EMBASSY VISIT: Chargé d’affaires Stuart A. Dwyer from the US Embassy in Denmark met on Tuesday with ESVAGT's CEO Peter Lytzen and business manager in Esbjerg Karsten Rieder to talk about the potential for local wind companies in the booming US wind market.
With ‘Esvagt Leah’ and ‘Esvagt Heidi’, the ESVAGT fleet has been equipped with two high-quality vessels.
It is atypical for ESVAGT to be expanding the fleet without having been responsible for the design and construction process with the yard.
However, with 'Esvagt Heidi' and 'Esvagt Leah', the two latest additions to the fleet and both just recently chartered, that is the case.
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ESVAGT joined several other energy companies in backing Operation Zero at the COP26 Event in Glasgow.
The ‘Esvagt Cantana’ crew was awarded 25,000 kroner for providing relentless first aid to a colleague who suffered a cardiac arrest. Now, the crew has donated the award to the Danish Heart Association.
New contracts in the North Sea require ESVAGT to mass-recruit. Boosts in Denmark and the Faroe Islands have resulted in great contacts.
’Esvagt Froude’s’ Ida Teglgaard is the first woman to be trained as person in charge of an Ampelmann operation.
The newbuilt SOV, ’Esvagt Alba’, arrives Thursday in Fraserburgh, Scotland, for final Marine Surveys before commencing work in the offshore windfarm Moray East.
Eight years of service on the Barents Sea have demonstrated that the ’Esvagt Aurora’ is ideally suited to working in Arctic regions. The vessel and its crew have saved lives and even extinguished a fire on land.
Equinor, operator of Dudgeon offshore wind farm, has presented those aboard the ESVAGT Njord vessel with a Safety Award, to honour their life-saving actions in the rescue of seven fishermen.
ESVAGT has been servicing the energy sector since 1981 and has set the standard for safety and support at sea. Today, the shipping company consists of 42 vessels and over 1,100 employees, and ESVAGT has just entered the growing American offshore wind energy market to play its part in the green transition.
The ’Esvagt Dana’ is back in the Baltic 2 offshore wind farm to support Siemens Gamesa during maintenance work.
Welfare for technicians and crew is important to Triton Knoll. Collaboration with ESVAGT and SDU's Center of Maritime Health and Society ensures health and welfare in the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.
JOINT VENTURE: As the European market leader in offshore wind, ESVAGT has closely followed the development of the rapidly growing American offshore wind market. Now, ESVAGT is establishing an American joint venture in Florida.
U.S.-based Crowley and Danish shipping company ESVAGT announced plans today to directly bolster purpose-built, Jones Act vessel availability in support of the emerging offshore wind energy market through a joint venture.
Even though Covid-19 restrictions have turned everyone’s lives upside down and test flexibility to the limits, ESVAGT employees are positive and satisfied. ‘The team spirit they are showing is impressive,’ says Chief Human Resources Officer.
RENEWED CHARTER: Equinor and ESVAGT have extended their good cooperation with a 5-year contract extension for the vessel ‘Esvagt Njord’ at Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. The extension runs until 2026.
Ready vessel: Despite both a lengthy corona shutdown and financial problems for the shipyard, ESVAGT’s SOV newbuilding 'Esvagt Schelde' is now ready to start working for Vestas at Borssele 3-4 and Northwester 2 wind farms.
The young seaman Asbjørn Morell was healthy, in good health and fit, when he most unexpectedly suffered a cardiac arrest in the North Sea. His colleagues on board the vessel ‘Esvagt Cantana’ fought for hours to save him.
The ‘Esvagt Aurora’ tested its emergency response and equipment in acute situation after a fire broke out at the Melkøya Gas Processing Station outside Hammerfest. Both crew and equipment delivered a most professional and emphatic performance.
ESVAGT was nominated for the 2020 Safety Award for irreproachable diving operation in the Barents Sea together with Norwegian SubseaPartner.
