Dutch marine contractor Boskalis has secured two offshore installation projects utilising the company’s specialised engineering vessels. The company has been awarded a contract by Cobra Wind International for the transport and installation of five floating wind turbines for the Kincardine floating wind farm, off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland. In September, the heavy anchor handling …

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Australian OSV firm MMA Offshore has been awarded a contract to support foundation installation for an offshore wind farm project off Taiwan. The project will see MPSV providing integrated subsea services to monitor the seabed for dredging and piling work over a two-month period. David Ross, managing director of MMA, said the contract award was …

Antwerp-based blockchain startup T-Mining and information utiliy stage NxtPort have declared an association with an end goal to convey well being and more noteworthy proficiency to seaports using b…

Singapore-based shipping company, Swire Pacific Offshore, has accepted delivery of the Pacific Orca, which at 161 meters in length, is the world’s largest vessel specifically built to install offshore wind...

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Akastor subsidiary DDW Offshore has entered into bareboat charter agreements with Brazilian subsea company OceanPact Servicos Maritimos for anchor handling tug supply vessels Skandi Saigon and Skandi Pacific. The charters commence during the second quarter and are for a period of 26 months, at the end of which OceanPact will purchase the vessels. The pair …

Lloyd’s Register releases all-new Rules, Class Notation and Guidance Notes for ‘Wind Turbine Installation and Maintenance Vessels and Liftboats’ to reflect industry best practice and new novel designs. The new Rules form part of the wider Mobile Offshore Unit Rule set 2013 launched by Lloyd’s Register in June, and is for vessels engaged in installation […]

Van Oord, the Netherlands based contractor for dredging and offshore projects, had a better business result in 2013 than in 2012. The year closed with an almost equal turnover of EUR 1,641 million (2012: EUR 1,676 million). At EUR 130 million, the net profit was considerably higher than in 2012 (EUR 98 million), and the company’s […]

A search team has located the wrecks of two Maersk Supply Service vessels which sank during a tow to a Turkish scrapyard late last month. The vessels are believed to be...

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Fugro Scout, the new 83-metre geotechnical drilling vessel, is on its way to The Netherlands to execute a geotechnical survey for an offshore wind farm in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, following the completion of its maiden project in the Middle East. The new vessel is specifically designed to address the varied demands of […]

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