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  • MMF Steering Group Announces MMF50 (UK)

    7 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    The next Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) will be number 50 in the series. To celebrate this milestone, the MMF Steering Group has announced that MMF50 will take place on Tuesday 12th June 2012 in the prestigious Princess Royal Gallery at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in the Historic Dockyard at Portsmouth. As its […]

  • UK Gas Up, LNG Flows High

    17 October 2011

    British prompt gas prices surged to a seven-week high on Monday as colder weather is expected to drive up gas demand this week and nuclear… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, October 17, 2011

  • Saab Seaeye Buys Hydro-Lek (UK)

    3 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Top ROV manufacturer, Saab Seaeye, has acquired manipulator and ROV tooling maker, Hydro-Lek. Saab Seaeye’s managing director Jon Robertson sees a clear synergy between the two companies as manipulators and tools are key elements in the design and function of underwater vehicles. Formed 20 years ago, Hydro-Lek has long supplied manipulators and hydraulic components to […]

  • UK: Pwllheli Harbour Dredging Plan Unveiled

    4 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Last mont, the Gwynedd Council hosted an exhibition and information event on the marine improvements that will be carried out at Pwllheli harbour in the coming months. Details of the proposed marine improvements which are due to be carried out during winter 2013/14, including dredging work to maintain the sailing channel and upgrading work that […]

  • UK: A&P Tees Achieves Important Milestone

    27 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A&P Tees have proven once again that the importance of Health and Safety is at the forefront of all projects. Cemex Marine have visited the yard with the Sand Harrier, Sand Fulmer, Sand Heron and Sand Falcon covering 40,000 man hours of work. This has all been carried out INCIDENT FREE. Workscope on the vessels […]

  • Government: Emergency Harbour Fund Extended (UK)

    2 September 2013

    An extra £3 million has been made available for Scottish fishing harbours that were damaged by the storms late last year. The storms, which were caused by an unusual combination of south easterly gales, low pressures and high tides, were described as the worst in decades and caused damage across Scotland. The additional £3 million […]

  • UK: Vale End Dredging Operations (VIDEO)

    5 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    This video shows the Vale End dredging operations. Vale End provides four acres of beautifully landscaped and varied stillwater and stream fishing comprising Belmont Lake and Mill Lake, which nestle at the foot of Belmont Wood. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, April 5, 2013  

  • UK: Phuthuma Nhleko to Join the BP Board

    1 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      The board of BP announced today that it has appointed Mr. Phuthuma Nhleko as a non-executive director of BP p.l.c. with immediate effect. Mr. Nhleko is currently Group President and Chief Executive Officer of the MTN Group, the mobile telephony multinational company based in South Africa, positions he has held since 2002. He will […]

  • FLEX LNG Posts 2Q Results (UK)

    24 August 2012

    FLEX LNG announced that the Q2 2012 financial report was approved by the Board of Directors on 23 August 2012. In the first quarter the front-end engineering and design work for a potential project in Papua New Guinea was finalised, although subsequently no further progress has been made on this project. The Company has in […]

  • Expro Awarded for Best Business of the Year (UK)

    24 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Leading international oilfield services company, Expro, has won an award at the Stirling Business Awards. Expro won the award for Business of the Year (25 employees or more). The company’s Group Engineering office in Stirling is focused on new product development, providing a strong focus on technology and innovation for the global energy sector. The […]

  • UK: Veripos Appoints EAME Division Manager

    4 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based Veripos, the leading supplier of GNSS positioning services to the world offshore industry, has appointed Angus Scott as Regional Manager of its Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) division. Reporting to company Managing Director Walter Steedman, he will be responsible for continued business development and operational aspects of the business on behalf of major […]

  • UK: Renewable Energy Job Predictions Overestimated

    16 March 2012

    Job predictions for renewable industry could have been overestimated, according to STV. The Scottish Government is confident that offshore wind energy has a potential to create 48,000 jobs by 2020. On the other hand, Richard Marsh, director of Edinburgh-based 4-Consulting, claims in his report that as few as 300 permanent positions could be created in […]

  • UK: Bam Nuttall Bags Kirkwall Contract

    17 August 2012

    On July 27, the Bam Nuttall Ltd has won the Kirkwall’s pier construction contract. The works comprise: – A new pier with a deck area of approx. 2900m2 and an approach approx. 95m long by 8m wide, constructed using tubular steel piles with a concrete deck slab, – Supply and installation of pier furniture including […]

  • UK: Coton Anti-Flooding Program Begins

    8 October 2012

    Today, the Environment Agency will start work to reduce flood risk for 297 properties in Coton, north Tamworth. The construction work will be undertaken by Jackson Frameworks Ltd through a £1.8 million contract. The work will take approximately six months to complete, and will include a mixture of flood walls and flood banks along Lichfield […]

  • UK: Tidal Turbine in Orkney Producing Electricity

    17 May 2012

    An underwater turbine that is set to be used in Scotland’s first and only consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is providing electricity for homes and businesses on the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s northern isles. The 1MW power generator was installed last December, in some […]

  • UK: MeyGen Seeks for Turbine Array Engineers

    6 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    MeyGen announce open roles for a Senior Turbine Array Engineer and a Turbine Array Engineer, for which candidates are sought. The successful candidate for Senior Turbine Array Engineer will be responsible for optimising the turbine array for the MeyGen Project. The role includes fully characterising the tidal and wave environment at the MeyGen site and […]

  • UK: Shell Service and Maintenance Contract for Hydratight

    26 November 2010
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Hydratight’s expertise has won the company a four-year service and maintenance contract for three of Shell’s major North Sea facilities. Hydratight will handle maintenance and shutdown operations at Shell’s St Fergus gas plant at Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, the Mossmorran fractionation plant on the outskirts of Cowdenbeath, Fife and the Braefoot Bay marine gas terminal near […]

  • International Chamber of Shipping Meets in London (UK)

    18 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) representing national shipowners’ associations from the Americas, Asia and Europe met in London last week. Issues discussed included: the development by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of a global mechanism for the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of CO2 emissions; the entry into force […]

  • OMM Names New Sales Manager (UK)

    29 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    OMM Offshore Marine Management GmbH & Co. KG has announced the appointment of Sales Manager Edward Dreger to the company. Edward joined OMM in January of this year, bringing to the role valuable experience, including over 20 years servicing the German market and 15 years focusing on client relationship management with the most recent portion […]

  • Fairfield Energy Names New CEO (UK)

    31 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Fairfield Energy, the North Sea focused independent Oil and Gas Company, announced the appointment of David Peattie as CEO effective March 1st 2013. David Peattie, B.Sc (Hons.) M.I.M.M. C. ENG, has spent thirty four years working for BP in a wide range of both technical and executive positions. He joined BP in 1979 as a […]

  • EnerMech Receives £20 Mln Funding (UK)

    9 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    EnerMech, an international provider of mechanical services solutions to the energy services sector, has received additional £20 million funding from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking in Aberdeen. The latest tranche of funding will support EnerMech’s organic growth initiatives and will also assist in funding a number of acquisitions the Aberdeen mechanical engineering company has in its sights. […]

  • XPD8 Wins Condition Monitoring Contracts (UK)

    1 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Aberdeen-based XPD8 Solutions has reported a strong start to 2013 after its condition monitoring team secured work worth more than £2 million and announced plans to expand its workforce. The company, which specialises in the management of maintenance systems for oil and gas producing assets, has been awarded contracts to deliver further condition monitoring support […]

  • UK: Doughty Hanson Acquires ASCO Group

    27 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Doughty Hanson & Co, one of the largest independent private equity firms in Europe, announced that it is to acquire ASCO Group (ASCO), the largest global provider of outsourced logistics services and solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, from Phoenix Equity Partners. ASCO provides oilfield logistics services, co-ordinating the supply of goods destined […]

  • Fathom Systems Launches New Products (UK)

    12 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      Fathom Commercial Diving expands its portfolio with  four new exciting products : Digital Diver Communications System – Using the latest high fidelity digital signal processing techniques, precision analogue interfaces, fibre-optic network and both wireless and touchscreen user interfaces, these modular systems will change the way we communicate with divers in the water or in […]

  • PD Ports Welcomes UK Government’s Freeports Consultation

    12 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    UK’s port operator PD Ports has welcomed the UK government’s move to launch a public consultation on freeports.