK's south-east coast.
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Assessing the impact of the new offshore oil moratorium
July 15 - The specific impact on the project cargo business of the Obama administration's new moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is difficult to predict, but some have said it could result in the loss of 3,000 to 6,000 Louisia
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BaltShip expands offshore logistics
July 9 - Denmark-based, international project logistics company, BaltShip A/S, will continue its expansion by opening a new sales office in Lind
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Jumbo Offshore opens in Perth
July 2 - With several deepwater projects successfully completed over the last few years and in recognition of the growth potential in South East Asia, Jumbo Offshore has opened a new Regional Office in Perth, Australia, headed by Sjoerd Meijer, business d
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Bremerhaven to get offshore harbour
June 22 - Bremerhaven is to build a harbour for the shipment of plant for the offshore wind farms that are to be erected in the North Sea.
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A2SEA wins Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm contract
May 31 - Leading European energy company, Vattenfall, has awarded a contract to A2SEA for the transport of 30 5MW RePower turbines from Belfast Harbour to the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, 10 km off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea.
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Obama halts new offshore oil drilling for six months
May 28 - As a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, US president Obama has extended a moratorium on new offshore oil drilling by six months.
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Panalpina reveals offshore oil and gas complex in Singapore
May 6 - Panalpina World Transport has opened a dedicated logistics centre for the oil and gas industry at Loyang Offshore Supply Base in Singapore.
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Jumbo Offshore installs first 18 transition pieces for offshore wind farm
April 22 - Jumbo Offshore has successfully completed the first leg of its current Transition Piece (TP) installation project.
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Jumbo DP2 offshore HLV passes installation capability test
April 21 - In mid-April, Jumbo Offshore completed a short series of tests to demonstrate the installation capabilities of its DP2 offshore heavy lift vessels (HLV) in high tidal current velocities.
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The world's largest offshore wind farm uses Technotex slings
April 5 - Technotex, a member of the Unitex group of companies, is supplying its Ultralift slings to the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm under construction 23km off the UK east coast.
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European yards must build ships to support offshore wind energy growth
March 1 - Ten to twelve new heavy lift ships will be required to support the predicted growth of offshore wind projects over the coming years and these ships should be built in the European Union.
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UK companies look to offshore wind turbine opportunities
March 1 - A strategic investment of up to USD150 million in the UK offshore wine turbine R&D could lead to significant opportunities for offshore and onshore heavy lift operators and project cargo forwarders in the coming years, industry observers predict