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• Quinns Beach Receives New Sand (UK)

  22 August 2014

  Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

  Fred Stubbs Park at Quinns Beach is scheduled to reopen to the public next week as the coastal protections works are nearing their completion. Following a closure of six months due to contractor works, the park will reopen on Friday, 29 August. With irrigation works, topsoil and turf placement already complete, the new children’s play […]

• DONG Energy on a Hiring Spree in Grimsby, UK

  16 January 2014

  Business & Finance

  DONG Energy is recruiting offshore wind workers for various working positions related to its Westermost Rough offshore wind project. The company is looking for people qualified to fill the following positions: Assistant Operations Manager, High Voltage Engineer, HSE Manager, Offshore Coordinator, Site Assistant, Warehouse Coordinator, and Wind Turbine technicians. Details on the recruitment and job […]

• UK: New Hydraulic Lifting Yoke Tested

  9 February 2012

  Business & Finance

  A newly developed hydraulic lifting yoke from Danish based Fyns Kran Udstyr has been tested in the world’s largest offshore wind turbine park, London Array. The new way of handling offshore wind turbine foundations is much faster, cheaper and more secure. It no longer needs to take an hour to get ready to lift the […]

• HMS ‘Enterprise’ Leaves Dry Dock (UK)

  11 September 2013

  Business & Finance

  HMS Enterprise has emerged from dry dock sporting a new paint job after a major five-yearly upgrade. The Plymouth–based survey ship’s docking maintenance period in Falmouth included improvements to the hull, engines, living conditions and the multi-beam hydrographic sonar. The new ‘Sealion’ hull coating (which feels rubbery and slimy to the touch even when dry) […]

• UK: Kentz Backlog Up 9 Percent

  8 July 2013

  Engineering and construction company Kentz recently announced the following pre-close trading update. Overview Trading in the first half of 2013 in line with our expectations Backlog increased 9% to US$2.8bn at the end of May (31 December 2012: US$2.57bn) Order intake of US$900m to the end of May Backlog contains approximately 80% reimbursable contracts 82% […]

• UK: Kentz Posts Strong Order Intake

  18 November 2013

  Kentz reported a strong order intake of US$1.8bn in the first ten months of the year driven by increased bidding activity in H1. Overview Awarded new contracts in key target growth regions; including the Middle East, Russia and Americas Record backlog of US$3.0bn at the end of October 2013 (Dec 2012: US$2.57bn, October 2012: US$2.57bn) […]

• Lerwick Harbour Set for Postitive Future (UK)

  21 May 2013

  Building on high levels of activity and recent investment, Lerwick Harbour is positioned for another busy year and continuing development of infrastructure to meet users’ future requirements. In his foreword to Lerwick Port Authority’s newly-published Strategy and Business Plan 2013, Chairman Harry Jamieson, notes that the harbour “is set up well for the future following […]

• UK: MMO Approves Liverpool 2 Development

  13 December 2012

  The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced it has approved an application from Mersey Docks and Harbour Company Ltd (MDHC) for the £350 million Liverpool 2 development. In September 2012 MDHC applied to the MMO for consent to carry out construction and dredging to create a 17-hectare deep water river terminal on the southern side […]

• Dredging Completed at Neptune Energy Park (UK)

  26 June 2013

  Shepherd Offshore has dug deep to achieve another major milestone in the multi-million pound development of Tyneside’s Neptune Energy Park. A dredger took two months to move a mountain of silt from the riverbed next to the former Neptune shipyard so that deep-hulled vessels can now berth alongside the Park’s 700 tonnes heavy load out […]

• UK wave and tidal pros gather in Plymouth

  5 March 2015

  Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

  Over 60 industry professionals from across the UK will gather at Plymouth University today to discuss the future development of the UK wave and tidal energy sector. The annual meeting of the Marine Energy Programme Board (MEPB) is set to provide a forum for UK industry, regional stakeholders and Government to progress the development of […]

• UK: EnCore Completes Cladhan Field Delineation

  3 June 2011

  Business & Finance

  EnCore Oil plc announces that the Cladhan appraisal well 210/30a-4x, the final well in this current four well programme located in UK North Sea Blocks 210/29a & 210/30a, has reached Total Measured Depth of 10,614 feet. The appraisal well was drilled as a side-track to evaluate a channel to the south of the current Cladhan […]

• UK MoD Hires James Fisher Defence

  29 May 2014

  Business & Finance

  James Fisher Defence (JFD), a global sub-sea operations and engineering company, has been awarded a four-year contract to provide Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) support services to the UK Ministry of Defence’s Salvage and Marine Operations (S&MO) team. The contract affords S&MO 24-hour, on-demand access to JFD’s Engineering Support Cell for specialist support with ROV maintenance, […]

• UK 2017 Offshore Wind Numbers on Upward Path

  4 February 2019

  Business & Finance, Human Capital

  Offshore wind provided 13,500 full-time equivalent jobs in the UK in 2017, a 20.5% increase compared to 11,200 in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. Based on the estimates, there were 9,900 jobs in England in 2017, which represents 2,300 more than the 7,600 estimated in 2016. Scotland saw 3,400 jobs provided by […]

• UK: Reef Completes Greater Gabbard Contract

  10 January 2013

  Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation announced today they successfully completed their integral part in the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm project working collaboratively with the operations team for Fluor, the principle contractor. Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation (RSD&E) completed their multi-million pound project over a period of two years (2010 – 2012) where they performed […]

• Kawasaki Launches UK Subsidiary for AUVs Production

  

  1 February 2019

  Research & Development

  Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched Kawasaki Subsea (UK) Limited in Aberdeen, its new subsidiary specializing in the production, sale and post-sale servicing of AUVs. With a focus on the growing demand for pipeline maintenance in offshore oil and gas fields, Kawasaki has been developing an AUV equipped with a robot arm for performing subsea pipeline […]

• UK: BMT Secures Another Solid Performance

  21 May 2012

  BMT Group Ltd, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has achieved robust financial results, despite another year of challenging economic conditions across much of the world. Revenues from continuing businesses rose 8% to £127m and underlying operating profits remained unchanged at £6.5m in the year to 30 September 2011, £5.1m of which has […]

• Public Support for Offshore Wind in UK Highest Ever

  4 May 2017

  Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

  The public support for offshore wind in the UK is at an all-time high, according to the newly released statistics issued by the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

• Dart Energy Completes Farm-Out with Total UK

  4 February 2014

  Dart Energy said it has completed the Farm-out Agreement with Total E&P UK Limited in respect of UK Onshore Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences PEDL139 and PEDL140. Dart Energy now holds a 17.5% interest in both licences, and will receive US$1 million in cash consideration. Work has now commenced on seismic acquisition and planning, which […]

• UK Schedules Offshore Wind Trip to Belgium

  11 December 2017

  Authorities & Government, Research & Development

  Department for International Trade (DIT) Belgium is organising an event to brief UK companies on the supply chain opportunities of the Mermaid, Seastar and Northwester 2 offshore wind farms.

• Science Minister Highlights NOC’s Expertise (UK)

  19 February 2013

  Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

  The National Oceanography Centre’s expertise in developing robotics and autonomous systems – identified as one of the “eight great technologies” that will underpin future growth in the United Kingdom – is highlighted in a paper written by the Science Minister, David Willetts. The paper, which was launched in a recent speech by Mr Willetts at […]

• UK Charts Decade-Long Offshore Wind Path

  23 July 2018

  Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

  The UK government has committed to opening the Contracts for Difference auctions for offshore wind every two years from 2019 throughout the 2020s.

• RSPB bids UK support for ‘deep water’ renewables

  8 August 2016

  Business & Finance

  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has called for a renewed commitment by the UK Government to renewable energy on the closing day of the consultation on whether the support for renewable energy projects should continue beyond 2020.

• UK Steps Up Protection of Minimum Seafarer Wages

  18 January 2018

  All seafarers working in UK waters must be paid at least minimum wage rates.

• Norwegian gas exports to Europe and UK rise

  11 January 2018

  Norway’s gas infrastructure operator Gassco said on Thursday that natural gas deliveries to European and British buyers in 2017 solidly outstripped previous annual levels.

• UK: Teesside Welcomes MPI Adventure’s Arrival

  15 June 2011

    A NEW arrival on the Tees has brought a significant boost to offshore wind companies… (nebusiness) Source: nebusiness, June 15, 2011;