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  • A&P Falmouth Hosts Ministerial Visit (UK)

    10 April 2013

    The significant value of A&P Falmouth to the Cornwall economy and barriers to the port growth was the focus of a ministerial visit yesterday. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable heard first hand the ambitions A&P Falmouth and partners have to secure the future prosperity of the […]

  • UK: ICE President Visits Wave Hub

    15 August 2012

    The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West hosted a visit from ICE President Richard Coackley in Cornwall on 6th and 7th August. The President’s trip included a visit to the Wave Hub Project, an offshore electrical infrastructure system off the North Coast of Cornwall. The aim of the facility is to support the development […]

  • Wind Industry Companies Interested in Humber (UK)

    21 January 2011

    Other major manufacturers in the wind industry are interested in setting up bases in the Humber, according to Yorkshire Forward, as it… (insidermedia) [mappress] Source: insidermedia, January 21, 2011

  • Trelleborg Finalises Acquisition of Ambler Technologies (UK)

    9 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Trelleborg has, through its business area Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, signed an agreement and finalized the acquisition of the U.K. company Ambler Technologies Ltd. The company develops and produces composite materials that create strictly specified buoyancy and insulation properties in applications used primarily in deep-sea environments. The acquisition provides Trelleborg with access to cutting-edge expertise […]

  • SPEX Group Strengthens Management Team (UK)

    24 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    SPEX Group, an Aberdeen-headquartered provider of innovative technology solutions and services to the global oil and gas industry, has strengthened its management team with a round of key appointments. Sylvia Halkerston joins the SPEX board of directors, following a career spanning 35 years in human resource management in both the public and private sectors. The […]

  • Bowtech Products to Exhibit at SUBSEA UK 2013

    6 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Bowtech Products Ltd, a global market leader in subsea vision systems, will be showcasing its new products at the SUBSEA 2013 Exhibition and Conference, on Stand B90, which is being held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) from the 6th to the 7th of February 2013. The new products being showcased will include: […]

  • Minister Hendry in Green Visit to Edinburgh (UK)

    22 February 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Minister of State Charles Hendry saw the positive effects of Government support for Scottish renewable energy projects during an official visit to Edinburgh today. He began his trip with a visit to Artemis Intelligent Power, an innovative green technology company based in the City. Artemis was one of the first recipients of a DECC grant […]

  • Land and Water: Dredging Journal Published (UK)

    14 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Claire Greenwood, a member of Land and Water Services’ senior management team has had a journal on spot dredging activity published by the institute of Civil Engineers. Claire’s paper ‘Preserving canals through innovating maintenance spot dredging’ goes on to describe how the innovative use of coastal dredging technology adapted for use on inland waterways can […]

  • UK: Latchways PRD Wins Three Awards

    28 May 2012

    Latchways has recently launched their latest innovation in rescue safety – the Latchways Personal Rescue Device™ (PRD). In the event of a fall from height, the Personal Rescue Device—integrated into a full body harness – will not only arrest the fall, but lower the user safely to the ground in matter of seconds by the […]

  • Tywyn (UK) Sea Defence Work Starts

    11 February 2010
    Project & Tenders

    The £6.4m Welsh Assembly Government-funded scheme is set to see the construction of a new rock breakwater above low tide level, rock groynes, and rock revetment to protect properties in the town. [mappress] Source: Cumbrian News, February 10, 2010;

  • FoundOcean Receives Pile Grouting Contract (UK)

    12 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    FoundOcean has been awarded the contract by Graham Construction to pile grout the foundation for the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, developed by Samsung Heavy Industries, in Fife, Scotland. This will be the first 7MW turbine to be installed. Each blade measures over 80m, longer than the wingspan of an Airbus A380, making them the […]

  • UK: Settlement Reached Over Lerwick Dredging

    22 February 2012

      Lerwick Port Authority (LPA) and Shetland Islands Council have reached a negotiated settlement on the claim payable by the Council relating to the abandonment of a dredging project in 2005 due to the former Bressay Bridge Project. Both LPA and the Council are content to have settled the claim at £4,825,727 before matters reached […]

  • Local MP Visits CTruk in London, UK

    19 September 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Bernard Jenkin, Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex, visited Brightlingsea-based designer and builder of multi-purpose composite marine craft, CTruk, in London last week as the defence and security event DSEI drew to a close.  CTruk launched its proof-of-concept Force Protection Craft, THOR – Twin Hulled Offshore Raider, at the show. After meeting the […]

  • UK: DSH to Run London Array Accounts

    9 September 2013

    London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, has appointed DSH Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors in Maidstone to provide it with accounting and tax services for the next three years. For DSH partner Duncan Cochrane-Dyet, the appointment is recognition of the quality of DSH’s teams.  “When we were invited to tender, we knew it […]

  • Iceni Defiant to Focus on London Event (UK)

    30 January 2012

    On Friday 27th January, following successful sea trials in Southampton Water, the latest South Boats 17m LS WFSV ‘Iceni Defiant’ was handed over to Iceni Marine Services Ltd, based in Great Yarmouth. Prior to the vessel commencing work on the Great Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm on 1st February, ‘Iceni Defiant’ will be sailed up the […]

  • UK: Work on NAREC’s Site Progressing Well

    23 March 2012

     Work on site is progressing well with major works on Blade Test 2 underway. The Nautilus building which will house a 3MW turbine drive train testing facility, is set to hand over in the Spring. Work has now begun on the latest Fujin project, housing the 15MW turbine drive train testing facility, which is set […]

  • UK: Navitus Bay ‘too Close to Coast’

    13 April 2012

    Challenge Navitus campaigning group, determined to stop construction of the wind farm off Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight claims that the proposed farm would be too close to the coast, BBC informs. The group is engaged in providing the public with comprehensive information on the wind farm, along with raising awareness of its […]

  • UK wind power development small comparing to potentials

    5 October 2010
    Research & Development

    “Few reports will mention that the overall level of wind farm deployment in the UK, both onshore and offshore, is dismal when you consider… By Alex Desbarres (pandct) [mappress] Source: pandct,October 05, 2010;

  • UK: ACE Winches Graduate Scheme Accredited by IMechE

    20 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The ACE Winches Graduate Scheme has been fully accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, meeting the standard for the development of Chartered Engineers and Incorporated Engineers. ACE Winches currently has eight graduates enrolled in the Graduate Scheme which was initiated in 2011. The ACE Winches Graduate Scheme was singled out for praise as a […]

  • London Gateway’s Biggest Cranes En Route to UK

    21 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Towering at a height of 138 metres, taller than the London Eye, London Gateway’s colossal quay cranes are on their way to the UK’s new deep-water container port. The first three of the port’s giant quay cranes, manufactured by Shanghai’s Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC), have started their journey from China. The enormous crane’s boom […]

  • UK ocean energy gets a profile of 2017 activities

    26 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Policy and Innovation Group at the University of Edinburgh has released a report summarizing the developments in the wave and tidal sector throughout 2017 in the United Kingdom.

  • Ashtead expands UK team with new appointment

    10 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Ashtead Technology, a provider of subsea technology and equipment, has added to its UK team with the appointment of Graeme Booth as a regional technical support leader. The company said on Monday that Booth joined Ashtead from Subsea 7 where he held technical support and offshore operational roles, including survey equipment superintendent. Booth will provide customers […]

  • Debate on UK Government Energy Bill’s Impact on Humber

    18 March 2013

    POLITICIANS, business leaders and environmental groups in the Humber are to debate how the Government’s Energy Bill could affect the area’s renewables ambition. An influential panel of speakers is to use an event in Hull to explain how the legislation may shape the potential of a new, green, economy in the region. The Energising England: […]

  • AMEP Plan Goes before UK Parliament’s Committee

    15 May 2014
    Authorities & Government

    The deadline for the UK House of Commons or the House of Lords to pass annulment resolutions against the Special Procedure Order (SPO) on Able’s Marine Energy Park (AMEP) elapsed on May 10. The petitions against the SPO now stand referred to a Joint Committee, and members of the Committee will be announced shortly.  The UK […]

  • £10 million grants for UK offshore wind technology

    5 July 2010
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The first round of grants since the Budget for developing next-generation offshore wind technology are announced today (Monday 5 July) by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Secretary of State Chris Huhne will announce the grants, totalling £10 million in a speech at the launch of the International Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Perspective report. […]