Wind (offshore) incidents recorded in the Netherlands, with what happened, the contributing factors and the lessons, each with its sources.
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On 20 April 2025, the offshore supply vessel Glomar Venture struck the base of an offshore wind turbine in the Dutch North Sea, about 15 miles offshore from Callantsoog. Two crew members were injured. The Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution sent the...
On 31 January 2022 the bulk carrier Julietta D became adrift in an anchorage area north of the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Netherlands after a hull breach in a collision with another vessel. The engine room took on water and the 18-person...
Less than two months after the official inauguration of a Dutch offshore wind farm, an 8 MW Siemens Gamesa turbine caught fire and was pulled down, according to a report headed as a fire at an Ørsted farm. The available report does not name the farm, the date...
The record behind each entry: the manufacturer, integrator and operator, root cause, failure mode, downtime, losses and every source.
The offshore wind installation vessel Pacific Osprey, operated by Swire Blue Ocean, was jacked up alongside the quay in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, when the box section of its crane boom collapsed onto the bridge at about 17.25 CET on 23 August 2018. The...
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