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Northland Deutsche Bucht confirms that the first turbine at its 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore windfarm, has been successfully commissioned and is delivering power to the German grid. “This is a great achievement for our Deutsche Bucht project”, says Jens Poulsen, Project Director of Northland Deutsche Bucht. “The rapid progress on installation and commissioning was made possible..

Van Oord and Mammoet are joining forces in a partnership with the promising scale-up Verton to develop a new lifting method for installing wind turbine blades.  By sharing knowledge and expertise, international marine contractor Van Oord, heavy lifting and transport specialist Mammoet and Australian tech company Verton, are developing a way to shorten the installation cycle..

Van Oord in consortium with TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Anadarko Moçambique Área 1, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, for its Area 1 Mozambique Golfinho/Atum development. The contract will cover the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of the subsea systems.  Van Oord will execute the shallow offshore installation scope while its consortium partner TechnipFMC..

Van Oord presents a white paper on Accelerating Climate Initiatives to underline its sustainable ambition and to inspire everyone involved. Prior to the launch, Van Oord introduced its sustainability programme S.E.A. A platform of Sustainable Earth Actions, to advocate successful solutions for facing global challenges. In the white paper, the focus is on the acceleration..

Den Helder Airport (DHA) will facilitate helicopter flights for the maintenance of the Deutsche Bucht offshore windfarm for MHI Vestas in the coming years. At the same time, offshore windfarm constructor Van Oord has finalised a call-off contract for the same German windfarm. The transport of personnel and small cargo for the contract partners in..

Van Oord has completed the installation of the offshore substation at the 269MW Northland Power’s Deutsche Bucht offshore windfarm in Germany`s Exclusive Economic Zone. The supersize substation with a 2,700t topside is the centrepiece of the windfarm. It houses all electrical equipment needed to transform the power from the 33 turbines to a higher voltage..

Royal IHC is proud to have been awarded a contract for the design and delivery of the complete dredge installations for two new LNG-powered trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) from Van Oord.

Van Oord has ordered the construction of two state-of-the-art water injection vessels at Kooiman Marine Group. The new vessels will be multifunctional and will include systems that ensure optimal deployment. The first vessel will be commissioned in late 2020.

3 January 2019 saw the 100th flight take off from Peterson Offshore Passenger Terminal at Zeeland Airport. This exciting new activity for the region began earlier in 2018 when helicopter operator NHV was awarded the contract for supporting Van Oord’s East Anglia One project, with Peterson providing expertise on helicopter terminal management. Due to the positive..

Van Oord has signed a contract with the Swedish energy company Vattenfall for the transport and installation of the foundations for Kriegers Flak windfarm. Van Oord will install the project’s 72 monopiles and transition pieces, using heavy lift installation vessel Svanen. With a production capacity of just over 600MW, Kriegers Flak will be Denmark’s largest..

Her Majesty Queen Máxima performed the christening ceremony for Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Amalia in Rotterdam 14 December, in presence of 1,400 employees and guests. This was also the final event in the celebrations marking Van Oord’s 150th anniversary in 2018. The vessel was moored along Wilhelminakade next to the Cruise Terminal..

Fistuca is the winner of both the jury and the public prize of the Offshore Wind Innovation Award 2018. With an innovative maintenance-free connection technology – the Blue Wedge Connection – the company convinced the jury and the audience that the current issues with bolted and grouted connections can be tackled. The other finalists were..

The Van Oord Innovation Challenge has come to a close. Out of more than one hundred submissions, Portuguese start-up Abyssal has claimed the prize. Abyssal specialises in the visualisation and remote control of subsea operations using sensor data to deliver real-time 3D virtual overviews of the entire subsea environment. They will be granted an exclusive,..

International marine contractor Van Oord has selected the patented Tekmar Cable Protection System (CPS) TekLink Mechanical Latch for the Borssele 2 (site III and IV) offshore windfarm. Borssele 2 consisting of 77 turbines and a total of 731.5MW, will go into construction off the coast of Zeeland, the Netherlands in 2020. James Ritchie, CEO of..

His Majesty King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands has conferred the right to use the designation Koninklijk (‘Royal’) on Van Oord. Jaap Smit, King’s Commissioner in the Province of Zuid-Holland, presented the certificate to CEO Pieter van Oord during an international symposium at the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam, where 450 guests had gathered to mark the..

Van Oord and Ace Aquatec have formed a strategic partnership whereby the FaunaGuard will be made available to all marine contractors and other interested parties. The FaunaGuard is an innovative acoustic device to protect marine fauna near marine construction activities. Launching today, the FaunaGuard will be available for the rest of world. It can be..

Smulders, acting for and on behalf of the JV Iemants-Eiffage, has reached the next step in the realisation of the substation for the Deutsche Bucht offshore windfarm. Ten months after starting the final assembly in January 2018 at the yard of Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, the substation topside was driven outside for further outfitting on 21..

Van Oord has been awarded the contract for cable installation works at the Borssele I & II offshore windfarm. The windfarm has a capacity of 752MW and will be located 23km off the coast of the Netherlands.

Van Oord completed the acquisition of MPI Offshore, a specialist offshore wind installation contractor, from Vroon Group. By acquiring MPI Offshore, Van Oord will further strengthen its global wind organisation and in particular its position in the UK wind market.

Monday, 3 September, the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind project successfully installed the first of 31 steel foundations (monopile and transition piece). This marks the successful start of construction for the project, located in the German Exclusive Economic Zone, more than 100km from the German mainland. With an investment budget of approximately EUR 1.4 billion,..

Together with the North Sea Foundation and the Natuur & Milieu organisation, Van Oord and Eneco are starting a unique oyster recovery project to restore natural underwater features around windfarms: ‘the Rich North Sea’. A pilot project at Eneco’s Luchterduinen windfarm will investigate how nature conservation and sustainable energy generation can reinforce one another. The..

The Carbon Trust and Fistuca, in conjunction with industry partners (E.ON, EDPR, EnBW, Equinor, Ørsted, Shell, Sif, SSE, Van Oord, and Vattenfall) are pleased to announce the successful completion of the offshore test of the Fistuca BLUE 25M hammer as part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) BLUE PILOT project. The offshore test was carried..

Starting in 2019, some 400,000 households will be running on green energy supplied by Norther, set to be Belgium’s largest offshore windfarm. Offshore installation vessel Aeolus underwent a major transformation before installing the very first foundation in the seabed this month. The installation of the first of a total of 45 foundations marks the start..

Financial close has been reached for two pilot wind turbines at the Deutsche Bucht Offshore Windfarm. The project will test Mono Buckets, a new type of suction bucket foundation structure, equipped with a 8.4MW turbine. In addition to its Balance of Plant contract for the windfarm, Van Oord will also be responsible for manufacturing and..

Van Oord has signed an agreement with Vroon Group to acquire MPI Offshore, a specialist offshore wind installation contractor. Van Oord will take over the MPI organisation in Stokesley, UK, and the vessels and crew of the MPI Adventure and MPI Resolution with associated contracts. The transaction is subject to approval of competition authorities and..