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  • Seaway Powell Names New Sales Director for UK and Europe

    23 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Seaway Powell Marine Ltd (part of the PT Group), one of the leading British engineering companies specialising in the design and manufacture of marine hydraulic systems, announced that it has appointed a new Sales Director for the UK and Europe, Jon Whetter. Jon Whetter joins the PT Group from Kawasaki Precision Machinery UK Ltd (KPMUK), […]

  • Cooper Lomaz – Recruiting for Energy in East Anglia (UK)

    4 March 2013

    The East of England is home to an energy industry that spans all sectors with a well-established and sizeable supply chain and workforce. Around 6,200 businesses are currently active in the region from all energy sectors, between them responsible for a total annual turnover of £12.9 billion and the employment of approximately 103,400 people. There […]

  • Noble Completes Sale of North Sea Assets (UK)

    14 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Noble Energy, Inc. has closed the previously announced sale of the Dumbarton and Lochranza assets in the North Sea to Maersk Oil North Sea Limited. Proceeds from the transaction were $117 million and included final closing adjustments from the effective date of January 1, 2012. Maersk Oil has bought Noble’s 30% interest in the offshore […]

  • UK: Petitioners Okay Dredging Plans for Falmouth Harbour

    28 April 2011

    More than 1,000 people have signed a petition backing a £20m plan to dredge the entrance to Falmouth harbour to encourage cruise ships…   (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, April 28, 2011    

  • UK: Barclay Calls on Environment Agency to Increase Dredging

    3 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    MP Steve Barclay has called on the Environment Agency to increase its dredging of the Old Bedford River and demonstrate that the lessons of the Somerset floods are being applied in the Fens. “At present the Environment Agency are dredging some parts of the Old Bedford River but not all the areas recommended by local […]

  • Work Begins on New Warkworth Flood Defences (UK)

    28 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Thirty-five homes in Warkworth, Northumberland, will be protected from river and tidal flooding thanks to a new Environment Agency flood defence scheme. Preparatory work began this week in advance of the construction of a new flood wall that will protect homes at The Butts area of Warkworth. The project will also see the ground raised […]

  • MP to Inspect River Nar Restoration Progress (UK)

    27 September 2013

    Henry Bellingham, North West Norfolk MP, will visit the River Nar later this week to see how work is progressing to restore it to a more natural state. The visit has been organised by the Environment Agency and its partners to highlight the ongoing efforts to improve the river. Repeated dredging over the years has […]

  • Ocean Safety’s Aberdeen Office Fully Operational (UK)

    18 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ocean Safety’s Aberdeen depot is now fully operational, just one month after it opened, to service the growing demand for safety equipment from the expanding offshore renewables market. The Branch is now certified to service a range of professional survival products, manufactured and distributed by Ocean Safety, including the Jasons Cradle, Dacon Frames and Jonbuoy […]

  • UK: Onboard Trials to Measure Potential for Wind Power

    14 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Lloyd’s Register’s Strategic Research Group has joined forces with Totempower Energy Systems and Zodiac Maritime Agencies to assess the potential of wind-generation devices onboard commercial ships as the maritime industry steps up its pursuit of viable carbon-alternate fuels. A fully autonomous wind-monitoring system designed and assembled by Totempower has been installed on the Zodiac-managed bulk […]

  • UK: North Star Shipping Wins Safety Award

    16 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    North Star Shipping, a division of Craig Group, has scooped a prestigious international award from one of the world’s leading health and safety bodies for the eleventh year in a row. The British Safety Council has awarded the esteemed International Safety Award with Merit to North Star Shipping following assessment by a strict independent adjudication […]

  • Tidal Transit: Extension of Contracts for Two Vessels (UK)

    12 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Leo Hambro from Tidal Transit has announced an extension of contracts for both of its stateoftheart transfer vessels working for wind farm development companies in the North Sea. “One of the vessels, Eden Rose, is under contract to Scira Offshore Energy Limited, the company developing the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, an 88turbine wind farm […]

  • Sembmarine SLP Welcomes Lowestoft Conference Initiative (UK)

    25 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Lowestoft Conference will take place on 15 April 2014 at Rotterdam Road in Lowestoft. Sembmarine SLP Managing Director Paul Thomson has welcomed the Lowestoft Conference initiative, saying: “With over 350 employees, Sembmarine SLP is one of Lowestoft’s major employers and my colleagues and I are very pleased that we are going to have the […]

  • UK: BP Appoints Lamar McKay as Head of Upstream

    23 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    BP today announced the appointment of Lamar McKay as Chief Executive, Upstream. He will take up the position with effect from January 1, 2013. In his new role, McKay will lead BP’s combined Upstream business, comprising the Exploration, Developments and Production divisions together with the Upstream strategy and integration team. These Upstream functional divisions were […]

  • UK: ROS Welcomes New Member to Its Team

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Remote Ocean Systems announces the appointment of Barry Ross as Technical Sales in the Aberdeen Office. Barry has extensive experience performing technical support, maintenance and operation of ROVs and related equipment. Barry is a welcomed member of the growing Aberdeen team with the technical expertise to assist customers with their selection and successful application of […]

  • Little Dunham Substation Faces Residents’ Opposition (UK)

    19 November 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Public inquiry regarding plans for a substation at Little Dunham, which would connect the Dudgeon offshore wind farm with the national grid, ended last week at the EcoTech Centre in Swaffham with strong public opposition.  Little Dunham Parish Council chairman Simon Fowler is cited by the EDP24 news site as saying that the residents are […]

  • UK: BMT Group Presents New Operating Company

    29 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    BMT Group Ltd (BMT), the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has presented a new commercial operating company which will focus on the provision of high value, innovative vessel performance management and decision support solutions for the maritime industry. BMT SMART Ltd will draw on years of experience and knowledge from around […]

  • Narec Commissions and ASTA Accredits it’s Laboratory (UK)

    6 December 2011

    Narec relocated its electrical networks team to a custom built facility at its headquarters in Blyth, Northumberland earlier this year. Most of the testing equipment was able to be transported from the Clothier Laboratories to the Charles Parson Technology Centre and there has been significant investment in lab facilities to expand capabilities for cable testing. […]

  • UK: Launching Ceremony for Port of Tyne’s New Dredger

    5 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    The £1m vessel arrived at the Port at the end of December and has been undergoing rigorous trials and crew training. Today, Sir Bobby’s widow and son, Lady Elsie Robson and Andrew Robson will attend the ceremony at the Customs House Pontoon, South Shields. Lady Robson will officially “launch” the boat in the time honoured […]

  • UK: SMD Wins Second Consecutive Queen’s Award

    23 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    SMD has been honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for its growing presence and success in global markets. This is the second Queen’s Award the company has won in the last two years. In 2011, SMD was presented with the Queen’s Award for Innovation for its work-class remotely […]

  • Maersk Oil Qatar: Arbitration against UK supplier

    23 February 2009

    Maersk Oil Qatar has initiated arbitration against UK based supplier SLP Engineering Ltd., Lowestoft. SLP Engineering was in 2006 awarded a turnkey contract for delivery of offshore accommodation platforms for the Al Shaheen field development in Qatar. After a long series of commercial, financial and scheduling problems with SLP the contract was terminated for default […]

  • UK gov’t awards £5 million exploration fund to OGA

    25 September 2017

    The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has been awarded a £5 million ($6.75 M) UK government fund for 2018/19 to survey under-explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf to find potential new deposits. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and head of Her Majesty’s Treasury, Philip Hammond, announced the fund award on Monday, September 25, during […]

  • NFFO Hosts Meeting on Marine Spatial Planning (UK)

    18 November 2011

    A constructive meeting with the representatives from the Marine Management Organisation was held in the NFFO offices recently to discuss the arrival of marine spatial planning and in particular, the first two draft marine plans. These will be for the East Coast Inshore and the East Coast Offshore. Marine Plans will then be extended to […]

  • UK: Viking Decision Boosts Shetland Wave Project

    6 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The project partners behind Shetland’s first wave power scheme said that the Scottish Government decision to approve a major wind farm on the island gives the proposal a significant boost. The 10 megawatt (MW) Aegir Wave Power scheme, backed by European energy company Vattenfall and Edinburgh based technology developer Pelamis Wave Power (PWP), could only […]

  • Infield Releases Subsea Market Report to 2017, UK

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Infield Systems has just released the latest edition of its Global Perspectives Subsea Market Report To 2017. The ninth edition of this highly respected report is devoted to the global subsea market and provides a comprehensive analysis of its many facets. The report presents information on the expected capital expenditure and level of subsea equipment […]

  • UK: Plan for Bristol Container Terminal Moves Ahead

    10 December 2010

    Investigation work has started ahead of a scheme to build a £500m deep sea container terminal at Avonmouth Docks in Bristol…   (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, December 11, 2010;