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  • Partrac Wins Metocean Survey Services Contract (UK)

    19 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    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 […]

  • UK: Ramsgate Harbour Development Project Makes Progress

    28 April 2011

    Facilities at the south east UK port of Ramsgate are once again being upgraded with the installation of new breakwaters, pontoons… By Peter Barker (maritimejournal) [mappress] Source: maritimejournal, April 28, 2011    

  • UK-Duch Delegates Urged to Build Trade Links

    18 January 2011

    DELEGATES at a pioneering UK-Dutch conference were urged to build on flourishing trade links between the countries to meet challenges posed…. (eadt) [mappress] Source: eadt, January 18, 2011

  • UK-Duch Delegates Urged to Build Trade Links

    18 January 2011

    DELEGATES at a pioneering UK-Dutch conference were urged to build on flourishing trade links between the countries to meet challenges posed…. (eadt) [mappress] Source: eadt, January 18, 2011

  • Chancellor George Osborne Announces 2011 Budget (UK)

    24 March 2011
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Chancellor George Osborne today delivered the 2011 Budget, which for the UK’s Green Economy included two key announcements: 1) Green Investment Bank (GIB) – the GIB will launch next year (2012) backed by £3b funding; £1b of Government funding and a further £2b raised from asset sales. The initial £3b capital will leverage a further […]

  • OERA and Innovate UK to fund tidal development projects

    21 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    The Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) and Innovate UK (the new name for the Technology Strategy Board) are jointly investing approximately CAD 1.4 million (approximately GBP 755,000) in collaborative R&D projects to develop enhanced sensing technologies for tidal in-stream energy applications.   As stated on OERA’s official website, the objective is to develop the technologies that […]

  • UK: Fugro Nabs New Contracts for Trenching Operations

    30 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Fugro has been awarded two contracts to perform cable burial and survey operations at two wind farm sites in the UK. The first contract is for CT Offshore A/S at RWE Innogy’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm located in Liverpool Bay off the North Wales coast. The work involves the burial and post-burial survey […]

  • UK MP calls for manifesto commitment on tidal lagoons

    28 April 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Neil Parish, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton, has supported the inclusion of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon in the Conservative manifesto for the upcoming general election in the UK.

  • Uncertainty Renewable Obligation Certificates’ Confidence in UK Renewables

    5 October 2011

    There was a contrast last week in UK renewables, with the Scottish government announcing fresh investments north of the border… (climatespectator) [mappress] Source: climatespectator, October 05, 2011

  • Fendercare Marine to Supply Yokohama Fenders to Eastport UK

    8 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Norfolk based Fendercare Marine, one of the world’s foremost suppliers of marine products and services, has won a significant contract to supply Yokohama fenders to Eastport UK, Norfolk’s premier port. The contract, won against strong international competition, is for the supply of 17 Yokohama pneumatic fenders measuring 2.0m x 3.5m to be used at the […]

  • Red7Marine Invests £5m in First Major Vessel (UK)

    10 May 2011

      Red7Marine’s newly-acquired offshore support vessel DP Reel has sailed into Great Yarmouth port to mark a milestone moment for the rapidly growing company. The £5m investment means the highly versatile vessel will be available to support work for clients in the renewable energy and oil & gas sectors. It comes less than three years […]

  • BP Achieves Major Milestone on Kinnoull Project in UK

    16 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    BP announces completion of a major milestone on its Kinnoull project in the UK’s central North Sea. On 14th October the new 700 tonne processing unit for the Kinnoull and Andrew Lower Cretaceous reservoirs, built in Hartlepool, England, was successfully installed on to BP’s Andrew platform, 230 kilometres north west of Aberdeen. The Kinnoull field […]

  • ABP Southampton: UK’s Newest Container Berth Opens

    1 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Sir Ben Ainslie, Britain’s greatest ever Olympic sailor, ordered the loading of a 40ft golden container on to one of the world’s biggest ships to open the UK’s newest container handling facility at ABP’s Port of Southampton. It was the final stage of a £100 million investment by ABP in the container terminal in Southampton. […]

  • UK: BAE Systems Announces New BoD Chairman

    12 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    BAE Systems announced that Sir Roger Carr will join the Board as a non-executive director and Chairman designate on 1 October 2013 and will succeed Dick Olver as Chairman in the first quarter 2014, following a transition period. Sir Roger, 66, is currently Chairman of Centrica plc and was until recently President of the CBI, […]

  • Intercargo Finds UK Club Best on PSC Compliance

    15 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The UK P&I Club believes that its loss prevention efforts are paying off among mutual members owning and managing dry cargo ships. Intercargo’s just published report Benchmarking Bulk Carriers reports that UK Club entered vessels had the lowest number of deficiencies among those inspected by Port State Control in 2012. The average score was just […]

  • MHKs Expected to Follow UK’s Renewable Energy Lead

    15 June 2011
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The UK government last week announced plans to invest in an offshore renewable energy technology and innovation centre to help businesses… By Michael Glanfield (iomtoday) [mappress] Source: iomtoday, June 15, 2011;

  • UK: First Giant Cranes Arrive at London Gateway

    6 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, was called on to act as agent for the arrival of the first giant cranes at the UK’s new global container port, DP World’s London Gateway. As the largest quay cranes in Britain, bigger than the London Eye and weighing 2,000 tonnes each, ISS arranged […]

  • UK, Belgian OWFs Backed by EIB’s €17Bn Fund

    23 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved more than EUR 17 billion of new loans to support investment in telecommunications, water infrastructure, renewable energy, roads, schools and hospitals, and backed lending for small business investment across Europe and around the world. The EIB Board approved support for strategic infrastructure investment totalling nearly EUR 7 billion. […]

  • Ashtead to Launch Smallest Electric Dredge Pump (UK)

    8 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Leading subsea equipment solutions specialist, Ashtead Technology, is to launch the subsea market’s smallest electric dredge pump this week at the Ocean Business 2013 exhibition in Southampton, UK. The pump will be available to rent exclusively from Ashtead Technology through an agreement with the manufacturer, Vortex International. The electric pump is targeted at the 2½” […]

  • Offshore Wind to Remain UK’s Cash Cow in 2016

    23 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind projects in construction across the UK in 2016 will generate GBP 5.9 billion of investment within the country over the next five years of development and construction activity, according to RenewableUK. Construction activity is currently underway on six offshore wind projects, with onshore substations being built and cables being laid. These projects have a combined […]

  • Innovate UK and EEN focus on marine robotics to Canada

    24 July 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology

    Innovate UK’s Global Business Innovation Programme turns focus on surface & underwater marine robotics systems & technologies to Canada. The Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP), delivered by Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), is recruiting up to 15 SMEs involved in marine robotics. Successful applicants will benefit from an exclusive 12-month tailored wrap-around support programme delivered by […]

  • Subsea UK Conference to Dive into Latest Underwater Technology

    23 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    The latest developments in underwater vehicles, marine robotics and autonomous operations will be among the topics under the spotlight at Subsea UK’s 2018 Underwater Vehicles Conference next month. The UK industry body, has today (Monday 23rd July) launched a call for speakers, urging experts from across the marine sector to step forward and debate a […]

  • UK: Wallingford Hosts “Environmental Aspects of Dredging” Course

    24 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    On the 18th and 19th June, 2014, the IADC/CEDA “Environmental Aspects of Dredging” Course was hosted by HR Wallingford at their headquarters in Howbery Park, Wallingford, UK. With a total of 27 delegates attending from France, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Qatar, Ireland and Colombia, the presentations and workshops forming the course were the scene of much […]

  • 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 […]

  • CLI orders methanol-ready wind-powered cargo ship at Royal Bodewes

    30 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Germany-based logistics company CLI has signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilder Royal Bodewes for the construction of an eco-friendly multipurpose cargo vessel.