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Kongsberg Maritime strengthens its position in the offshore wind sector with an innovative solution for installation vessels

Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has just signed a new contract with the maritime services and solutions provider MacGregor to deliver a Pile Gripper Guidance System (PGGS) for the OHT Alfa Lift. Scheduled for delivery in 2021, Alfa Lift will be the world’s …
Oct 21, 2020 / Curious

OHT Signs Shipbuilding Contract for their First Jack-up Installation vessel

OHT ASA has today, through its wholly owned subsidiary VIND Offshore Installation 1 AS, signed the complete shipbuilding contract with China Merchants Industry Holdings, for the construction of the first of two next-generation turbine installation …
Oct 4, 2020 / Vessels

OHT’s Alfa Lift Secures Digger Bank Contracts

The shipowner Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) has been awarded the contracts for the transport and installation of foundations at Dogger Bank A and B, using the newbuild Alfa Lift vessel, a ship design from Ulstein Design & Solutions BV.The …
Oct 2, 2020 / Vessels

OHT Contracts MacGregor for Alfa Lift Mission-Critical System

OHT has awarded a contract to MacGregor, part of Cargotec, for the mission-critical system to be installed on offshore wind foundation installation vessel, Alfa Lift, being built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard in Jiangsu, China.The …
Aug 28, 2020 / Vessels

ΟΗΤ: Contract signed for transport and installation of foundations at Dogger Bank

Following announcement of the award of a Preferred Supplier Agreement on 28th November 2019, OHT Alfa Lift AS has now signed the contract for the transport and installation of foundations for the first phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, Dogger Bank A. …
Jul 31, 2020 / Curious

OHT Enters Turbine Installation Market

OHT announced on Thursday (Jul 30) its entry into the offshore Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) installation sector, having entered into a binding Heads of Agreement with China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) in Jiangsu, China for the construction of two …
Jul 31, 2020 / Curious

Jackets Arrive For Moray East Offshore Wind Farm

Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd (known as ‘Moray East’) has welcomed the arrival of OHT’s heavy transport vessel, ‘Hawk’ at Global Energy’s facility at the Port of Nigg.The vessel arrived with nine wind turbine and one offshore substation platform …
Jul 21, 2020 / Vessels

First Jacket Foundations arrive for Moray East Offshore Wind Farm

The first eight jacket foundations for the Moray East offshore wind project arrived in the Port of Nigg in Scotland at the weekend, delivered by OHT’s heavy transportation vessel Osprey from the UAE.The transit took 39 days from Lamprell’s site in …
May 5, 2020 / Vessels

Spotted: Building of OHT offshore wind foundation installation vessel Alfa Lift in progress

The building of OHT's Alfa Lift, the offshore wind foundation installation vessel is progressing well at CMHI Shipyard in China. Currently, 78 of the 162 blocks are installed in the dock. The hull structural steel construction of the remaining blocks …
Jan 22, 2020 / Vessels

OHT to transport and install foundations at Dogger Bank Wind Farms

OHT has been announced preferred supplier for the foundation installation at the world’s largest offshore wind farm Dogger Bank. OHT’s new build vessel 'Alfa Lift', designed by Ulstein, will carry out the transport and installation of monopile …
Nov 28, 2019 / Curious