RWE has teamed up with Acta Marine to build and operate two “green” service operation vessels (SOVs) for the Triton Knoll and Sofia offshore wind farms. The SOVs, which are capable of being powered by methanol and batteries, will potentially...
SMST has secured a contract by Cemre Shipyard in Turkey to deliver two sets of mission equipment for Norwegian shipowner GC Rieber Shipping’s two newbuild Windkeeper Service Operation Vessels (SOVs). The SMST gangway (Telescopic Access Bridge L-Series), in conjunction with...
The first Service Operation Vessel (SOV) for the Chinese offshore wind industry includes SMST as a component. The SMST walk-to-work equipment will ensure ideal logistics and safe access to the wind turbines on board the newbuild vessel. With this delivery...
Vallianz has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dutch Royal IHC to collaborate on the design and construction of a new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) to support offshore wind farm operations and maintenance. It is the first battery hybrid SOV...
Dutch vessel design company OSD-IMT introduces a new SOV which is to fill the gap between (large) Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV’s) and big Service Operation Vessels (SOV’s). The base concept is Battery Hybrid but the company is also exploring methanol...
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Gemini Consortium have reached an agreement for the extension of the operations and maintenance service agreement for the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind farm by another 5 years. SGRE has been responsible for the...
Spanish engineering company Marcelo Penna Engineering and Safeway, Dutch specialist in the design and manufacture of offshore transfer equipment, have joined forces to design an intelligent future-proof Service Operation Vessel which can stay in a wind farm, even in the...
Yesterday the latest Service Operation Vessel by Bernhard Schulte arrived in the Eemshaven. For the next 10 years, the port will serve as a main base for the vessel while it is working at the German Merkur offshore wind farm....
Royal IHC and MARIN reached a milestone last week when they successfully completed the last phase of model testing in their autonomous service operation vessel (SOV) project. Royal IHC (IHC) and MARIN are working together on developing an autonomous SOV...
On Wednesday 4 September, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind’s new Service Operation Vessel (SOV) ESVAGT Albert Betz was christened in the Eemshaven. The new vessel will be servicing the German offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht for the next 15 years. The...
