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  • UK: Vroon Announces Naming Ceremony for Two Vessels

    4 May 2011

    Vroon announce that the namegiving ceremonies for the VOS Premier and VOS Venturer took place on  Monday 2 May 2011, in Aberdeen, UK. The VOS Premier was christened by Mrs Gretchen Werner, wife of Mr Matt Werner, Vice President Operations, BP North Sea. The VOS Venturer was christened by Mrs Rosalind Parker, wife of Mr […]

  • UK: North Tyneside explores offshore marine options

    12 August 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Invest North East England (INEE) team, North East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP) and the NECA constituent authorities are seeking expressions of interest for a consultancy study that would evaluate the competitive position of the region in relation to offshore and subsea market opportunities.

  • Training Takes Off at ACE Winch Academy in UK

    4 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The ACE Winch Academy has got off to a flying start in 2013, landing a series of important contracts with some of the leading clients. “We have delivered our first ‘competency’ package to a client, having completed the work for Forum Energy Technologies, and we are in the process of developing no less than five […]

  • UK: Hamworthy Buys Valve Specialist AW Flow

    5 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      Hamworthy, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative marine and offshore fluid handling systems, announces that it has acquired 100 per cent of the issued share capital of AW Flow Holdings Limited (“AW Flow”) and its subsidiary undertakings, a UK based specialist valve manufacturer for the oil and gas sector. The […]

  • Dana Makes Oil Discovery in Moray Firth (UK)

    22 November 2013

    Dana Petroleum has made an oil discovery in the Moray Firth following the drilling of the Liberator exploration well. Dana drilled 13/23d-8 on the Liberator Prospect in Licence P1987 as Operator and discovered hydrocarbons in a Lower Cretaceous Captain Sandstone reservoir. Detailed evaluation of the discovery will now be undertaken to determine the volume of […]

  • UK, Germany Sign Wind Power Collaboration Agreement

    19 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Working together for the development of future offshore renewable energy was the force behind a new Anglo-German agreement signed in Lowestoft. OrbisEnergy and WAB, the Wind Energy Agency for north-west Germany, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a collaborative working relationship for North Sea offshore wind during a visit of a German delegation to […]

  • UK, Germany Sign Wind Power Collaboration Agreement

    19 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Working together for the development of future offshore renewable energy was the force behind a new Anglo-German agreement signed in Lowestoft. OrbisEnergy and WAB, the Wind Energy Agency for north-west Germany, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a collaborative working relationship for North Sea offshore wind during a visit of a German delegation to […]

  • Archer Knight to support Neptune’s subsea activities in UK

    17 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    Subsea consultancy firm Archer Knight has secured a diving technical authority contract with oil and gas company Neptune Energy to provide specialist support for all diving operations in the UK.

  • NOC Names New Director of Science and Technology (UK)

    9 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The National Oceanography Centre announces the appointment of Professor Ian Wright as its new Director of Science and Technology, following the retirement of Professor Andrew Willmott, the NOC’s first Director of Science and Technology. Professor Wright is a Marine Geologist who, having obtained his PhD in Geology and Geophysics from the Victoria University of Wellington […]

  • UK: Titan Survey Chooses Applied Acoustics’ Boomers

    19 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Titan Survey has been involved in marine surveys both in the UK and worldwide for over 30 years and is increasingly involved in offshore renewable energy schemes, particularly wind farm projects, where an accurate interrogation of the subsea geology is so crucial to turbine foundation design, as well as route selection for the cabling to […]

  • Wärtsilä to power technologically advanced UK research vessel

    13 December 2010

    Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade & Technical press release, 13 December 2010 Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the propulsion equipment for a new, state-of-the-art, research vessel. The vessel will be operated by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and is to be built at the C.N.P. Freire […]

  • UK: Tritech Conducts Field Testing of Gemini SeaTec

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Gemini SeaTec provides an early warning of the presence of marine mammals in the vicinity of marine current turbine structures. The Gemini SeaTec system has been successfully field tested on the Marine Current Turbine (MCT) SeaGen installation in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, overseen and tested by the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Ltd. Launched at […]

  • Wartsila Wins BWMS Order for Four PSVs (UK)

    16 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Wärtsilä has won a contract to supply ballast water management systems (BWMS) to four platform supply vessels (PSVs) for Tidewater Marine, L.L.C., one of the leading provider of offshore service vessels to the global energy industry. The scope of supply for the vessels, due for delivery from the COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard in 2014, includes four […]

  • Dana Petroleum Lays Keel for New FPSO (UK)

    28 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum has laid the keel for a new $400 million oil production vessel which will produce and store up to 40,000 barrels of oil a day from the North Sea by 2015. The keel laying of the floating, storage, production and offloading vessel (FPSO) marks a major milestone for Dana’s Western Isles project. […]

  • QTEC Moves to New Premises. Increases Workforce (UK)

    10 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Independent oil and gas service company QTEC International has moved offices in Aberdeen and increased its shore-based workforce with the appointment of two new staff members. The firm has agreed a two-year lease of 1,500 square feet of office space at Bridge House on Riverside Drive to accommodate its growing workforce. QTEC currently employs seven […]

  • New floating wind-to-hydrogen project proposed in UK

    23 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    Environmental Resources Management’s (ERM) ERM Dolphyn and Source Energie have entered into a partnership to jointly develop projects in the Celtic Sea that incorporate floating wind and green hydrogen production, with an aim to participate in the Crown Estate’s planned floating wind leasing round. Source Energie has been working for some time to identify both medium- […]

  • NHC Secures Multi Million Pound Contract (UK)

    22 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    A specialist North-east oil and gas industry support and training facility has secured a multi million pound contract with a major global oil and gas operator. The Aberdeen-based National Hyperbaric Centre (NHC), which offers a range of oil and gas industry support and specialised training services, has secured a three-year contract for the provision of […]

  • Fugro Subsea Services Opens New Offices, UK

    5 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    MP Mark Lancaster says it’s vital to the future of the UK economy to encourage the growth of high calibre SMEs particularly those specialising in advanced technologies. He was speaking during the official opening of new offices for the Milton Keynes division of Fugro Subsea Services Limited (FSSL) which recently moved to larger premises in […]

  • UK Warship Seizes 600 Kilo Cocaine Haul

    27 August 2014

    A UK Royal Navy’s warship HMS Argyll has seized nearly 600 kilos of cocaine with a street value of nearly USD 35 million after a 12-hour pursuit across the Caribbean. After receiving information that a suspicious-looking vessel had been spotted by a maritime patrol aircraft, HMS Argyll, which is on counter-narcotics operations in the region, […]

  • ESS Increases Size of Its Engineering Division (UK)

    10 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Energy technology company, Ecosse Subsea Systems, (ESS) has increased the size of its engineering division in response to client demand for specialist engineering packages. Aberdeen-based ESS specialises in trenching, deepwater installation and subsea lifting technologies for the oil and gas, marine and renewable industries, and has a range of patented technologies in development. The new […]

  • SHEPD Project Secures UK Islands’ Electricity Supplies

    25 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Electricity supplies to communities in some of the most remote islands in the UK are more resilient following a £2.77m subsea investment. SHEPD has now completed the installation of three high voltage underwater cables between Eriskay and Barra in the Outer Hebrides and Rousay, Eday and Westray in Orkney. The ambitious project to lay 21.4km […]

  • UK: Oceanology International 2014 – Call for Abstracts Open

    16 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    The call for abstracts for Oceanology International 2014 (OI 2014), with its eight free-to-attend industry and technical conferences, opened on 15 April, and has a closing date of 30 August 2013. Held every two years, Oceanology International is the world’s largest exhibition showcasing marine science and ocean technology solutions and the 7,210 m² exhibition is […]

  • CNRI Awards Contract to BMT for Decommissioning Support (UK)

    1 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      BMT Cordah, a leading marine environmental consultancy and a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has been awarded a major contract by Canadian Natural Resources International (CNRI). This project will see BMT provide vital support and guidance for the environmental aspects during two of CNRI’s decommissioning projects, both of which are currently in the planning […]

  • UK: HR Wallingford Appoints New Research Director

    18 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Dr Giovanni Cuomo has been appointed as Research Director at HR Wallingford. Giovanni joined HR Wallingford in 2008, having previously worked with them as a visiting researcher. He has since helped to develop their expertise in the modelling of coastal structures, both numerically and with physical models. His appointment as Research Director follows the retirement […]

  • Dredging – ‘Best’ Protection Against Future Flooding (UK)

    17 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has published its report into the winter floods of 2013-14 as HC 240, First Report of Session 2014-15. The Government must not neglect maintenance of flood defences and watercourses if homes, businesses and farmland are to gain better protection against future flooding risk, warn MPs today in a report […]