Construction of Viking Wind Farm reaches half point
Thanks to the laying of the 52nd Vestas V117 turbine, more than 50 per cent of the Viking Wind Farm has now been completed. Once…
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First wind turbines head to Viking Wind Farm
On 6 February 2023, the first convoys of Vestas wind turbine components left Lerwick Port, for the Viking Wind Farm site, in the Shetland Islands…
Brittany and Scotland hold industry meetings on floating wind turbines
On Wednesday 8th February 2023, a Brittany-Scotland business day dedicated to floating wind turbines was organised at the Ille et Vilaine Chambres de Commerce et…
Fracht Poland delivers transformer to Scotland
Fracht FWO Polska transported an 80-ton transformer and accessories. It was brought from the production plant in Poland to the Harting Rig substation of the…
Blue Tern’s first visits Port of Blyth
The Blue Tern jack-up installation vessel has visited the Port of Blyth for the first time. It will be used to transport components from the…
HAPO International Barges transports wreck of the Sceptre
Dutch maritime equipment supplier, HAPO International Barges executed a wreck removal and transport for KOOLE Contractors. The Sceptre, a fishing trawler vessel, sank at Keelbeg…
Road transport
Collet becomes first company to use a Blade Lifter in the UK
Collett & Sons is the first transport company to use a Blade Lifter on a UK wind farm. Working in partnership with P. Adams Transport,…
Project logistics
Osprey to load out world’s largest tidal turbine
Osprey has been contracted to load out the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, which will be installed in the spring of 2021 at the European…
Offshore wind
Boskalis: Kincardine is a prelude to more floating wind projects
Approximately 15 kilometres off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland, Grupo Cobra is working on the Kincardine project, one of the first commercial floating wind…
Collett hauls 128 components for Inverclyde wind farm
Collett has completed the delivery of all 128 components for the Inverclyde wind farm in Scotland, consisting of eight Enercon E82 wind turbines, each featuring…
Project logistics
Altius transports large heat exchangers from Italy to Scotland
PRESS RELEASE – Altius has organized the shipment of two 122-tonne heat exchangers plus accessories from the OVS Vertova manufacturing plant in Northern Italy to…
Offshore wind
Swire Blue Ocean wins Seagreen installation contract
PRESS RELEASE – MHI Vestas has awarded Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) the transportation and installation contract for the Seagreen offshore windfarm, which is set to…
Offshore wind
MHI Vestas wins major contract in Scotland
PRESS RELEASE – MHI Vestas has been awarded a large offshore wind contract by Seagreen Wind Energy to supply 114 10MW turbines for the Seagreen…
Offshore wind
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier to build Scottish wind farm for EDF
PRESS RELEASE – Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has been awarded a contract by EDF renewables (EDF) for the transport and installation of 54 8MW Siemens Gamesa…
Priscilla grounding: Watch officer was watching videos on his phone
For about 2 hours prior to the grounding of the MV Priscilla in July 2018, the officer of the watch had been unaware that the…