Offshore

Offshore

Vard wins two-ship contract from Purus Wind

Ship design and construction firm, Vard, has won a contract from UK-based Purus Wind for two, option two, commissioning service operation vessels (CSOV). The value of the contract has not been disclosed. The two firm vessels will be built to a Vard…

18.05.2023
Offshore

Statkraft and CIP score on Irish wind

Norway’s Statkraft AS and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have won 500 MW of potential offshore wind development in Ireland’s first auction. The North Irish Sea Array (NISA), one of seven renewable energy projects given the go-ahead last…

15.05.2023
Offshore

Vard to build more vessels for offshore wind market

Vard has won an order for up to four commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) from UK-based North Star, which operates the largest wholly UK-owned fleet in the North Sea. The latest CSOVs, with DP2 capability, will be built to a Vard 4 22…

11.05.2023
Offshore

Crowley/ESVAGT venture orders wind farm support vessel

U.S. group Crowley and Danish offshore company ESVAGT placed an order with U.S. yard Fincantieri Marine, part of Italian yard group Fincantieri, for a service operations vessel (SOV) under a long-term charter from Germany’s Siemens Gamesa Renewable…

24.01.2023
Offshore

Industry groups call for change to meet offshore wind targets

Six industry groups representing companies engaged in Germany’s offshore wind sector have again called on the Government for revisions to the Wind Energy at Sea Act (WindSeeG) which, they claim, has serious weaknesses. In a joint statement, the…

18.01.2023
Offshore

War and Covid underpin offshore recovery

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and post-Covid demand recovery were key factors underpinning a sharp recovery in offshore oil and gas markets in 2022. Data released recently from Clarkson Research reveals that the analyst’s Offshore day rate Index,…

17.01.2023
Offshore

Aker Solutions wins Rosebank FPSO upgrade contract

Norway’s Aker Solutions has been awarded a substantial contract from customer Altera Infrastructure for the complete upgrade of the floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Petrojarl Knarr. Aker Solutions expects to book an order…

13.01.2023

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