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Voltaire Installs First Next-Generation Wind Turbines To Help Deliver FIrst Power At Dogger Bank In The UK

Jan De Nul Group's newest jack-up installation vessel Voltaire recently installed her very first offshore wind turbine at Dogger Bank. Soon after installing the first of 277 wind turbines, this first turbine has produced first power. The …
Oct 10, 2023 / Vessels

Largest jack-up vessel Voltaire arrives in the UK to build largest wind farm in the world

The largest offshore jack-up installation vessel ever built, Voltaire, has just arrived in the port of Able Seaton, UK. Voltaire of Jan De Nul Group was delivered end 2022. Since then she has been undertaking final preparations for her very first …
Jun 19, 2023 / Curious

Jan De Nul enters long-term partnership agreement with RWE for next-gen installation vessels for the construction of offshore wind farms

Jan De Nul Group has signed an agreement with RWE, a German energy provider, for the long-term chartering of two next-generation installation vessels for future offshore wind foundation and turbine construction. The charters are supported by a …
Jun 12, 2023 / Curious

Jan De Nul's Giant Jack-up Vessel Delivered in China

Jan De Nul’s jack-up vessel Voltaire left the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in China and is currently heading for the United Arab Emirates. With her crane capacity of 3,000 tonnes, four immense legs of 130 metres, and capacity to lift 16,000 tonnes of …
Dec 20, 2022 / Vessels

Jan De Nul's Newbuild Jack-up Voltaire Hit By Typhoon Muifa

During the night of 14 to 15 September 2022 the shipyard, where jack-up installation vessel Voltaire is being built, was hit by typhoon Muifa in China.The eye of the typhoon passed over the shipyard, causing the vessel to come loose from its …
Sep 16, 2022 / Accidents

Jan De Nul launched the world’s tallest Next Generation Jack-Up Installation Vessel Voltaire

Just twenty days after Les Alizés, Jan De Nul Group launched the Voltaire, a Next-Gen Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel for offshore renewables and decommissioning, at the COSCO Shipping Shipyard in Nantong, China. This vessel will be the second …
Jan 31, 2022 / Vessels

Jan De Nul Signs Third Contract With Dogger Bank Wind Farm

Efficient and Clean Installation With Jack-up Vessel VoltaireDogger Bank Wind Farm and Jan De Nul Group announce the signing of the final contract for the transport and installation of 87 GE Haliade-X 14 MW offshore wind turbines. Dogger Bank C at up …
Jul 12, 2021 / Vessels

Jan De Nul orders innovative Motion-Compensated Pile Gripper for its Floating Installation Vessel Les Alizés

Innovative monopile gripper enhances operational controlJan De Nul Group has selected Imeca, a trade mark of REEL SAS, for the delivery of a highly advanced electrical Motion-Compensated Pile Gripper for its new Floating Installation Vessel Les …
Jul 12, 2021 / Vessels

Jan De Nul signs contract with Dogger Bank Wind Farm

Dogger Bank Wind Farm and Jan De Nul Group announce the signing of the final contract for the transport and installation of the GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B, 130 km off the Yorkshire coast, starting in 2023. …
Aug 7, 2020 / Vessels

Jan De Nul kicks off the construction of its next generation Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel Voltaire

Jan De Nul kicks off the construction of its next-generation Offshore Jack-Up Installation Vessel Voltaire. The steel cutting ceremony took place on Monday at the Cosco Shipping Shipyard (Nantong) CO. Ltd in China, in the presence of Jan De Nul …
May 26, 2020 / Vessels