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Seaqualize successfully executes first ever offshore transfer lifts on Vineyard Wind 1
First turbine components successfully fast-lifted in the open Atlantic Ocean Dutch heave compensation specialist Seaqualize executed the world’s first offshore transfer lifts of wind turbine components from a heaving supply vessel. Their newly …
Nov 15, 2023 / Curious
Milaha and Hareket Sign a Strategic Alliance to Provide Integrated Heavy Lift and Oversized Transportation Services
Qatar Navigation Q.P.S.C. (Milaha), a Qatari public shareholding company, and the global Turkish company Hareket signed an agreement to establish a strategic alliance to provide a huge and integrated range of transportation and heavy lifting services …
Feb 6, 2023 / Curious
Ulstein: On course to set new standards
Two Ulstein designed heavy lift vessels, the 'JSD 6000' and the 'Alfa Lift' are currently in their last months of construction before entering the market in 2022 to set new standards in their respective markets.The ZPMC shipyard, China, has reached a …
Sep 14, 2021 / Vessels
SSCV OOS Serooskerke sea trial
The world’s most advanced semi-submersible heavy lifting platform will be towed out of the river from NantongThe width of the towing and the difficulty of the operation set a new record in the history of navigation on the Yangtze River. The entire …
Oct 20, 2020 / Vessels
Five Injured at Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm
Five people were injured earlier this month while working on the Seaway Heavy Lifting's Seaway Strashnov installation vessel on the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm project in the UK. Caption: Crane ship Seaway Strashnov - Image courtesy of Ian …
May 19, 2020 / Vessels
AAL Delivers 1,800MT of Giant JIB Cranes To Dubai
The AAL Melbourne recently loaded two cranes and their components weighing just over 1,800 mt in total in Taicang, for onward transport to Jebel Ali. The 42m high main modules towered over the 31,000 dwt mega-size vessel and, lit up in the evening, …
Apr 28, 2020 / Vessels
Allseas awarded a call-off for removal and disposal of installations in the Valhall area
Allseas has been awarded a call-off for removal and disposal of multiple installations in the Valhall area in the North Sea in the period from 2021 to 2026.The work under the call-off comprises the removal and disposal of the Valhall DP- PCP- and Hod …
Apr 8, 2020 / Vessels
Successful heavy lift for Dvalin in the Norwegian Sea
3,500 tonne lift onto an existing platform is one of the largest in the history of the shelfMajor milestone for the Dvalin field development projectAfter a major construction phase, the 3,500 tonne Dvalin module has been lifted safely aboard the …
Aug 6, 2019 / Curious
Decommissioning in Shetland expands with the arrival of more North Sea structures
The Dales Voe decommissioning facility in Shetland is one step closer to becoming a centre of excellence for recycling offshore structures from the North Sea with the arrival of two new installations for decommissioning by strategic partners Veolia …
Jul 24, 2019 / Curious
AAL Mega-Size MPV Delivers 22 Chinese Petrochemical plant modules to major expansion project in Texas in a single sailing
January 2019, AAL successfully shipped 22 petrochemical plant modules (26,000 cbm in total and weighing 1,280 t) from the Wilson Heavy Industry Company in Nantong, where the cargo was loaded, to Nan Ya Plastic’s Ethylene Glycol II Expansion Project …
Mar 7, 2019 / Curious