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America

DEME Offshore US contracts Seaqualize

DEME Offshore US has signed a contract with Dutch heave compensation specialist, Seaqualize, for first offshore wind feeder barge operations in the USA. DEME Offshore US will deploy the newly…

America

Goldhofer FTV 550 transports wind power components in Ecuador 

The wind farm Minas de Huascachaca, Ecuador’s largest wind farm, comprises 14 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 50 MW. Elecaustro S.A., which is based in Cuenca was…

France

Fecamp substation jacket has entered Port of Cherbourg

The jacket that will support the electrical substation of the Fécamp offshore wind farm has just entered the Port of Cherbourg. This jacket is 60 m high and weighs 1,200…

Energy

Getting the power into the grid

Getting the electricity generated from photovoltaic or wind turbines to where it’s needed requires long cables With a team of over 100 specialists, Energieanlagen Ramonat GmbH realizes cable routes all…

Australia

AAL delivers for Australian wind farm

Between February and July 2022, AAL Shipping is operating out a series of shipments between several  ports in China and Brisbane, Australia, to transport heavy lift and project cargo components…

Construction

The Tadano 600t crawler in scale 1:50

Scale model manufacturer IMC Models, in collaboration with Tadano and Mammoet Merchandise, is working on a high-end diecast scale model of the CC 2800-1. This versatile crane of the Tadano…

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Heavy transport

Collett delivers 13 Nordex N133 turbines to Kennoxhead Wind Farm 

Located south of the A70, near the village of Glespin on the Douglas Estate, the thirteen turbine site features Nordex N133 onshore wind turbines with an individual blade length of…

America

Hall Trucking Inc. deploys new Goldhofer Trailer P12 Plus

Hall Trucking Inc., located in Evansville, Wyoming, was one of the first customer to purchase Goldhofer’s new Highway Trailer P12 Plus in 2021. Available with one or two intermediate bogies,…

Energy

Wind turbine nacelle and blade manufacturing under one roof in Le Havre, France

Siemens Gamesa has started manufacturing of both its patented offshore Direct Drive wind turbine nacelles and patented IntegralBlades at its new manufacturing facility in Le Havre, France. The world’s first…

Cranes

ML Crane Group adds two major divisions 

US-based ML Crane Group has added two major divisions to the company, Wind & Renewables Division and Capital Projects Division.  The Wind & Renewables Division’s department will be based out…

Deliveries

New Nooteboom XL Mega Windmill Trailer for Linden Transport

As the industry grows, the wind turbines are becoming larger, blades are longer and tower sections are growing in diameter. As a result, the base towers of these turbines have…

Energy

Sarens supports St. Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm project in France

Sarens has been involved in the load-in, load-out, transport, and storage of several monopiles and transition pieces for the St. Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm since January 2021. The work is…

Energy

Second life for wind turbine blades in Spain

Last year, GE Renewable Energy signed preliminary agreements with German and French-Swiss companies to dismantle, shred and co-process the blades from some of the continent’s onshore turbines that are approaching…

Energy

Improved offshore wind turbine base quayside lifting safety with Enerpac XC Pump

Belgium-based REM-B Hydraulics has developed self-contained, remote-controlled hydraulics powerpacks for connecting and releasing 1000 tonne, 85m high, offshore wind turbine bases during quayside lifting onto a pontoon, for leading international…

Heavy transport

Collett acquire Plant Speed wind energy fleet

Collett & Sons Ltd and Bristol’s Plant Speed have agreed a deal which will see their specialist wind turbine equipment join the Collett fleet.  Taking the decision to remove themselves…

Cranes

Three Liebherr LG 1750s make their debut at Spanish wind farm 


Crane and heavy transport company Transbiaga is working with three new Liebherr LG 1750 lattice boom mobile cranes in Spain’s largest wind farm Gecama. There, 67 wind turbines with a…

Deliveries

Mar-Train Heavy Haulage ensures rapid progress with Goldhofer

Mar-Train Heavy Haulage Ltd, based outside Lisburn in Northern Ireland, has recently taken a delivery of  Goldhofer STHP-ET 12 (5+7) heavy-duty combination with the redesigned RA 2-110 tower clamp system…

Agreement

Thistle Wind Partners land 2 GW in highly competitive ScotWind offshore wind leasing round

Crown Estate Scotland announced that Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium of DEME Concessions, Qair Marine SAS, and Aspiravi International NV, have been awarded 2GW worth of option areas in…

Construction

bp and EnBW successful in ScotWind offshore wind bid

bp and EnBW have been awarded a lease option off the east coast of Scotland to develop a major offshore wind project to be known as Morven. The approximately 860km2…

Deliveries

Collett delivers 57metre blades for Twentyshilling Wind Farm

In June 2021, the Collett Teams began transporting components for 9 Vestas V117 turbines from King George V Dock.  Each of the components for each complete turbine; the three tower…

Energy

Blue Water opens two new offices in the Middle East

Active in the Middle East since the mid-80s, Blue Water is opening two additional offices in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. This is to underline and strengthen the objective of servicing…

Environment

XXL wind turbine blades transport assured with Faymonville WingMAX

Faymonville and the company Prangl have been cooperating for years in the area of vehicle technology for special and heavy transport. When it comes to wind power, the Austrian transport…

Cranes

Huisman wins 3,000mt Ringer Crane contract

Huisman has been awarded a contract from Denmark-based BMS Heavy Cranes for the delivery of a 3,000mt Ringer Crane, with an option for a second unit. The crane setup has…

Contract

Eiffage consortium secures two offshore wind contracts in the UK

Eiffage consortium has been awarded two new contracts to manufacture the foundations and electrical substations for two wind farms off the British coast. Alongside the Dutch company Sif, Smulders won…

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