The Watthub renewable energy powered fast-charging facility for electric trucks and heavy machinery, planned along the A15 motorway, will receive a 1,000,000 subsidy from the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. The WattHub project, world’s first fast-charging plaza for...
Van Oord is laying cables off the coast of Noord-Holland to connect the first HKN wind turbines to TenneT TSO’s “socket at sea,” according to CrossWind, a joint company between Shell and Eneco that is developing and will operate the...
According to Pieter van Oord, CEP of Dutch marine contractor Van Oord, demand in the offshore wind business expanded tremendously in 2022. Van Oord’s Offshore Wind business unit had “a busy year,” according to the company’s financial report for 2022,...
SMST’s 100t active heave compensated knuckle boom crane for Van Oord’s new cable-laying vessel Calypso just left the SMST facility on time for delivery to Norway’s Vard Brattvaag yard. The well-known ship designer and builder VARD gave SMST the contract...
Heerema Marine Contractors installed the topside for the offshore substation that will collect and transform the electricity generated by Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm in the German Baltic sea. The offshore substation (OSS) is being installed and ran by...
Van Oord has successfully installed the last monopile for CrossWind’s Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm, bringing the total to 70. The offshore wind farm is situated close to the beach resort of Egmond aan Zee, 18.5 kilometers off the coast...
Dutch sheerlegs operator Bonn & Mees has transported and instaled the new boomrest for Van Oord’s installation vessel Aeolus as part of a crane upgrade. Van Oord announced the upgrade to the 1600t crane in September last year. Huisman designed...
Van Oord (via Van Oord Offshore Wind UK Limited) contracted EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH (EEW SPC) to manufacture 100 monopile foundations for RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm off the Brittish coast. EEW SPC wil manufacture the monopiles in Rostock....
On Tueasday, Van Oord celebrated the keel laying ceremony for its new offshore installation vessel Boreas at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore (YCRO) yard in Yantai, China. The vessel is due to enter the market in 2024. The keel laying...
Van Oord and DOT are organizing a training for engineers who want to learn how to construct a Slip Joint connection for an offshore wind turbine. This innovative joint between the foundation pieces for an offshore wind farm, a monopile,...
