Brunvoll of Norway has signed a contract with Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan for the delivery of an azimuth thruster package for an Ocean Energy Support Vessel (OESV). The vessel, designed by Salt Ship Design, will feature six thrusters from Brunvoll, namely three...
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KONGSBERG TO ADD ESS TO SEACOR PSVs
US offshore operator Seacor Marine Holdings has announced its commitment to acquire four energy storage systems (ESS) from Kongsberg Maritime of Norway. The hybrid power solution will be installed on four of Seacor Marine’s Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) to enhance...
ARTEMIS PROVIDES ON-SHORE CHARGING FOR E-CTV
UK company Artemis Technologies says it is playing a key role in a groundbreaking £8m project to deliver the world’s first retrofit Electric Crew Transfer Vessel (E-CTV) with offshore and onshore charging. The design and engineering phase has begun for the project led...
VARD TO BUILD TWO MORE HYBRID CSOVS
Vard and Windward Offshore, a consortium led by ASSC´s offshore arm SeaRenergy Group in Germany, have signed a contract for the design and construction for two additional hybrid Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOV). With this contract, Windward executes the...
FIRST GERMAN H2-POWERED CTV BEGINS OPERATION
FRS Windcat Offshore Logistics (FWOL), a joint venture between FRS Offshore of Germany and Dutch company Windcat has begun operating what is said to be the first hydrogen-powered dual-fuel Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) in the German Baltic Sea, for 50Hertz. The Hydrocat...
OPTION EXERCISED WITH ULSTEIN FOR TWO HYBRID ZERO-CARBON CSOVs
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 CONTRACTED FOR HYBRID CABLE LAYER BY PRYSMIAN
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 HIGH-SPEED HYBRID POWER FOR BS OFFSHORE CSOVs
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 AND MJR DEVELOP ALL-ELECTRIC OFFSHORE VESSEL
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...
ULSTEIN ADDS METHANOL-FUELLED HEAVY TRANSPORT SHIP TO DESIGN PORTFOLIO
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...
DAMEN RECEIVES ORDER FOR MORE H2 HYBRID CSOVs
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...
AUTOMATION SYSTEMS TO BE SUPPLIED TO HYDROGEN CSOVs
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...
VARD DELIVERS NORTH STAR BATTERY HYBRID SOV
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...