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Third vessel for Innoven Marine Service
With take-over of the „Lev Twister“, Innoven Marine Service, based in Bremerhaven, Germany, took a third vessel under its management, which broadens the service portfolio of the shipping company.
Wind energy hub planned for the North Sea
The transmission system operators TenneT and Energinet.dk have initiated a futuristic project to create an artificial island in the North Sea to inexpensively distribute electricity from offshore wind...
LiDAR buoy measures “Firth of Forth” wind farm area
Fraunhofer IWES has been measuring wind conditions in the “Firth of Forth” wind farm area off the east coast of Scotland with its LiDAR wind buoy for a number of weeks now. The meteorological data...
Prysmian to add offshore cable capabilities to UK factory
Prysmian Group announces the capability of its UK production facility in Wrexham to manufacture both 33 kV and 66 kV submarine cable cores used for the inter-array cable connections in offshore wind...
SOV Windea Leibniz commences service at Sandbank offshore wind farm
The Windea Leibniz wind farm service vessel was delivered on-time from Ulstein Verft to Bernhard Schulte Offshore and ICBC Leasing and named at a ceremony in Ulsteinvik. The vessel will shortly...
Schmidbauer handles heavy load logistics for Walney Extension wind farm
The internationally operating Schmidbauer Group, an expert for heavy-lifting equipment, was awarded by Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects to handle the heavy load logistics for the world’s largest...
Automated drone technology in offshore turbine inspections
Siemens Wind Power is collaborating with USbased company SkySpecs to deploy automated drone technology for onshore and offshore wind turbine inspections. The goal of the collaboration is to develop a...Rhenus Offshore Logistics secures UK offshore supply base partnership
Rhenus Offshore Logistics is starting up its operation of two new offshore supply bases at the ports of Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen. The new sites are maintained through cooperation with local...
DEME orders new offshore installation vessel
The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME has ordered the next generation offshore installation vessel “Orion” that combines exceptionally high transport and load capacity...New jack-up vessel concept for 10 to 12 MW turbines
SeaOwls and Ulstein launched a pioneering heavy lift jack-up vessel design, the SOUL, allowing transport and installation of the next generation wind turbines with a capacity of 10 to 12 MW.
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