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  • UK: Port of Ardersier Development Plans Introduced

    7 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Ardersier and Petty residents had the opportunity recently to find out more about the Port of Ardersier’s ambitious plans to develop the former oil yard. Alastair Wood, of Savills property consultants, which represents site owners the Port of Ardersier Ltd, gave a brief presentation and answered questions on the proposed development. Ronnie Fraser a local […]

  • Subsea surveys to soon start at Beatrice offshore wind farm

    24 September 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea surveys are set to start on 5 October at the Beatrice offshore wind farm, located some 13 kilometres off the coast of Caithness in Scotland. For the work, the DP2 vessel Glomar Wave and crew transfer vessel Iceni Spirit will be deployed at the site. Surveys will be carried out on selected wind turbine foundations, […]

  • MHI Vestas SOV touches water in Turkey

    20 April 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Cemre Shipyard has launched the first of the three service operation vessels (SOVs) currently under construction for MHI Vestas and Esvagt at its yard in Turkey. The vessels are of the Havyard 831 L SOV design and will service the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, the Triton Knoll wind farm […]

  • Lamprell cuts into Seagreen steel

    1 October 2020
    Infrastructure

    The UAE-based Lamprell has cut the first steel and has started building jacket foundations for the Seagreen offshore wind project. Back in June, Seaway 7 selected Lamprell to manufacture and deliver 30 turbine jacket foundations for the Scottish offshore wind farm. Lamprell said that the company had undertaken some pre-engineering works on the project prior […]

  • ‘Major milestone’ in installation of Shetland HVDC Link

    20 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    NKT has completed the cable pull-in of the 320 kV HVDC power cable for SSEN Transmission’s Shetland High Voltage Direct-Current (HVDC) link in the North Sea. The pull-in operations were completed by the crew on board the cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria. Once secured in the transition joint bay, the offshore cable will be jointed to […]

  • Bourbon to deliver EolMed offshore infrastructure

    17 May 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Bourbon Subsea Services has signed an EPCI contract for the floating electrical hub, inter-array cables, as well as anchoring and mooring systems for the 30 MW EolMed floating wind farm in France. “BOURBON’s scope of work will consist in the complete farm offshore installation, and includes the detailed design, procurement and fabrication of the floating electrical hub, the inter array cables, the anchoring and the mooring systems”, the company said in […]

  • Maersk Training, Babcock Marine Training bring modular facility to Scotland

    6 July 2020
    Human Capital

    Maersk Training and Babcock Marine Training have signed an agreement to develop a custom-built wind energy training facility in Paisley. The facility, where a wide range of Global Wind Organisation (GWO) accredited courses will be held, will feature a modular training unit from recycled and modified freight containers. According to Maersk Training, this approach offers […]

  • NKT Confirms Moray East Export Cable Deal

    5 November 2018
    Project & Tenders

    NKT has confirmed the contract for delivery and installation of export cable systems for the Moray East offshore wind farm project. The company was chosen as a Preferred Bidder for the project in November, 2017. Now, NKT and the project developer, MOWEL, Moray East Offshore Windfarm, owned by EDP Renováveis, ENGIE and Diamond Generating Europe, have […]

  • iSurvey to support Nexans offshore cable laying ops

    19 August 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    iSurvey has secured a multi-year contract to support Nexans’ global offshore high voltage cable installation projects.

  • Geophysical survey about to begin at Moray West offshore wind project

    26 May 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Titan Surveys’ Titan Discovery is set to soon kick off nearshore geophysical site investigations at the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The survey will be carried out along the project’s export cable corridor at the site located on the Smith Bank in the Outer Moray Firth, off the Caithness coastline. Work is anticipated […]

  • Global Marine CEO takes the helm of UK subsea cable producer

    28 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy

    UK-based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable manufacturer and installer XLCC has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO) from Global Marine Group to drive business growth. According to XLCC, the appointment of Ian Douglas as CEO takes the company into the next phase of its evolution, the development of its HVDC cable facility at Hunterston […]

  • Sweden to get 1st large-scale hydrogen-powered vessel by 2030

    23 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vessels

    Passenger shipping company Rederi AB Gotland and its subsidiaries are developing Sweden’s first large-scale hydrogen-powered vessel for both passengers and freight, with water as the only emission.

  • 4.1 GW Scottish offshore wind site soon to buzz with activity

    29 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    SSE Renewables is set to soon return to the 4.1 GW Berwick Bank Wind Farm located off the east coast of Scotland to commence further geotechnical survey work. Fugro is in charge of carrying out the work and will use the 83-meter long Fugro Scout. The survey is planned to mobilize between 7 and 10 […]

  • Team gathered for Virginia’s offshore wind supply chain study

    11 March 2021
    Research & Development

    The Hampton Roads Alliance has partnered with Xodus Group and BW Research to conduct an offshore wind supply chain study for the Hampton Roads area in Virginia. The partnership will deliver an in-depth offshore wind supply chain assessment and gap analysis for the Hampton Roads metropolitan area and wider Southern Virginia. It will be used […]

  • MHI Vestas and Boston Energy team up on two UK offshore wind projects

    29 July 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    Boston Energy has secured a contract to support MHI Vestas during wind turbine pre-assembly operations on two offshore wind projects in the UK. Boston Energy will assist MHI Vestas on the 857 MW Triton Knoll and the 950 MW Moray East projects. These are due to commence later this year in Invergordon for Moray East […]

  • Seaway 7 starts early works on Moray West offshore wind project

    8 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Seaway 7 has signed a Letter of Award with Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to start early works on the Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning (EPIC) of inter-array grid cables for the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland.  Seaway 7’s scope is under final negotiation and may include the supply and installation of approximately […]

  • Moray East wind turbine installation hits quarter mark

    20 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The Bold Tern jack-up vessel has installed 24 wind turbines at the Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. The 100-turbine project is now one installation away from reaching a quarter of its wind turbines in place. The 24th Vestas (MHI Vestas) 9.5 MW unit was installed on 17 April, according to Moray East’s latest Notice of Operations, […]

  • Orion’s heavy-lift crane collapses – video

    4 May 2020
    Heavy lifting, Vessels

    A heavy-lift crane installed on the offshore installation vessel Orion has collapsed while undergoing load tests at the Liebherr construction yard in Rostock, Germany. Several persons reportedly suffered minor injuries in the incident, DEME Group said. The Orion is under construction and is owned by COSCO (QIDONG) OFFSHORE CO., LTD. COSCO is expected to deliver […]

  • Boskalis Favourites for Inch Cape Marine Works

    7 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Boskalis has signed an exclusive pre-construction agreement (PCA) for the Inch Cape offshore wind farm project. The project scope includes the transportation and installation of the wind turbine foundations, the offshore substation and cables. The award of the contract is subject to a successful bid by Inch Cape Offshore Limited (ICOL) in the next UK […]

  • All inter-array cables in place at Moray East offshore wind farm

    6 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    All inter-array cables have been laid at the Moray East offshore wind farm, with burial, termination and testing works still ongoing. The cables were installed by CLV Living Stone, while the Ndeavour and Grand Canyon vessels have been deployed for the burial operations. OSV Siem Day is supporting termination and testing works, including personnel and […]

  • EMEC strengthens alliance with META

    6 May 2020
    Collaboration, Innovation, Research & Development, Technology

    The Scottish and Welsh ocean energy test centres EMEC and META have strengthened ties to expand the UK network. Namely, the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney has signed an agreement with Marine Energy Wales to provide further support to the Marine Energy Test Area in Pembrokeshire, Wales. This builds on an initial collaboration […]

  • Hellenic Cables to deliver Seagreen OWF inter-array lines

    10 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Seaway 7 has selected Greece-based subsea cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables to deliver inter-array cables for the Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. Under the contract with Seaway 7, the EPCI contractor for the project’s foundations and inter-array cables, Hellenic Cables will design, manufacture, test and supply around 320 kilometres of 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables […]

  • Mocean Energy lands funds to build wave energy device for oil and gas sector

    2 March 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    Scottish company Mocean Energy has secured €875,000 to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its wave energy technology and drive its adoption in offshore oil and gas sector.

  • Red Rock delivers Nexans Aurora cranes

    10 June 2020
    Vessels

    Norwegian company Red Rock has delivered a crane package to Ulstein for the cable-laying vessel Nexans Aurora. Red Rock was contracted by Ulstein in 2018 to provide a deck machinery package for Nexans’ vessel, consisting of knuckle boom cranes, fixed boom cranes and work baskets. The 150-metre DP3 cable-laying vessel. designed by Norwegian company Skipsteknisk, […]

  • Scottish 588MW offshore wind farm to undergo ROV subsea survey

    25 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea surveys over inter-array cable routes are scheduled to begin in April at the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland.