Vattenfall has signed a framework contract with Van Oord’s subsidiary MPI Offshore for the charter of offshore installation vessel MPI Resolution. The MPI Resolution will be tasked with servicing Vattenfall turbines with a maximum power output of 5 MW across...
Van Oord reached a milestone in the construction of its new offshore installation vessel Boreas with all four legs now installed. The vessel is being built at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard in China. The legs each measure...
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has installed the first of a total of 100 monopile foundations at RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm in UK waters. Sofia Offshore Wind Farm is located on Dogger Bank in the central...
Van Oord celebrated the launch of Boreas, their new vessel purpose-built for the transport and installation of the next generation foundations and turbines at offshore wind farms, at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. shipyard in China. The vessel is...
On 1 February, Seaway7 said farewell to its installation vessel Seaway Yudin. At the age of 38, the vessel will enter a new chapter in its active life, under new ownership. This was announced by Seaway7 on their social media...
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus successfully installed the first of 12 turbines at the 132 MW South Fork offshore wind farm off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York in US waters. South Fork is is the first...
A milestone was reached in Cadeler’s Wind Orca offshore wind installation jack-up vessel upgrade project when the 1200 mt crane was successfully removed by Mammoet in Schiedam. GustoMSC is supporting Cadeler in growing their state-of-the art fleet. In the next...
All 50 monopile foundations have been installed at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The installation was performed by Van Oord, using its 8,000-tonne heavy lift installation vessel, the Svanen, Van Oord won the contract...
Dutch heavy lift shipping company BigLift Shipping, member of the Spliethoff Group, is currently transporting the components for the 1600-ton leg crane for Cadeler’s offshore wind installation vessel Wind Orca from Korea to the Netherlands. After successfully manufacturing, completing the...
Dutch lifting equipment specialist Huisman has been contrcated by Seaway7 to supply the entire monopile installation spread for their jack-up vessel Seaway Ventus. The monopile installation spread consists of a Monopile Gripper, an Upending Frame, and two sets of Monopile...
