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July 30, 2025
Prysmian Contracts NextGeo to Survey Export Cable Routes for New Dutch Offshore Wind Farms
Prysmian
IJmuiden Ver Alpha
Nederwiek 1

Prysmian has awarded two contracts to Next Geosolutions (NextGeo), one of which is in the Dutch offshore wind market, where NextGeo will carry out exp...

Photo: Illustration; NG Explorer, a multi-purpose survey vessel (MPSV) being converted into high-spec seabed survey vessel; Photo source: NextGeo
 
July 30, 2025
DEME to Use IQIP’s IQ6 Hydrohammer to Drive Nordlicht Monopiles Into Seabed
Vattenfall
IQIP
Nordlicht 1

Dutch company IQIP has been awarded a contract by DEME to deploy its Hydrohammer IQ6 spread for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wind farms in...

Photo: Source: IQIP
 
July 25, 2025
TenneT to Soon Decide Whether to Launch IPO or Private Share Placement for German TSO; German Gov’t Still Considering Buy-In
TenneT

TenneT Holding is exploring two options to meet TenneT Germany’s equity requirements: a private placement of shares and an initial public offering (IP...

Photo: Source: Dragados Offshore via LinkedIn
 
July 25, 2025
First Damen-Built Elevation Series CSOV for Windcat Completes Sea Trials
Damen
Windcat

Windcat Rotterdam, the first in the Elevation Series of Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) being built by Damen, has completed sea trials...

Photo: Source: Damen via LinkedIn
 
July 23, 2025
Dong Fang Offshore Orders Cable-Lay System at Huisman
Huisman
CSOVs
Dong Fang Offshore

Huisman has signed a contract with Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for the delivery of a modular cable-lay system that will be fitted onto DFO’s vessels, inc...

Photo: Image source: Huisman
 
July 22, 2025
Fugro Completes First Phase of Detailed Geotechnical Surveys at Dogger Bank South East
Fugro
Dogger Bank South East Site

Fugro has completed the first phase of geotechnical site investigations at the Dogger Bank South (DBS) East offshore wind farm site, located over 100...

Photo: Fugro
 
July 21, 2025
Van Oord Orders Two Methanol-Capable Subsea Rock Installation Vessels from China
Van Oord
methanol
subsea rock installation vessel

Van Oord has placed an order with a Chinese shipyard for two next-generation subsea rock installation vessels that will be capable of operating on met...

Photo: Source: Van Oord
 
July 17, 2025
Thor Offshore Substation En Route to Denmark
RWE
HSM Offshore Energy
offshore substations

The offshore substation for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm has left HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in the Netherlands and is on its way to the...

Photo: HSM Offshore Energy
 
July 9, 2025
Jasmund Offshore Substation Jacket Takes Final Shape
Smulders
HSM Offshore Energy
Jasmund offshore substation

The cable deck has been installed at the Jasmun offshore substation jacket, marking the completion of the jacket’s final structural shape. The structu...

Photo: Source: Smulders
 
July 8, 2025
1 Pct of Global Offshore Wind Investments Could Restore Millions of Square Kilometres of Marine Ecosystems, Study Finds
Van Oord
The Rich North Sea
Biodiversity

Allocating just 1 per cent of the global offshore wind investments from now until 2050, which are projected to be USD 6 trillion (approximately EUR 5....

Photo: Source: Ecowende
 
July 7, 2025
Mammoet to Assist Heerema with Topsides Installation for Tennet 2 GW Programme
TenneT
Heerema Marine Contractors
Mammoet

Mammoet has signed a support agreement for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore grid programme to assist Heerema Marine Contractors with the offshore installation o...

Photo: Source: Mammoet
 
July 4, 2025
HSM Offshore Energy Loads Out Thor Offshore Substation
HSM Offshore Energy
thor offshore wind farm
Schiedam yard

The fully assembled offshore substation for the 1 GW Thor offshore wind farm has been loaded out at HSM Offshore Energy’s Schiedam yard in the Netherl...

Photo: Source: HSM Offshore Energy via LinkedIn