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Transport

Cometto: Powering Europe’s Offshore Wind Revolution

The energy generation sector is undergoing significant transformations, including the abandonment of nuclear power generation. One notable development is the transformation of the North Sea off the coast of Germany…

Lifting

MAXIKraft Expands Crane Fleet with Liebherr LR 11000

MAXIKraft has recently added another Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane to its fleet, making it the third of its kind in their lineup. The company values the exceptional versatility of…

Offshore

New Vessels Rotra Futura & Rotra Horizon Unveiled by deugro, Siemens Gamesa & Amasus Offshore

deugro Danmark, in partnership with Siemens Gamesa and Amasus Offshore B.V., is set to launch two state-of-the-art vessels designed specifically for transporting offshore wind turbine components. The newly customized vessels,…

Offshore

KENC Engineering to Deliver Upending Tool for Offshore Wind Farm Project

KENC Engineering has been chosen by an international marine contractor to create a Flange Mounted Upending Tool (FMUT), according to an announcement on March 10th. The FMUT will be designed…

Offshore

Tekmar secures strategic investment for offshore growth

Tekmar Group plc, a technology and service provider for global offshore energy markets, has announced a major strategic investment from SCF Partners, a private equity investor specializing in the global…

Offshore

Vinci to Install 3 North Sea Wind Converter Platforms

A contract has been awarded by TenneT, the Dutch-German transmission system operator, to a consortium comprising of Siemens Energy and Dragados Offshore, a Cobra IS subsidiary, to construct three offshore…

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Offshore

DEME Offshore and Liftra Partner for Next-Gen Wind Turbine Installation

DEME Offshore and Liftra ApS have announced a partnership to create a new offshore installation method for the next generation of offshore wind turbine generators. Liftra will provide design and…

Cranes

Sarens’ Key Crane Working on Offshore Wind Project in Rostock, Germany

Sarens has added the LR 12500-1.0 crane to its impressive fleet of over 1500 cranes, 3100 axle lines, and a set of Giant Cranes. Launched by Liebherr, the crane was…

Transport

Mammoet secures two US offshore wind contracts

Mammoet has recently landed two major offshore wind projects in the United States. These projects, scheduled to begin in 2023, involve various port-related services, such as load-in, load-out, handling, and…

Offshore

EDF Renewables Secures 1GW Offshore Wind Project in France

EDF Renewables and Maple Power have been selected by the French Ministry of Energy Transition to lead the development of the Centre Manche 1 offshore wind farm in Normandy, following…

Wind Energy

Siemens Gamesa to Provide 132 RecyclableBlades for RWE’s Sofia Wind Project

Siemens Gamesa has achieved a significant milestone with its RecyclableBlade technology, which has been chosen by RWE to be used in 44 SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines for the…

Offshore

KENC Completes Wind Orca Crane Upgrade Engineering Support

KENC Engineering was awarded an engineering job by GustoMSC in May 2022. The company has now successfully completed the assignment, which involved providing detailed engineering support for the new heavy…

Construction

DEME and Jan De Nul consortium to build world’s first energy island for Elia

The world’s first artificial energy island, Princess Elisabeth Island, will be constructed by the Belgian consortium TM EDISON, which includes DEME and Jan De Nul. The project involves the installation…

Heavy transport

Sarens PSG lands record-breaking contract at Moray West offshore wind farm

Sarens PSG has been granted a contract by the Moray West offshore wind farm project to manage the transportation of 62 extra-large (XXL) monopiles at Invergordon Port in Scotland. The…

Asia

BP partners with Deep Wind Offshore for South Korea offshore wind

BP and Deep Wind Offshore have collaborated to exploit offshore wind opportunities in South Korea. Under the terms of their agreement, BP has obtained a 55% stake in Deep Wind…

France

<strong>DEME awarded 2 French offshore wind contracts</strong>

DEME secures two contracts for transport and installation of foundations and offshore substation for the Yeu and Noirmoutier islands’ wind farm, marking their second major project in France after the…

USA

Siemens Gamesa to build offshore wind nacelle facility in New York

Siemens Gamesa plans to build a large offshore nacelle manufacturing facility at the Port of Coeymans in New York, pending the selection of their wind turbines in the state’s third…

Offshore

KENC to design and build a lifting frame for US offshore wind projects

KENC Engineering B.V. has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client to design and construct a Hammer Quick Lifting Frame for use in two offshore wind farm projects in…

Offshore

Boskalis reaches milestone with 100th offshore wind farm project

Boskalis has been awarded the contract to build a significant offshore wind farm off the coast of the United States. The company’s scope of work includes transporting and installing the…

Energy

Cobra IS, a Vinci subsidiary, secures €4 billion contract for two offshore windfarm energy converter platforms

Amprion Offshore has awarded a contract to a consortium consisting of Dragados Offshore (a subsidiary of Cobra IS) and Siemens Energy, to design, construct, and install the LanWin1 and LanWin3…

Agreement

Vestas signs partnership with long-time blades partner TPI Composites Inc.

Vestas has signed a multi-year framework agreement with long-time partner TPI Composites Inc. (TPI), one of the leading supplier of wind turbine blades and services. “The continued and expanded partnership…

Energy

GE Renewable selects Mammoet UK

Teesside-based Mammoet UK has been selected by GE Renewable Energy to supply onshore heavy lifting and transport for the staging and assembly of turbine components for the Dogger Bank Wind…

Energy

RBTS from Scheuerle transport longest rotor blades available on the market

Heavy transport specialist P. Adams added three blade transport systems (RBTS) from TII Scheuerle to its fleet and has already mastered the first practical application with 83-metre-long blades. A total…

America

Mammoet expands Brazilian fleet 

Mammoet has strengthen its position in Brazil’s wind market with the addition of a Tadano CC 38.650 crawler crane to its fleet during the third quarter of 2022. The new…

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