Blog | 2021-04-19
Offshore packing list
What should you take for your next offshore trip? Here is some advice from offshore pros. * Seasick tablets, shower gel, toothpaste, etc., might be worth taking your own duvet cover and sheets. * Take a couple of half-decent size gym bags, use one for your PPE and one for your clothes don’t take any ...
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Global | 2021-04-19
Van Oord Cutting Foundation Design Time with Ansys Software
Van Oord is using Ansys software to speed up the design of wind turbine foundations for the offshore wind industry. Van Oord’s engineers are using Ansys Cloud and Ansys Mechanical to optimize new product design, minimize project risk, streamline supplier negotiations and slash product development timelines. The aim is to help engineers in their development of wind ...
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Ireland | 2021-04-16
Ireland’s new legislation to ease offshore wind development
Irish Government is working on a new maritime planning bill that would remove the regulative and administrative challenges present under the current act and allow for faster realisation of offshore wind projects. The Maritime Area Planning (MAP) Bill will also establish a new agency to regulate development in Ireland’s Maritime Area – the Maritime Area Regulatory ...
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Global | 2021-04-15
Red Rock Crane for Van Oord’s New Cable Layer
Vard has contracted Red Rock Marine to deliver a knuckle telescopic offshore crane for Van Oord’s newbuild cable laying vessel. Red Rock Marine is planning to deliver the purpose-built knuckle telescopic offshore crane next year. Van Oord placed an order for the next-generation green cable laying vessel with Vard in December 2020, which is scheduled to be delivered and put into ...
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