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  • UK: MEAD Scheme to Assist Wave Hub Deployments ?

    11 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Claire Gibson, Wave Hub’s General Manager commented, “Earlier this year MPs said that funding support for the first arrays would be critical to the UK capturing the huge potential of wave and tidal energy, so it’s good news that this long-awaited competition has been launched. Wave Hub is specifically designed for wave array testing and […]

  • UK: Transport Minister Inspects Flood Recovery Projects

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Transport Minister Robert Goodwill has visited Yorkshire and the Humber estuary to discover how the areas are recovering from damage caused by the recent severe weather. At the Port of Immingham, the largest by tonnage in the UK, he spoke to owners Associated British Ports and viewed the ongoing works to improve its resilience to […]

  • UK: Subsea Industry Developing Their Businesses for Offshore Wind

    26 October 2012

    Offshore wind industry in the North East UK has been recognized by many companies as one which will play a huge role in the future energy mix. Therefore, the companies from the subsea industry are developing their businesses to follow the benefits of the offshore wind market. When it comes to supply chain, the region’s […]

  • MCT Wins International Tidal Energy Award (UK)

    4 December 2012

    In recognition of its work to bring forward two tidal farms in UK waters, Siemens’ Marine Current Turbines (MCT) won the Device Developer Business Case Award at last week’s International Tidal Energy Summit.    The award, judged by an independent panel, acknowledged MCT’s “solid and applicable business case” for its proposed projects at Kyle Rhea […]

  • UK: FTSE Group Selects NYK for FTSE4Good Index

    26 March 2012
    Business & Finance

      NYK was recently selected for the UK-based FTSE Group’s FTSE4Good Index, a major socially responsible investment (SRI) index that has included NYK for many years. The FTSE4Good Index is one of the two leading indexes used by investors concerned about corporate social responsibility criteria. The other major index is the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. […]

  • Ithaca Offered Two New Traditional Licenses (UK)

    29 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ithaca Energy Inc. announced its success in the UK’s 27th Offshore Licensing Round, with the Company being offered, as Operator, two new traditional licenses. Block 29/5d is a joint venture between Ithaca (Operator, 54.66 %), Dyas UK Ltd (25.34%) and Petrofac Energy Developments UK Ltd (20%). The Block lies in the GSA, adjacent to Block […]

  • UK: “Environmental Aspects of Dredging” Starts Next Week

    9 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    HR Wallingford, Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) scheduled their training course named “Environmental Aspects of Dredging” for 18-19 June 2014, in Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. This two day training course will cover the scope and importance of the environmental aspects of dredging projects, the management of dredged material […]

  • A&P Invests in Engineering and Marine Jobs in Cornwall, UK

    15 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A&P Falmouth has launched an apprenticeship recruitment search to find raw talent in Cornwall to train and hone into the skilled engineering and marine workers of the future. In the last five years A&P, as one of the biggest commercial ship repair companies in the UK, has recruited 33 adult trainees for specialist in-house training. […]

  • Talisman Extends Contract for SBS Tempest PSV (UK)

    4 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Viking Supply Ships has received a six-month contract extension with Talisman Energy (UK) for the SBS Tempest platform supply vessel. The primary function of the vessel is to transport supplies to and from offshore oil platforms. The new charter extension will mean that the vessel will continue to operate from Talisman’s logistics base in Peterhead, Scotland.  […]

  • UK’s National Decommissioning Centre Opens Its Doors

    11 January 2019
    Research & Development

    The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) is opened today by Lord Duncan, UK Government Minister for Scotland and Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Scottish Energy Minister, in Newburgh, in North-East Scotland’s Energetica Corridor. The government ministers joined industry and civic leaders to celebrate the launch of this long-term £38m partnership between the Oil & Gas Technology Centre and the University of […]

  • UK: Pinsent Masons Advises Alstom on TGL Acquisition

    2 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Alstom on the acquisition of Tidal Generation Limited (TGL), from Rolls-Royce Plc. TGL designs, develops and manufactures tidal stream turbines for the capture and conversion of tidal energy to electrical power and is currently operating a 500kWe concept demonstrator unit at The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Tidal […]

  • UK: DP World Southampton Achieves Great Results

    18 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    DP World Southampton has raised the bar again in the UK container industry by setting another UK productivity record. On the Hyundai Ambition, the company’s D Team handle 651 moves (54.25 crane moves per hour) on quay crane 29 during a 12-hour night shift. Chris Lewis, Managing Director, DP World Southampton, said, “This was an […]

  • Antrim: Oil Production Starts at UK Causeway Field

    14 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Antrim announced that production of oil has commenced from the Causeway Field in UKCS Block 211/23d (Antrim working interest 35.5%). Commissioning of the Causeway field has now commenced with gross production rates of around 4,500 barrels of oil per day on a 53% choke. Initial production rates are currently being impacted by longer-than-anticipated clean-up and […]

  • VIDEO: London Gateway Latest Time-Lapse (UK)

    10 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    London Gateway will be the UK’s first 21st Century major deep-sea container port and Europe’s largest logistics park. Here is the latest stop-motion video from London Gateway, as their opening date creeps closer: Situated on the north bank of the River Thames, London Gateway provides unrivalled deep-sea shipping access for the world’s leading businesses to […]

  • A&P Falmouth Appoints New Development Manager (UK)

    16 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    A&P Falmouth has employed a full time marine renewables business development manager, demonstrating the company’s commitment to working at the forefront of the sector. Amanda Pound joined the company in 2010 as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Exeter University, just days after finishing her degree. After working for two years as Marine […]

  • UK: Reef Subsea’s New Vessels Hired by Talisman

    8 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Reef Subsea AS announced today that they have been awarded a contract with Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd for the provision of two maintenance support vessels. Reef Subsea’s newly delivered vessels Reef Despina and Reef Larissa, will fulfil the contract for Talisman, which involves supporting the company’s Brownfields Modification Programme on selected UK offshore fields. The […]

  • UK: Cuadrilla to Submit Application for New Gas Well

    21 August 2012

    Cuadrilla Resources has announced that it will submit a planning application for a horizontal well at its Anna’s Road site. The British company is exploring for natural gas in Lancashire and by drilling a horizontal well at Anna’s Road will be able to gain a better understanding of the consistency of the Shale rock and […]

  • PIANC UK 2012 Annual Conference – Call for Papers

    28 March 2012

    PIANC UK has issued a Call for Papers for its 2012 Annual Conference. This Conference will take place 19 October 2012, at The Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street London, SW1P 3AA. The theme of the Annual Conference of the UK Section of PIANC will be Learning from Experiences, and will look at […]

  • MHI Vestas Employing 70 at UK Blade Factory

    1 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas has announced 70 new jobs created in the Solent Region as the company is increasing production staff at its blade production facility on the Isle of Wight. Economic impact of MHI Vestas’ Blade Production facility in the last 12 months has been £135 million of economic output to the UK economy, supporting over 380 direct and […]

  • Carbon Trust: Floating Wind Is UK’s Golden Ticket

    23 January 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A new report published by the Carbon Trust has highlighted the key areas for policy makers to consider in order to develop a world leading market for floating wind in the UK. Recommendations for policy and regulatory measures include a viable support mechanism to secure the UK’s position as a world leader in floating wind, as well […]

  • Vietnamese shipbuilders start making ship for UK partner

    14 September 2006

    The Nam Trieu Shipbuilding Company, subsidiary of the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (VINASHIN), started building a 53,000 tonne cargo ship for the UK’s Graig Shipping Ltd. on Sept. 13. This is the first among 21 cargo ships to be built under a 400 million USD contract signed between VINASHIN and the UK partner.

  • UK: Partrac Completes 2nd Year of Surveys for SSE

    18 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Partrac Ltd were awarded the framework contract by SSE Renewables to provide metocean survey services in support of wave and tidal energy developments in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters, following the award of Agreement for Leases by The Crown Estate in 2010. Now approaching the second year of survey, the Partrac Marine team have […]

  • Offshore Wind Leads Way of Renewable Energy in UK

    23 May 2011

    Offshore wind will be the key driver for growth in renewable energy, but skills shortages and lack of investment threaten to stop the sector in its tracks, according to a panel of high-level energy sector experts including Shadow Energy Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, and chairman of the Environment Agency, Lord Smith. The panel, which also included […]

  • Offshore Wind Leads Way of Renewable Energy in UK

    23 May 2011

    Offshore wind will be the key driver for growth in renewable energy, but skills shortages and lack of investment threaten to stop the sector in its tracks, according to a panel of high-level energy sector experts including Shadow Energy Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, and chairman of the Environment Agency, Lord Smith. The panel, which also included […]

  • RMT: UK Flag Is Failing Seafarers on ACL Ships

    19 October 2016

    New UK-flagged vessels are failing the shipping industry by not employing domestic seafarers, according to the country’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). “All of Atlantic Container Line’s (ACL) UK-flagged fleet of new ro-ro container ships – the Atlantic Star, Atlantic Sail, Atlantic Sea, Atlantic Sky and Atlantic Sun – will not […]