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    Northern Offshore Services expands fleet with Service Operation Vessel

    Northern Offshore Services enters a new segment by acquiring Mistral Enabler, a Service Operation Vessel (SOV) from Edda Wind. The vessel will be renamed Northern Ocean. The acquisition is made through a new holding company, together with the Swedish shipping company Rederi AB Älvtank.
    This purpose-built vessel is designed to provide safe and easy access for wind farm personnel and technicians,

  • Northern Offshore Group expands strategic partnership with NYK

    Northern Offshore Group expands strategic partnership with NYK

    Northern Offshore Group (N-O-G) has welcomed Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), one of Japan’s largest and most well-established shipping companies, as an investor in the company. This strategic partnership enables entrepreneurship, accelerates further expansion, and enhances the ability to deliver on shared goals, such as sustainability and innovation.
    The partnership is built on share

  • American Offshore Services takes delivery of G-Class vessel: “The third vessel in under a year”.

    American Offshore Services takes delivery of G-Class vessel: “The third vessel in under a year”.

    27 November 2024 - M/V Guarder is a hybrid-ready Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) and the third G-Class vessel delivery taken by American Offshore Services (A-O-S) in 2024. Guarder will play a key role in supporting the growth of sustainable energy on the East Coast.
    M/V Guarder has been delivered from the shipyard and is now ready to operate and support the offshore wind industry on the U.S. East Co

  • American Offshore Services announces successful deployment of second G-Class vessel

    American Offshore Services announces successful deployment of second G-Class vessel

    Providence, RI, United States, October 1, 2024 - M/V Generater, a state-of-the-art, hybrid-ready Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV), has successfully completed its first month of reliable service, playing a crucial role in serving the offshore wind industry on the U.S. East Coast.
    M/V Generater is the second vessel in American Offshore Services’ (A-O-S) groundbreaking G-Class series. The vessel has bee

  • Partners in driving innovation

    Partners in driving innovation

    Northern Offshore Services and Volvo Penta collaborate to drive innovation in offshore wind energy.
    GOTHENBURG, Sweden, 2 September 2024 – Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) today unveiled the new I-Class Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) powered by the first real-world commercial application of Volvo Penta’s IPS Professional Platform. The vessel began operating in a UK wind farm on September 1, 2024

  • M/V Generater is in the water.

    American Offshore Services launches second vessel supporting US offshore wind: ”This is just the beginning”

    The launch of crew transfer vessel (CTV) M/V Generater adds to a new series designed for the U.S. market, built upon many years of Northern Offshore Services’ (N-O-S) experience in the rough European waters. ”There is an urgent shortage of CTVs servicing offshore wind farms”, said Michael Burbelo, Managing Director of American Offshore Services (A-O-S).
    M/V Generater is vessel number two in the

  • Delivery and launch of M/V Gripper

    Delivery and launch of M/V Gripper

    Providence, Rhode Island, March 20th, 2024 – American Offshore Services is happy to announce that they have taken delivery of their first crew transfer vessel (CTV) – the G-Class vessel M/V Gripper. The vessel has been constructed at Blount Bouts, in Warren, RI, and are now on contract, after a ceremony on Friday, March 15th.

    Gripper is a 30-meter, Jones Act-compliant aluminium catamaran bu

  • STRENGTHENED LOCAL PRESENCE IN THE UK

    STRENGTHENED LOCAL PRESENCE IN THE UK

    N-O-S strengthens its global market share, with local presence in the UK

    Gothenburg, Sweden, February 16th, 2024 – Northern Offshore Group (N-O-G) announces changes in the company structure, as Mareel Ltd is to undergo transformation and be implemented in Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) as N-O-S Ltd. This makes N-O-S the world leading CTV operator.
    N-O-S is excited to announce the str

  • I-Class series and Volvo Penta

    Seeking innovation: A collaboration to transform the offshore wind industry

    Seeking innovation: A collaboration to transform the offshore wind industry

    Northern Offshore Services is working with Volvo Penta to discover how the new Volvo Penta IPS Professional Platform could future-proof its crew transfer vessels for improved operations in offshore wind. The two companies will collaborate on the first application for the platform, with vessels that will set sail in

  • Delivery of M/V Runner and M/V Responder

    Delivery of M/V Runner and M/V Responder

    Copenhagen, Denmark, January 2024 - Northern Offshore Services are happy to announce that they have taken delivery of the two newest additions to its fleet – the R-Class vessels M/V Runner and M/V Responder. The two sister vessels were constructed in Singapore at Penguin Shipyard during 2023 and are now ready for operation in Europe. The vessels will complement N-O-S’s fleet of crew transfer vesse

  • I-Class - Next-generation N-O-S CTVs

    I-Class - Next-generation N-O-S CTVs to be delivered in 2024

    Copenhagen, Denmark, April 24, 2023
    With a genuine aim for sustainable marine transportation, the new I-Class design is N-O-S' Zero CO2-emission Crew Transfer Vessel and a guiding star that will lead the Offshore Wind Industry into the future. Built on Northern Offshore Services extensive experience designing CTV’s, the I-Class will be equipped with innovative Green Technology solutions that

  • Introducing the new R-Class – Northern Offshore Services newest hybrid vessels

    INTRODUCING THE NEW R-CLASS – NORTHERN OFFSHORE SERVICES NEWEST HYBRID VESSELS

    Introducing the new R-Class – Northern Offshore Services newest hybrid vessels
    The two new hybrid R-Class vessels are currently under construction in Singapore and are expected to be delivered by the end of the year.
    Northern Offshore Services can proudly announce the two newest additions to their fleet: M/V Runner and M/V Responder. These vessels have been customized and modified to fit th

  • World’s first methanol-powered offshore crew transfer vessel

    Northern Offshore Services and Vestas pioneer world’s first methanol-powered offshore crew transfer vessel

    As part of its journey towards becoming carbon neutral by 2030, without the use of offsets, Vestas is committed to pioneering innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions from its own operations. In collaboration with vessel supplier Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S), Vestas has signed a five-year charter to explore how the world’s first methanol-powered crew transfer vessel (CTV) can help red

  • N-O-S new business in the U.S.

    N-O-S starts new business in the U.S.

    Northern Offshore Services and SEA O.G. Offshore starts new business in the U.S. - American Offshore Services
    In 2020 Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and SEA O.G Offshore signed a joint venture with the ambition to explore the opportunities in the expanding American offshore wind industry. During the past year the companies have worked together culminating in the new company American Offshor