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  • UK: A2SEA Installs 1.000th Wind Turbine

    12 June 2013

    Today at the RenewableUK Offshore Wind exhibition in Manchester, A2SEA announced that the company had just installed turbine no. 1,000 in its 12 year history. Turbine no. 1,000 was installed by SEA JACK at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. ”It is a huge achievement for our company and we […]

  • UK securing shipbuilding future with $5 billion investment

    10 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    The UK government is planning to invest £4 billion (approximately $5.3 billion) in the country’s regional shipbuilding industry as it prepares to publish refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS).

  • Envirnoment Agency Checks Flood Defences (UK)

    11 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Thousands of flood defences across the South East coastline have been inspected and repaired by the Environment Agency. Some of the worst hit flood assets were found along the South Coast, where flood defences were seriously put to the test. The tidal surge in December, combining high spring tides with a coastal surge, resulted in […]

  • Kier Nabs Important Waterways Contract (UK)

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Kier has agreed a new £25m per annum contract with the Canal & River Trust to carry out important engineering and construction works on the nation’s 200-year-old canal network. The National Engineering & Construction Contract (NECC) will initially run for six years, with options to extend up to a maximum of 10 years. This longer […]

  • UK: New Police Launch for Hampshire Constabulary

    20 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Hampshire Police Authority Marine Unit has ordered a new LOCHIN 367 POLICE LAUNCH purpose designed to fulfil expected changes in their operational status in Southampton. The new vessel is expected to service the Solent and adjacent sea areas, hence their choice of the Lochin as a capable ‘offshore’ craft with a longer range capability higher […]

  • UK: Blyth Workcats Show Off Efficiency

    13 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The latest launch from Blyth Workcats was recently on display at the Seawork Exhibition in Southampton. Clements Engineering has worked with the team at Blyth over many years supplying all their stern gear, shafts and propellers and the team have built a good knowledge of this builder who has been producing successful workboats and catamarans […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Osiris Projects at Oceanology International 2012

    18 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Osiris Projects are confirmed to exhibit at Oceanology International 2012 at ExCeL, London. The company will be showcasing their expertise within the field of ultra-high resolution shallow water survey and, subject to work schedules, demonstrating their 27.5m semi-SWATH specialist coastal survey vessel, Bibby Tethra. Osiris Projects are market leaders in ultra-high resolution hydrographic and geophysical […]

  • Two Trinidad LNG cargoes on way to UK

    28 March 2018
    Vessels

    The United Kingdom is expected to receive two liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes from Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin plant next week, port and shipping data showed on Wednesday. Teekay’s 135,243-cbm LNG carrier Madrid Spirit is scheduled to arrive at the Dragon LNG terminal located in the Port of Milford Haven on April 4, the port’s […]

  • UK: Debbie Turner Leaves Braemar Seascope

    8 February 2012

    The London-listed shipbroker Braemar Seascope, said in a statement that Debbie Turner from its LNG division will be leaving the company in the near future. Debbie has been involved with the group for over 30 years formally with Burness Marine, which was acquired by Braemar in 1999, and thereafter continuously through until 2012. [mappress] LNG […]

  • UK: Passenger Ship ‘Serenissima’ Re-Floated

    21 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    The passenger ship MS Serenissima that ran aground in Oban Bay yesterday, has now been re-floated. With 61 passengers and 51 crew on board, no injuries were reported. There was also no reported pollution and no signs of damage. The RNLI all-weather lifeboat from Oban, HM Coastguard’s Oban Sector Manager along with the Oban and […]

  • UK: Transas Unveils New Version of ShipGuard

    20 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Transas Marine has launched its latest ship security alert system ShipGuard 4 SSAS, utilizing the SkyWave IsatData Pro transceiver. The IsatData Pro(IDP) series operates on the Inmarsat I-4 constellation which provides improved network speed. Polling request and response times now takes 30-45 seconds, which is four times faster than its predecessor. Transas ShipGuard 4 SSAS […]

  • UK: New Shipping Minister Visits Port of Felixstowe

    17 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Stephen Hammond MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, has made his first visit to the UK’s largest container port. Whilst at the port, Mr Hammond also visited the container ship Ever Leading, an 8,452 TEU container ship operated by Evergreen Marine under the British flag, on her maiden voyage to […]

  • Subsea suppliers pitching products to oil majors in UK

    16 November 2016
    Equipment

    Innovative UK firms are set to sit down with major oil and gas players on Wednesday, where they will be pitching their subsea solutions. According to Subsea UK, an industry body representing UK’s subsea suppliers, the initiative encourages companies to step up to the plate and present their processes and systems which have the potential to […]

  • UK Government Mulls Post-2020 Renewables Support

    8 August 2016
    Authorities & Government

    The UK Government’s consultation on whether to modify renewable energy subsidy regulations to allow the support to projects due to start between 2020 and 2026 closes today.  Although the UK Government has recently cut support for onshore wind and solar, it has indicated it will provide further support for offshore wind and potentially other “less established” […]

  • Dutch and British Flood Experts Meet in UK

    2 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Following the invitation by the Environment Agency, Dutch and British flood experts last week exchanged ideas for more collaboration on innovation in the area of flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCRM). The exchange took place during one of the workshops held as part of the Flood & Coast 2016 conference in Telford, UK on […]

  • UK: Marine Technology Centre Officially Open

    29 January 2013

    Sunseeker announced that the Marine Technology Centre based at the Bournemouth and Poole College was officially opened on January 24 by Wayne Moore, Operations Director of Sunseeker International. As well as learning more about the Marine Apprenticeships and higher level qualifications, guests had the opportunity to view the students’ work, look around the new centre […]

  • Total makes large gas discovery offshore UK

    24 September 2018
    Exploration & Production

    French oil major Total has made “a significant gas discovery” on the Glendronach prospect offshore UK.

  • UK Chamber of Shipping Voices Navigational Safety Concerns

    26 July 2018

    Following the announcement of new Contracts for Difference (CfDs) auctions in the UK, which will add hundreds of new offshore wind turbines, the UK Chamber of Shipping called for a more meticulous approach to planning so disruption to shipping could me minimised.

  • New board officers & members for Oil & Gas UK

    6 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    Oil & Gas UK, an offshore oil and gas industry representative body, announced the appointment of new member company representatives and a new team of officers to lead its board. All changes are of immediate effect. Neil McCulloch, president, North Sea at EnQuest PLC, and Terry Savage, corporate relationship director at Global Energy Group, take over as […]

  • Tocardo Acquires UK Tidal Energy Company

    26 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Tocardo Tidal Turbines is acquiring Swanturbines Intellectual Property, including the patented subsea tidal turbine technology and deployment methods. The transaction includes intellectual property, patents and technology as well as the trade name of Swanturbines, a UK based tidal energy company. “For a long time, Tocardo has been impressed by Swan’s technology, which is complementary to our […]

  • UK Tidal Energy Firms Welcome Cooperation with Canada

    21 July 2015

    Five British companies are celebrating today after they have received grant funding from the Government’s innovation experts at Innovate UK to develop tidal energy projects with Canadian businesses and universities. Split across two projects, worth a combined £700,000, the projects will help governments, industry and academia better understand the impact of tidal technology on the […]

  • Somerset Dredging Plan Receives Support (UK)

    7 February 2013

    An online petition calling for the dredging program at the Somerset Levels is rapidly receiving support, according to thisissomerset.co.uk. This very important dredging project should reduce flooding at the mentioned area. “The series of catastrophic floods in the Somerset Levels (and elsewhere in the country) is entirely avoidable. It stems, largely, from the Environment Agency’s […]

  • UK: Dawlish Warren Dredging Plan Introduced

    14 November 2012

    The Environment Agency and Teignbridge Council are considering to undertake a dredging project at the Dawlish Warren’s beach. This program, if realized, would include removing of a large amount of sand from one east Devon town to another. According to BBC News, this restoration project could commence in the next couple of years and will […]

  • UK: Port of Dover Disappointed by Minister’s Decision

    24 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Dover is surprised and extremely disappointed by last week’s announcement from the Minister of State, Simon Burns, that he is declining the Port’s voluntary privatisation Scheme. Responding to the Minister’s statement, Bob Goldfield, Chief Executive of the Port of Dover, said: “The decision is frustrating for the Port and for the community, […]