SAL Heavy Lift’s vessel Svenja has completed 20 journeys delivering components for the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in France.
SAL mobilised Svenja to the port of Eemshaven in the Netherlands following the completion of the Hornsea 2 wind farm in the North Sea.
The transports began in February 2021, with the last one in early October. In total, 80 monopiles and 80 transition pieces were delivered for the Saint-Nazaire project.
Buss Terminal Eemshaven (BTE) has received EU funding to increase heavy-duty quay capacity to cater to the growing demands of the offshore wind energy industry.
Van Oord has held a christening ceremony for its offshore wind installation vessel Boreas in Rotterdam.
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.
USA-based maritime, logistics and energy solutions provider Crowley has expanded its ocean shipping services with a route between the US Northeast and Central America.
The Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships came into force on June 26, establishing mandatory regulations to govern the way ships are recycled. BIMCO expects recycling activity to surge over the coming decade as a result.
Multipurpose carrier AAL Shipping has held an official naming ceremony for the 32,000 dwt AAL Dammam, its sixth Super B-class vessel.
