DEME’s new DP3 offshore installation vessel Orion (pictured) has set sail for the first time from Bremerhaven in Germany to dock at its base near Vlissingen in the Netherlands.
Orion is equipped with a 5,000-tonne crane as well as a unique Motion Compensated Pile Gripper and is designed to handle the next generation of wind farm components.
The vessel is now being prepared for its first project and for the official naming ceremony which will take place soon, DEME said.
In Taiwan, DEME and its partner CSBC are also building the new Green Jade jack up.
When competed both vessels will bring a game-changing installation concept to the offshore energy market, DEME said.
Elsewhere, DEME has also sold its DP2 jack-up installation vessel Thor to the German shipping and logistics company Harren and Partner.
Thor had a career of more than 10 years in the DEME fleet, where it was largely deployed for the installation and maintenance of offshore wind farms.