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The Blauwwind Consortium today announced Financial Close on the Borssele III/IV windfarms in the Dutch North Sea. This sets in motion the construction and subsequent operation of 77 V164 9.5MW turbines produced by MHI Vestas, with a total installed capacity of 731.5MW. Total expected production is 3,000GWh per year. The main construction work is due..

Temporary Works Design (TWD) successfully completed the turnkey delivery of a Jacket Lifting Tool to Van Oord. Last Friday, the first jacket foundation for the East Anglia One offshore wind farm was successfully installed. The heavy lift vessel Bokalift One transported two jacket foundations to the installation site. The lightweight lifting tool was able to..

On 9 June, Van Oord finished installing the first jacket foundation on the East Anglia ONE offshore wind project. ScottishPower Renewables commissioned Van Oord to function as lead contractor responsible for transport and installation of the offshore wind turbine foundations, including logistics and deployment of the equipment. The windfarm’s 102 three-legged jacket foundations will be..

Van Oord has been designated as preferred contractor for a large 640MW offshore wind project in Taiwan. By obtaining this contract, Van Oord has taken a firm first step on the Asian offshore wind market. This Yunlin project has a contract value of approximately EUR 500 million. The Yunlin offshore wind project is being developed..

The latest addition to the Van Oord fleet was unveiled on 21 May at the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam. Subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel Bravenes was christened by Ms Yvon van Oord-Barbier, wife of CEO Mr Pieter van Oord. The well-attended christening ceremony marked the start of a two-day event celebrating Van Oord’s 150th anniversary. After..

International energy logistics service provider Peterson has opened its new helicopter passenger terminal in the south west of the Netherlands, with the first helicopter flights taking off yesterday. The new terminal, which represents a significant commitment by Peterson, is expected to support up to 4,000 passengers through hundreds of helicopter flights every year, offering new transportation..

With a two-day event on the quay of the Biesboschhaven Zuid harbour in Werkendam, Van Oord launches its first LNG-powered vessel: the Werkendam. Because of Van Oord’s 150th anniversary, this event takes place in Werkendam, the cradle of the company. On Friday 13 April, school children from the surrounding area were given a guided tour of the new crane vessel…

Oceaneering announced today that it secured a three-year frame agreement with Van Oord Offshore Wind, an international dredging, marine engineering and offshore contractor. The new agreement relates to Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and trenching support services. As part of this agreement, Oceaneering has agreed to install one work class ROV onboard Van Oord’s cable-laying vessel Nexus for the full..

On 15 February, the very first edition of Offshore Seminar took place at the Mainport Hotel in Rotterdam. The topic of the event was ‘Evolving Energy Through Innovation’. Offshore professionals, from the Netherlands, Germany and the UK, gathered to discuss the future of the Dutch North Sea and the role for innovation in the energy..

Partners Group has agreed to acquire a 45% stake in Borssele III/IV (Borssele), a 731.5MW construction-ready offshore windfarm in the Netherlands, on behalf of its clients. The investment makes Partners Group the largest shareholder in a consortium of investors that also includes Shell, Diamond Generating Europe, Eneco Group and Van Oord. The windfarm will comprise..

Brandmarion and Costa Renewables will be organising Offshore Seminar on 15 February 2018. This one-day event brings together leading energy developers, united in their commitment to securing clean, economical energy for the future. The topic of the 2018 edition of Offshore Seminar is ‘Evolving Energy through Innovation’. What will the future energy mix be composed..

Subsequent to the announcement that Northland Power’s 252MW Deutsche Bucht offshore windfarm has reached financial close, Van Oord is pleased to confirm that it is contracted for the Balance of Plant scope. The project was originally developed by Highland Group Holdings. The Deutsche Bucht offshore windfarm is located in the German Bight, 95km northwest of..

The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Projectorganisatie Uitbreiding Maasvlakte (PUMA, Project organisation expansion Maasvlakte) signed the contract for the construction of the site of the Offshore Center. PUMA is a joint venture of the two Dutch hydraulic engineering firms Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord for the construction of the first phase of Maasvlakte 2…

Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a LOI in joint venture with Van Oord for rock placement services for the Nord Stream 2 project. The award was made by the project developer Nord Stream 2 AG and is a part of the construction of the planned twin 1,200km gas pipelines running through the Baltic Sea,..

MME Group and Van Oord recently signed a contract for cathodic protection of the Norther Offshore Windfarm. Under the contract, MME Group engineers, supplies and commissions internal and external Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) systems for the 44 monopile WTG foundations and the offshore high voltage station (OHVS) of the windfarm. The Norther OWF will..

Ever since the discovery of a Word War II-era submarine wreck near the island of Fedje, the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has been facing a dilemma. The wreck, consisting of two pieces, was carrying 67t of toxic liquid mercury. This toxic metal had spread over an area of 30,000m2. The bow section of the wreck..

Van Oord has been awarded the contract for the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm by ScottishPower Renewables for the transport and installation of 102 three-legged jacket foundations. This is the highest amount of three-legged foundations in a wind farm ever installed worldwide. The East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm is located in the southern North Sea,..

Van Oord has signed a contract with Norther for the Balance of Plant works for the Norther offshore wind farm, located 23km off the Zeebrugge coast in Belgium. With a maximal capacity of 370MW, Norther is set to become Belgium’s largest offshore wind project. The use of wind energy is increasing rapidly, especially in north..

The construction of Norther Offshore Wind Farm can now really begin. Following the European Commission’s state-aid approval, the Norther project has completed its financing phase and all contracts have been signed. Offshore works are planned to start in the spring of 2018. From the summer of 2019 on, this wind farm will supply energy to..

The second Borssele offshore windfarm will be build by a consortium consisting of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi/DGE. The preferred supplier for the wind turbines is MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. The Borssele 2 windfarm is expected to be constructed and operated with a subsidy of just EUR 0.3 billion. The originally anticipated subsidy was EUR 5..

On Tuesday, 23 August, the last of Gemini’s 150 turbines was installed. With this milestone, the offshore wind park is one step closer to delivering sustainable energy to 1.5 million people in the Netherlands. Starting in February, installation ships Aeolus (owned by Van Oord) and Pacific Osprey (owned by Swire Blue Ocean) installed all 150..

Royal IHC has completed the upgrade of the underwater pump and jet water system on trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) VOLVOX TERRANOVA for Van Oord. The renovation involved among others a complete engineering package. This package included a plan of repairs for the ship’s hull and modifications to accommodate a jet pump unit and the frequency drive of..

Huisman has secured new crane contracts with a total value of around EUR 300 million from various major offshore, shipping and wind farm installation contractors. The cranes will be built at the Huisman production facilities in The Netherlands, Czech Republic and China. Deliveries are scheduled for end 2017, 2018 and 2019. Two 900mt heavy lift mast..

A consortium of sixteen Dutch companies and research institutes will launch an innovation program for offshore wind; Growth through Research, development and demonstration in Offshore Wind (GROW). The plan for the program will be presented to Minister Kamp at the Wind Days 2016 congress in Rotterdam.GROW will contribute to the Netherlands’ goals for a renewable and..

Van Oord and Highland Group Holdings have signed a cooperation agreement for the development, financing and construction of the offshore wind farm Deutsche Bucht in Germany. The wind farm is located in the German Bight, approximately 90km offshore and will have a rated power of 252MW. Van Oord will execute the Balance of Plant for..