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  • Seaway7 Starts Dogger Bank B Foundation Installation Work

    14 May 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway7’s vessels, Seaway Strashnov and Seaway Alfa Lift, have commenced the installation of monopile foundations and transition pieces (TPs) for Dogger Bank B, the second phase of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm in the UK, which is set to become the world’s largest offshore wind farm once in operation. The monopiles and TPs, […]

  • RWE’s to Use Innovative Ecosystem Monitoring Tech at German Offshore Wind Farm

    29 October 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom, R&D

    RWE, together with its partners, has launched the Sustainable ecosystem approach in Monitoring the marine environment (SeaMe) project at its Kaskasi offshore wind farm off the German coast. The three-year project will be carried out in collaboration with the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB), the Alfred Wegener Institute […]

  • Subsea7’s Backlog Remains ‘Robust’ with High Tendering in Subsea and Offshore Wind

    25 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Cables, Grid Connection, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Vessels

    Subsea7 has reported a “robust” backlog of USD 10.4 billion in its financial results for the first quarter of 2024, with tendering activity high in both the subsea and offshore wind sectors. To remind, in the financial results for the full year of 2023, Subsea7 reported it had secured USD 7.4 billion of contract awards […]

  • Wind Turbine Installation on Dogger Bank A to Resume in May, Voltaire Undergoing Scheduled Maintenance in Netherlands

    27 March 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Vessels, Wind Farm Update, Wind Turbines

    The jack-up vessel Voltaire has installed twelve wind turbines at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm in the UK so far and is currently in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, where it will undergo scheduled maintenance and return to the UK project in May. This is according to a Notice of Operations from the project issued […]

  • Finnish Company Eyes Demerger of Offshore Wind Projects

    8 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Industry, Research & Development

    Finland’s Suomen Hyötytuuli will conduct a full demerger, transferring its wind farms to a new firm of the same name, while Tahkoluoto Offshore Oy will take ownership of the Tahkoluoto demonstration and extension project as part of efforts to strengthen offshore wind production. To prepare for a significant rise in energy production and investments in […]

  • Alfa Lift Ready for Final Assembly Works

    3 March 2020
    Vessels

    The China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard has launched the hull of Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) Alfa Lift vessel into the water, so it could be shifted to a site where the final assembly will take place.

  • Alfa Lift to Feature Red Rock Crane

    8 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Red Rock Marine has won a contract to deliver a 30T compact telescopic offshore crane for OHT’s semi-submersible offshore wind foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. The 30T compact telescopic offshore crane will assist Alfa Lift’s main crane, supplied by Liebherr, during monopile installation. Red Rock plans to deliver the crane to a European yard within the first quarter of […]

  • OHT Alfa Lift Taking Shape in China

    27 November 2019
    Vessels

    Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) new semi-submersible wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift is taking shape at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) yard in China. According to Ulstein, two 450t blocks were lifted into dock for assembly on 21 November at CMHI’s facility in Jiangsu. Alfa Lift, for which the first steel was cut on 1 […]

  • Crane Incident Delays Delivery of Seaway Alfa Lift

    16 March 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The Seaway Alfa Lift foundation installation vessel is not expected to be operational on offshore wind projects during 2022, according to Stuart Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer of Seaway 7. As reported, Seaway Alfa Lift suffered an incident with the A-frame on the 3,000t Liebherr crane in October 2021. The A-frame has since been removed from […]

  • OHT Secures Green Loan for Alfa Lift

    12 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Norway’s OHT Alfa Lift AS has received and accepted a firm offer, subject to satisfactory documentation, for a USD 135 million Senior Secured Green ECA Credit Facility. The loan is for the post-delivery financing of the company’s wind foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. The facility, to be drawn upon delivery of the vessel, has a […]

  • Alfa Lift Out of Dry Dock, Crane Installation Set for April

    2 March 2021
    Vessels

    OHT’s new build vessel Alfa Lift has been floated out of the dry dock on 28 February at China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu, China, where the vessel’s main crane components are set to arrive from Germany next month. Work will now continue on the steel and internal fit-out on the moored vessel, […]

  • Alfa Lift Now Sporting Its Liebherr HLC15000 Crane

    24 September 2021
    Vessels

    The installation of the Liebherr HLC15000 crane on board OHT’s new vessel Alfa Lift has been completed at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu, China, the vessel owner reported via social media. Currently, the vessel is being fitted with monopile cradles in preparation for her first project installing foundations on Dogger Bank, […]

  • OHT Alfa Lift Blocks Falling Into Place

    21 January 2020
    Vessels

    The China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard has installed 78 out of 162 blocks in the dock of Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) new wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. According to OHT, the hull structural steel construction of the remaining blocks is also taking shape. In total 103 of the 162 blocks have reached the […]

  • Crane Incident on Alfa Lift Installation Vessel

    19 October 2021
    Vessels

    Seaway 7 has reported there has been an incident involving the main crane on board the Alfa Lift foundation installation vessel, currently under construction at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu. According to the company, there was an “unplanned movement” of the folding A-frame on the vessel’s Liebherr HLC15000 crane, installed on […]

  • Liebherr Sends Off First Crane Components for OHT Alfa Lift

    10 March 2021
    Vessels

    Deck cargo ship BigLift Barentsz has left the port of Rostock, Germany, with the first two main components of the Liebherr crane destined for OHT’s new wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. The slewing platform and the A-frame of the upcoming heavy lift crane HLC 150000 are on their way to the shipyard of […]

  • Alfa Lift’s Crane Pieces Coming Together

    11 November 2020
    Vessels

    Liebherr-MCCtec Rostock has put together the lower slewing unit of the HLC 150000-300 heavy lift crane which will be installed on OHT’s Alfa Lift installation vessel. According to the crane supplier, “the wedding” of the the lower slewing column and the machinery frame, which together make the lower slewing unit, marks the latest key milestone […]

  • CMHI Lays Keel for OHT Heavy Lifter

    4 October 2019
    Vessels

    China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has laid the keel for Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) new semisubmersible wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. CMHI is constructing the Ulstein-designed vessel at its facility in Jiangsu under an order it received from OHT in July last year. According to OHT, for the first time the fabricated blocks have come together for assembly in the […]

  • Alfa Lift Delivery Delayed to Next Year, Seaway Strashnov Staying on Dogger Bank

    13 June 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Strashnov will be deployed on Dogger Bank Wind Farm for a full 2023 campaign as the company’s new vessel Seaway Alfa Lift, which suffered a crane incident in 2021, is now scheduled to be delivered in the second half of 2023. As reported last year, the vessel had an incident with the A-frame on […]

  • OHT Firms Dogger Bank B Deal

    14 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dogger Bank Wind Farm has signed the contract with OHT to transport and install foundations for the second phase of the world’s largest wind farm – the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank. Dogger Bank Wind Farm and OHT signed the contract for the 1.2 GW Dogger Bank A phase in July. The new contract covers the […]

  • OHT Inks Deal for Dogger Bank A Foundation Installation

    3 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has signed a contract for transport and installation of foundations for the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm, after being chosen as the preferred supplier for the work in 2019. The contract is subject to the project’s final investment decision, according to OHT, which expects a contract for the second phase, […]

  • OHT’s New Heavy Lifter to Install Dogger Bank Foundations

    28 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has been selected as the preferred supplier for the installation of foundations at the Dogger Bank offshore wind project in the UK. OHT’s new semi-submersible wind farm foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift will be used for the transport and installation of monopile foundations and transition pieces at Dogger Bank’s 1.2GW Creyke […]

  • MacGregor Orders Kongsberg Maritime’s Pile Gripper Guidance System for OHT Alfa Lift

    20 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Vessels

    MacGregor has placed an order with Kongsberg Maritime for its Pile Gripper Guidance System (PGGS) for the Alfa Lift foundation installation vessel, which China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) is currently building for Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT). In August, MacGregor announced an EPC contract for the vessel’s the monopile lifting, skidding and transfer system. The company […]

  • OHT Orders Two Wind Turbine Installation Vessels at CMHI

    30 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway’s OHT has entered into a binding Heads of Agreement with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) for the construction of two wind turbine installation vessels, with options for two more units. OHT entered the agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary, VIND Offshore Installation AS. The vessels will be jack-ups of GustoMSC design and will be prepared […]

  • MAN Heart for OHT Alfa Lift

    31 January 2019
    Vessels

    MAN Energy Solutions has won an order to supply the engines for a new semi-submersible offshore wind farm foundation installation vessel for Oslo-based Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT). MAN’s scope of supply covers 4 × MAN 12V32/44CR GenSets with a total output of 28,800kW. The new vessel will be built at the shipyard of China Merchants […]

  • Safeway, Tyne Gangway Join Forces in UK

    26 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    Dutch company Safeway and the UK-based Tyne Gangway have signed a cooperation agreement, which will see Tyne Gangway supporting Safeway in the Port of Tyne and the UK. The UK company, specialising in design and manufacturing of marine access systems, will provide the aluminium inner and outer boom and location for fast servicing for Safeway […]

  • MacGregor Equipment for New OHT Heavy Lifter

    27 August 2020
    Vessels

    MacGregor has received an order to deliver the mission-critical system for Offshore Heavy Transport’s (OHT) offshore wind foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift. The scope includes the engineering, procurement and construction of the monopile lifting, skidding and transfer system, said to be an integral part of the installation process undertaken by employing an upending tool and […]