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Gondan Shipbuilders: Edda Breeze sets out for sea trials
This weekend, Edda Breeze, the first of the five Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) that the shipyard has in its portfolio, left the Eo estuary to set course for the Port of Gijón, where it will remain for the next few weeks to complete …
May 4, 2022 / Vessels
VARD secures contracts for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels for Norwind Offshore
VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, is pleased to announce that Norwind Offshore in Norway has declared options for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs). The …
Apr 14, 2022 / Curious
DNV to class commissioning service operation vessels prepared for hydrogen operations
At the Nor-Shipping trade fair, DNV signed a classification contract for two new Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs), ordered by the Norwegian pure play offshore wind operator Edda Wind. The vessels will be built at Colombo Dockyard in …
Apr 6, 2022 / Vessels
First SOVs in China: Ulstein Awarded Offshore Wind Ship Design Contract For Shanghai Electric and ZPMC
On 25 January 2022, the ZPMC shipyard, China, and Ulstein Design & Solutions AS signed the ship design contract on two types of Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for Shanghai Electric Windpower Group. These are the first purpose-made SOVs designed …
Jan 28, 2022 / Curious
Kongsberg delivers innovative propulsion technology to VARD for vessel newbuilds
The new ship-owning company Norwind Offshore will fit KONGSBERG equipment to its two new Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs), to be built by VARD.Kongsberg Maritime’s scope of delivery encompasses a combination of systems which will …
Jan 18, 2022 / Curious
VARD signs contracts with Norwind Offshore
VARD is delighted to announce contracts of the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) with options for two additional vessels, and the sales and conversion of one Platform Supply Vessel to be converted to a …
Oct 4, 2021 / Vessels
Rem Offshore and VARD signed contracts for the design and construction of Construction Service Operations Vessels
VARD has announced the contracts of two Construction Service Operations Vessels (CSOVs) with an option for two additional vessels. The contracts for the firm two vessels have an indicative total value of euro 100 million.The CSOVs are tailor-made for …
Aug 7, 2021 / Vessels
TMC to supply marine compressors for walk-to-work windfarm vessels
TMC Compressors (TMC) has been contracted to supply the marine compressed air system to two walk-to-work commissioning, service and operations vessels (CSOVs) that China Merchants Heavy Industry in Hong Kong is building for Awind.Norwegian company …
Jul 16, 2021 / Curious
VARD wins North Star Renewables contract for three SOVs to operate on Dogger Bank Wind Farm
VARD, one of the world’s major designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, announced earlier today that it has secured contracts for the design and construction of three Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) for North Star Renewables in Scotland. …
Apr 6, 2021 / Curious
Contracts awarded for state-of-the-art service operation vessels for Dogger Bank wind farm
The Dogger Bank A and B phases of the Dogger Bank wind farm have awarded UK-based North Star Renewables contracts for delivering three service operation vessels (SOVs) for the operation of these phases. The total value of the contracts including …
Mar 17, 2021 / Vessels