2324 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2324 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • BP entrusts subsea decom and recycling job at UK field to DeepOcean

    18 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has been hired by the UK-headquartered energy giant BP to lend a hand in the decommissioning and recycling of subsea equipment from a site where a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) worked at the operator’s field located West of Shetland, on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • GeoXYZ getting ready for surveys at proposed Northern Ireland-Scotland interconnector

    18 May 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Belgium-headquartered GeoXYZ has been appointed to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) investigation and geotechnical surveys for a proposed HVDC subsea electricity interconnector that will link Northern Ireland and Scotland, with the work set to begin this month. The LirIC interconnector project will have a total cable route length of around 142 kilometers and will provide […]

  • Five companies lined up for Scotland’s €1B subsea electricity network upgrade

    17 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has selected five contract partners to help deliver future investment of up to £950 million (about €1.09 billion) in the Scottish subsea electricity network and support the multi-year framework to renew and upgrade subsea electricity links serving Scotland’s island communities. The contract partners that will deliver investment on behalf […]

  • N-Sea’s new cable layer arrives in the Netherlands for final outfitting

    24 February 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    The hull of the dual-fuel cable installation and repair vessel destined for N-Sea Group has arrived from Poland at Neptune Marine’s yard in the Netherlands. The hull of the 100-meter-long cable-laying vessel (CLV) Altera was launched early in February in Poland, after which it started its journey from the Polish shipyard to the Netherlands, towed […]

  • Boskalis vessel back to work in North Sea following dry dock in Spain

    28 May 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Boskalis’ 2012-built construction support vessel (CSV) BOKA Northern Ocean has completed a period in dry dock in Spain for certain modifications and is now back at work. In a few weeks, the 100-ton knuckle boom deck crane was overhauled and relocated and an anti-roll tank was installed under the helicopter deck to further enhance the […]

  • From Poland to Netherlands: Hull of N-Sea’s new cable layer launched (Gallery)

    3 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels, Vision

    Dutch shipbuilder and designer Neptune Marine has launched the hull of the dual-fuel cable installation and repair vessel destined for compatriot N-Sea Group. The hull of the 100-meter-long cable-laying vessel (CLV) Altera hit the water last weekend, starting its journey from the shipyard in Poland to the Netherlands. The Polish-built vessel is expected in the […]

  • Føn Energy Services mobilizes for subsea, above-water inspections in ‘busiest season to date’

    13 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Føn Energy Services has launched what it says will be its busiest offshore wind season to date, with inspection and repair campaigns underway across 14 offshore wind farms in the Netherlands, Scotland, Germany and Poland. The company has mobilized technicians, vessels, diving teams, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) spreads, and survey equipment to support above- and below-water […]

  • Ocean Infinity set for geophysical survey at UK’s subsea electricity superhighway

    6 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is expected to begin a geophysical survey for Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England, in about one week. The marine survey activities are planned to commence on January 12 and to be completed by the end of February. Ocean Infinity will […]

  • Føn Energy Services secures multi-year O&M contract for Polish offshore wind farm

    1 July 2026
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Føn Energy Services Poland has signed a long-term, multi-million-euro agreement with the joint venture between Orlen Group and Northland Power to provide integrated operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Under the agreement, Føn Energy Services will deliver a Balance of Plant (BoP) […]

  • Mitsui greenlights $40 million investment in Port of Nigg

    30 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    An investment of over GBP 30 million (around $40 million) in new facilities that will support offshore wind construction at the Port of Nigg in Scotland has received final approval by Maraen, a new integrated energy infrastructure brand launched by Mitsui & Co. Europe and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), which acquired Port of Nigg, Global […]

  • Offshore vessel charging tech developer plans commercial rollout in UK

    20 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    Stillstrom, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk and based in Denmark, has established a dedicated entity in Aberdeen, Scotland, with plans to roll out its offshore vessel charging solution commercially in the UK. The solution is transitioning from development to commercial deployment, and, according to a press release issued by Stillstrom on March 16, the […]

  • New UK tidal energy capacity – What we know so far

    12 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Inyanga Marine Energy Group’s HydroWing Tidal Energy Projects has secured a contract for an additional 10 MW of capacity in the UK government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7) for what will, once fully developed, become the world’s largest tidal energy project. Of note, the UK government awarded a record 14.7 GW of […]

  • First demo to unite tidal power, battery storage and hydrogen completes in Scotland

    11 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Storage, Technology, Transition, Vision

    A demonstration combining tidal power, battery storage, and hydrogen production has been completed in Scotland, marking what is said to be the first time these three technologies have been integrated into a single energy system. The demonstration integrated Orbital Marine Power’s O2 tidal turbine, vanadium flow batteries supplied by Invinity Energy Systems, and an ITM […]

  • Orbital Marine Power gets €8M investment boost for tidal energy development

    10 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Scottish renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power has secured a £7 million (around €8 million) investment to support its international commercial tidal stream projects, following new tidal energy licenses in Canada. Venture-focused investment firm PXN Ventures, the combined VC arm of Praetura Ventures and Par Equity, has joined existing shareholders, including Scottish Enterprise, to invest in […]

  • Ocean Infinity to perform geotechnical survey for UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway

    12 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is set to begin a geotechnical survey later this month for Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England. The marine survey activities for the 2 GW EGL5 are expected to commence on November 23 in English waters, working north, and are expected […]

  • Shell flows first gas from North Sea field

    1 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Shell has kicked off production from a gas field in the North Sea, which is expected to help maintain domestically produced gas for Britain’s homes, businesses, and power generation.

  • ABB to power CMAL’s 7 new all-electric ferries

    28 October 2025
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Swiss technology company ABB has won an order with Poland-based shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding to supply power distribution and propulsion systems for seven all-electric double-ended ferries ordered by Scotland’s maritime player Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL).

  • $25.6M acquisition expanding Serica’s North Sea footprint

    30 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    The UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Prax Upstream from Prax Exploration & Production.

  • Legal setback for US LNG arena: Court nixes $11 billion Gulf Coast project’s permit

    20 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    A wave of planned U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects is perceived to be under scrutiny in the aftermath of a recent court ruling, which revoked a permit for an LNG export terminal over alleged climate harms. This decision is anticipated to halt the project’s construction activities on the west bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel at the mouth of the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) near Cameron Parish in Louisiana, United States.

  • GALLERY: Clair Ridge Jackets Installed Offshore Shetland Islands

    13 August 2013

    BP and its co-venturers, ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Shell, have announced the safe installation of the Clair Ridge platform jackets, a major milestone in the Clair Ridge project. Clair Ridge is a £4.5billion investment in the second phase of development on the Clair field which lies 75km to the west of the Shetland Islands. The project […]

  • UK: Shetland Islands Council Calls for Aberdeen Harbour Dredging

    10 November 2010

    The operators of Aberdeen Harbour should dredge the entrance and consider a better breakwater to help ships in bad weather, it has been… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 11, 2010;

  • Natural Power to Map Shetland Islands Marine Renewable Resources (UK)

    21 February 2011
    Research & Development

    Natural Power’s marine renewables team have been working with Shetland Islands Council over the past 12 months to map their marine renewable resources as a follow on to the Council’s successful Marine Spatial Planning exercise and are looking forward to publishing the results in the spring of 2011. Building on their successful resource modelling work […]

  • Natural Power to Map Shetland Islands Marine Renewable Resources (UK)

    21 February 2011
    Research & Development

    Natural Power’s marine renewables team have been working with Shetland Islands Council over the past 12 months to map their marine renewable resources as a follow on to the Council’s successful Marine Spatial Planning exercise and are looking forward to publishing the results in the spring of 2011. Building on their successful resource modelling work […]

  • TMS Busy in the Shetland Islands, Toft Pier Development in Full Swing

    28 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    TMS Ltd crews are currently in the Shetland Islands, a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, working on Toft Pier development. According to their latest project update, the weather has been testing them, but the sixth pile gate has now been set up on the seaward side. “Now that the piles are complete […]

  • NAFC Marine Centre Releases Offshore Renewables Guidelines for Shetland Islands

    21 November 2012

    NAFC Marine Centre Marine Spatial Planning team has published a new report ‘Regional Locational Guidance for wave and tidal energy in the Shetland Islands’. It provides guidance to the marine renewables industry on the siting of wave and tidal devices. The report details the methodology used to integrate environmental, social and economic considerations into the […]