Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued the UK’s first certification for a remotely operated and unmanned vessel (ROUV) under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) Workboat Code Edition 3 (WBC3) Annex 2, with hydrogen-powered 'Pioneer' from Acua Ocean becoming the first...
Two new Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) contracted at Ulstein Verft will be equipped with a hybrid battery propulsion system and be prepared for green methanol fuel to enable carbon-neutral operations. In 2023, Bernhard Schulte Offshore ordered the...
Vard of Norway has secured a new contract, worth about €230m, for the design and construction of another cable laying vessel for Prysmian Group of Italy, the third Prysmian cable layer contracted with Vard. The new vessel will be an evolution, based on knowledge and...
MAN Energy Solutions' 175D-MEV methanol-ready high speed engines have been ordered by Ulstein Verft for two battery-hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) being built for Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BS Offshore). The propulsion systems will enable...
Damen Shipyards Group has officially launched its latest vessel, a fully electric Service Operations Vessel (SOV), 70m x 17m, featuring offshore charging capabilities for significantly reduced emissions in the maintenance of offshore wind farms. Damen set out in 2020...
To meet the increasing logistic requirements for ever-growing offshore wind components transported across the globe, Ulstein has added the HX121 heavy transport vessel to its design portfolio. The design features an Ulstein X-Bow to improve seakeeping, maximise deck...
Offshore operator Windcat has placed an additional order of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with Damen Shipyards. This order increases Windcat’s CSOV fleet to a total of five vessels, leaving the option of acquiring a sixth vessel. This development...
Høglund is providing a comprehensive Integrated Automation System (IAS) for four advanced, hydrogen powered DP2 Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs), to be built at Damen, Vietnam, destined for the offshore wind industry. In partnership with Eekels, the...
The 'Grampian Tees' wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) for operator North Star, the third of four purpose designed and built SOVs destined to support operations and maintenance (O&M) work at the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm on long-term charter, has been...
DNV and 14 partners have concluded phase 1 of the Emission Reduction (EMRED) Joint Industry Project (JIP), developing a monitoring and reporting framework to quantitively assess GHG emissions from the offshore wind segment. Phase 2 of the project will entail testing...
Kongsberg Maritime and Solstad Offshore have entered into a collaboration agreement to identify and trial decarbonisation technologies across Solstad’s fleet. The companies will work together to identify and utilise Kongsberg Maritime products and services to increase...
Windward Offshore, a new consortium led by SeaRenergy Group, the German offshore arm of Asian Spirit Steamship Company (ASSC) has signed a contract with Vard for the design and construction for two hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs). The contract...
Vard has partnered with UK vessel design company Chartwell Marine to introduce the Midi-SOV: a 55m offshore wind craft designed to challenge of expanding wind power across the globe. Coming to both the US and European markets in 2024, the vessel represents the...
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