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  • UK: Harris Pye to Become Corporate Partner of RINA

    11 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Harris Pye executives were delighted this month when they were invited to become corporate partners of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA). Corporate partnership is only offered to companies which have clearly demonstrated high professional standards within the international maritime industry. Indeed, RINA’s policy states that: “Membership of the Institution identifies member’s employees as […]

  • UK: BMT Fleet Technology Appoints New President

    19 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    BMT Fleet Technology Ltd (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, an international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, appointed Darcy Byrtus as President. Darcy joins BMT from General Dynamics Canada where he held the post of Director of Business Development for Naval Programs and Project Management. There, he was responsible for the strategic […]

  • UK: Prolec Develops New PME Platform Concept

    24 April 2012
    Equipment, Technology

    Safety systems and machine productivity specialist Prolec has set the date for the biggest and most significant product launch in the company’s history. The first product models from an entirely new modular range focused on machine safety will be unveiled at an event being staged at Donington Park Raceway on 9th May 2012. At the […]

  • UK: Coastline Surveys Gets New Geotechnical Engineer

    3 September 2012

    Godwin Eton is joining Coastline Surveys as a Geotechnical Engineer responsible for preparation of geotechnical reports from offshore and nearshore geotechnical projects, running the soil logging facility and increasing the company portfolio to include pipeline geotechnics and soil-structure interactions. Godwin is a Geotechnical Engineer/Engineering Geologist with over seven years industry experience. He holds a BSc […]

  • River Cam Dredging Program Moves Ahead (UK)

    7 January 2014

    The River Cam dredging program is currently underway, according to cambridge-news.co.uk. Boat owners have been asked to remove their vessels between Bishop’s & Newnham mills and Jesus Lock area until the work is done. In order for essential maintenance to take place around the Trinity College area in Cambridge, the officials made a decision to […]

  • Repairs to Start on Flood Defences at Snettisham and Heacham (UK)

    13 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Environment Agency has started emergency repairs to the damaged sea defences at Shepherds Port in Snettisham and at Heacham Dam. The defences were damaged last Thursday when the most serious tidal surge for over 60 years washed part of the shingle flood bank away. The shingle bank between the Heacham North beach and Snettisham […]

  • UK: Tendring Flood Protection Plan Moves Forward

    20 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Flooding issues have been tackled at four out of five sites in Tendring which were put up for urgent attention earlier this year. Due to a long sustained period of wet weather Essex County Council (ECC) came up with an extra £1million of emergency funding for hotspots across the county. Tendring District Council (TDC) produced […]

  • UK: BP Net Debt at USD 29 Billion

    7 February 2012

    BP today released its fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results. Highlights:   BP’s fourth-quarter replacement cost profit was $7,606 million, compared with $4,614 million a year ago. For the full year, replacement cost profit was $23,900 million compared with a loss of $4,914 million a year ago. Replacement cost profit or loss for the group […]

  • UK: SMD Marks Significant Development in ROV Business

    6 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    In August 2008 SMD delivered a Quasar vehicle to the Marine Institute. This vehicle (known as Holland 1) has recently been used in a scientific mission, which discovered a previously unknown ecosystem on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Holland 1 was required to operate more than 3km below the surface where it discovered and […]

  • Residents Support Vestas Wind Turbine Factory (UK)

    23 November 2011

    The creation of local jobs is one of the priorities to come out at a consultation on the proposed Vestas wind turbine factory.   (kentonline) [mappress] Source: kentonline, November 23, 2011; Image: vestas

  • UK: South Hook Gets 200th LNG Tanker

    24 October 2011

    Just two and a half years after receiving its commissioning cargo from Qatar, the South Hook… (gulf-times) [mappress] Source: gulf-times, October 24, 2011

  • First Vessel at London Gateway Brings Christmas Gift (UK)

    28 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The UK’s new deep-water port celebrated the arrival of the first ship, which delivered an early Christmas gift of four new automatic stacking cranes. The very first ship to dock at London Gateway was the Wieniawski, which began its journey in China several weeks ago and completed its journey last week. The ship was guided […]

  • Petrofac, GDF Suez UK North Sea partnership continues

    5 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Petrofac’s relationship with GDF Suez E&P UK has been extended with the renewal of its Integrated Services Contract (ISC). The contract covers operations, maintenance and engineering services support to GDF SUEZ E&P UK throughout its operations in the UKCS, including Cygnus, the largest gas field discovery in the Southern North Sea for 25 years. The […]

  • UK Wind Farms Construction Could Impact Harbour Seals

    20 May 2015

    Offshore wind turbine installation could damage the hearing of UK harbour seals, University of St. Andrews researchers said. The team of scientists used GPS data loggers on 24 harbour seals during the installation of offshore wind turbines in the Wash in 2012. The data loggers collected information on the seals’ locations and their diving behaviour. […]

  • Oil & Gas UK CEO Opens Magma Products’ Office

    13 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Oil & Gas UK chief executive, Malcolm Webb, has officially opened the new Aberdeen offices of oil and gas consultancy Magma Products. Magma, which provides specialist offshore commissioning and start-up services, has grown from a business employing six people in 2011 to one with an 85-strong team today. It has moved from small city centre premises […]

  • 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Nearing Completion in Fife, UK

    8 October 2013

     The operation to install the huge two-piece steel structure has been taking place over recent days 50m offshore from Methil’s Energy Park Fife. Once fully assembled and operational, the three blade, 7MW prototype turbine will be the world’s largest and most powerful installed turbine, with the tip of its blades 196m above sea level and […]

  • UK: Ithaca’s Stella field start-up expected in November

    6 October 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Ithaca Energy’s Stella field in the UK North Sea is still expected to start production in November 2016. Providing an operational update Ithaca on Thursday said that the hook-up and commissioning operations of the production facility FPF-1 were progressing to plan. To remind, the FPF-1 set sail from a yard in Poland in August, and […]

  • SR: Wave and tidal to drive UK’s renewable energy future

    17 February 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish Renewables has identified six key innovation areas and called the UK government to work with industry to help guide investment to deliver a low-carbon, low-cost energy sector. Government innovation spending could deliver a world-leading energy system if £500 million of allocated funds are targeted correctly, a new paper from industry body Scottish Renewables states. […]

  • Tidal & wave generate 4GWh in a record year for UK renewables

    29 March 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The new UK government’s energy statistics report has shown that renewables share of electricity generation in 2017 reached a record figure of 29.4% – second only to that of gas.

  • Split Opinion Regarding UK Offshore Wind Finance Gap

    15 June 2012

    The so-called finance gap could be a drag on UK offshore wind deployment, according to a poll conducted at the RenewableUK Global Offshore Wind 2012 Conference in London. The survey, which was conducted by global renewable energy consultant GL Garrad Hassan, revealed that 59% of participants thought that it will have a detrimental effect on […]

  • Maersk Line Receives Two Global Freight Awards (UK)

    26 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Global Freight Awards took place in London on Wednesday 21 November. Attended by professionals from large multinational corporations and SMEs across the freight and logistics industry, the judges commented that this year there were an exceptional number of high quality entries. Maersk Line had been short listed in two categories: “Environment” for Route 2, […]

  • Cuadrilla gets permit for UK’s first shale fracking project

    25 July 2018

    Lancashire-headquartered Cuadrilla has received final hydraulic fracture consent from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for its first horizontal shale gas exploration well at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire.

  • UK: Buckie Shipyard Enters Agreement to Build Teknicraft WFSVs

    24 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Scottish boatbuilder, Buckie Shipyard on the Moray Firth have entered an agreement with Veecraft Marine of Capetown SA to be the UK builder of the Teknicraft design of Wind Farm Service Vessels. The design is a foil assisted catamaran using the proven hull form by Nic de Waal of the New Zealand firm Teknicraft Design, […]

  • UK: Expro Sells Connectors & Measurements (C&M) Business

    20 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Storage

    Arle Capital Partners today announces that portfolio company Expro International “Expro”, the international oilfield service company, has agreed to sell its Connectors & Measurements (C&M) business, including the Tronic and Matre brands, to Siemens AG at a valuation of US$630 million. Expro’s C&M business is a market leader in the design, manufacture, assembly and installation […]

  • Atlantis Appoints John Neill as Non-Executive Chairman (UK)

    7 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Atlantis Resources, the vertically integrated turbine supplier and project owner in the tidal power industry, has announced the appointment of John Neill CBE as Non-Executive Chairman, with immediate effect. Tim Cornelius, CEO of Atlantis Resources, said: “To have recruited a Chairman of John’s calibre, experience and profile is a tremendous boost for Atlantis Resources and […]