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McDermott, Van Oord Join AquaVentus Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project

The AquaVentus offshore wind-to-hydrogen project has informed that another ten members have joined the German initiative since the beginning of May, this time also including companies outside Europe. Japanese utility J-Power (Electric Power Development) and the Japanese-Swiss joint venture Hitachi ABB Power are the new members of the AquaVentus consortium, as is the US offshore ...

Giant vessel removes Morecambe Bay topsides in less than 90 minutes

The Allseas-owned giant heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has executed the single-lift removal of the former DP3 gas production topsides from Spirit Energy’s Morecambe Bay development in the East Irish Sea. This follows the removal of the adjacent DP4 topsides and subsequent transport to the UK in April, Allseas said in a statement late on ...

DEME Takes Delivery of Its First-Ever SOV

Cemre Shipyard has delivered Groene Wind, DEME’s first-ever service operations vessel (SOV), to its owner. “DEME’s first dedicated and world’s first SWATH type service operation vessel Groenewind that will serve 3 different windfarm sites is delivered to her client”, the Turkish shipbuilder said via social media on 6 June. Groene Wind (green wind) features a Small Waterplane Area Twin ...

Naming the world’s most powerful cutter dredger, the CSD ‘Spartacus’

Last Friday, DEME held naming ceremony for most powerful cutter suction dredger in the world, the mega cutter suction dredger ‘Spartacus’. The dredger like ‘Spartacus’ has never been seen before in the industry, with a total installed power of 44,180 kW, its production rates and ability to cut hard soil are unrivalled. Although it was ...

JDN: Versatility ensures stable results

In 2020, Jan De Nul Group achieved an annual turnover of more than 1.9 billion euros with EBITDA reaching 344 million euros, i.e. 18% of the turnover, a performance in the lead group of the industry. JDN stays ahead thanks to its ultra-strong balance profile, with equity capital in excess of 2.9 billion euros, resulting ...

Super-Sized Wind Turbine Blades to Be Tested in Germany

The Fraunhofer IWES is now starting construction work on a third rotor wind turbine blade test bench at its Großer Westring site in Bremerhaven, Germany. Once complete, the bench will be used to test state-of-the-art prototypes measuring 115 metres in length and even more. Some EUR 19 million are set to be invested in the ...

New Lock Terneuzen and Fort Sint-Filips projects on display

DEME Group has just released a sneak peek behind the scenes of two of their mega projects – New Lock Terneuzen and Fort Sint-Filips. “We are joining more than 100 construction sites which open their doors to the public on May 30 during ‘Open Wervendag’, a special open day held by the Belgian Construction Federation (‘Confederatie Bouw’),” ...

Half of Boskalis Q1 Offshore Energy Orders Came from Wind Sector

Boskalis has reported a 10 per cent increase in the order book of its Offshore Energy division in the first quarter of the year (compared to the end of 2020), with around 50 per cent of new orders coming from the offshore wind sector. The first quarter at the company’s Offshore Energy division proceeded in ...