Crane Vessel News


Multisec Builds One of the Largest C-Hooks for Offshore Wind Project

Sep 22, 2025

U.K. engineering company Multisec, in partnership with Durham Lifting, has designed and manufactured one of the largest C-Hooks ever produced for the offshore wind industry.The bespoke lifting tool, developed for SeAH Wind, has a capacity of…

DEME Orders New Offshore Construction Vessel from China

Sep 19, 2025

Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME has ordered a new Offshore Construction Vessel (OCV), which will be built by PaxOcean at the Zhoushan shipyard in China.The new OCV will strengthen DEME’s subsea cable installation capacity to meet the evolving global offshore wind market…

Astro Offshore Expands Fleet with Five New Vessels

Sep 17, 2025

Offshore vessel operator Astro Offshore, an Adani Group company, has acquired five offshore vessels en bloc, raising its fleet size to 49 ships and strengthening its presence in West Africa.The deal includes four platform supply vessels (PSVs)…

Intermoor, Jumbo Offshore form Alliance for O&G, Floating Wind Sectors

Sep 15, 2025

Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line, and Jumbo Offshore, an offshore transportation and installation specialist, have entered into strategic alliance aimed at jointly delivering fully integrated project management, engineering…

Seaway7 Places Final Monopile at World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Sep 12, 2025

Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has installed the final monopile at Dogger Bank C offshore wind farm, part of 3.6 GW Dogger Wind Farm development being built offshore UK.Seaway7’s crane vessel Seaway Strashnov placed the final monopile in the North Sea…

Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm O&M Base Starts Taking Shape in Scotland

Sep 11, 2025

Construction has started on the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the 1.1 GW Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm at Montrose Port in Angus, Scotland.The base will expand Inch Cape’s existing presence at Montrose, where its marine coordination center is already located…

Huisman to Deliver Offshore Crane for South Korean Shipbuilder

Sep 11, 2025

Huisman has been awarded a contract from Hanwha Ocean for the design and construction of a 2,600 mt Leg Encircling Crane (LEC).The contract award follows the orders for two identical 2,600 mt Leg Encircling Cranes, destined for the wind turbine…

Marco Polo Picks Salt Ship Design for Next-Gen Offshore Energy CSOV

Sep 08, 2025

Singapore-based marine logistics firm Marco Polo has hired Norwegian ship designer Salt Ship Design to design the CSOV Plus, the next-generation commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for oil and gas and offshore wind sectors.The contract…

Bernhard Schulte Takes Delivery of Second Ulstein-Built CSOV

Sep 08, 2025

Germany-based Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO) has taken delivery of its newest Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), built by Ulstein Verft in Norway.The vessel, named Windea Clausius, was officially christened on September 4, and will serve the global offshore energy industry…

Giant Jack-Up Vessel Newbuild Starts Decom Work for Perenco in North Sea

Sep 08, 2025

Petrodec’s newly constructed heavy lift jack-up vessel, named Obana, has started decommissioning work in the Southern North Sea for Perenco.Obana is working on the decommissioning of the Galahad platform, after which it will move to the Amethyst field for the removal of the C1D…

Liebherr to Supply Offshore Cranes for HD Hyundai-Built FPU Bound for Mexico

Sep 03, 2025

Crane specialist Liebherr will deliver two BOS 4200 offshore cranes to South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for installation on a floating production unit (FPU) destined for Mexico’s Trion oil field.The BOS 4200 cranes, each with a lifting…

C-Innovation Wraps Up Decom Job in Gulf of America

Aug 29, 2025

C-Innovation (C-I), an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies, has completed the decommissioning of the Joliet tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of America.Joliet was the oldest TLP installed in the Gulf of America…

EnerMech Bags Maintenance Contract Extension with Middle East Operator

Aug 27, 2025

EnerMech has secured a two-year contract extension with Dubai Petroleum to continue providing the Middle East operator with crane maintenance services across its offshore assets. Originally awarded in 2022, Dubai Petroleum has automatically extended the contract…

Palfinger to Equip Poland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm with Over 100 Cranes

Aug 27, 2025

Austrian manufacturer of hydraulic lifting and handling systems for marine applications Palfinger Marine has been selected to deliver more than 100 fully electric fixed boom service cranes for the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, being developed by PGE and Ørsted…

Windcat Takes Delivery of First Elevation Series CSOV

Aug 26, 2025

Offshore crew transfer company Windcat has taken delivery of the Windcat Rotterdam, the first Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) in its new Elevation Series, developed with Damen Shipyards and CMB.TECH.Built at Ha Long Shipyard in Vietnam…

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