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  • UK: Port of Cork to Monitor Seabed Ploughing in Real Time

    10 October 2013

    A project that has allowed the Port of Cork to precisely monitor and record the winter program of seabed ploughing in real time for the first ever time is being delivered by Succorfish in partnership with Irish marine communication specialists SEA-Tech. The groundbreaking exercise, which is being carried out aboard a utility vessel working to […]

  • Safety in UK offshore oil & gas sector improving, report says

    27 July 2017

    The latest annual health and safety data published for the UK offshore oil and gas industry signals a continued trend of improving performance despite 2016 being a challenging year, Oil & Gas UK has said.  The sector’s trade body on Thursday, July 27 published its Health & Safety Report 2017 – capturing the significant trends, […]

  • UK: Inmarsat Appoints AND as Distribution Partner for Its FleetBroadband services

    9 September 2011

    AND Group plc, an internationally recognized provider of communication services to the marine and offshore sectors, today announces that it has been appointed as a distribution partner for Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband service. AND Group can now distribute the full range of FleetBroadband services: from FB150 for smaller vessels needing voice communications and lower data speeds, through […]

  • FSB urges UK government to approve Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

    27 October 2017
    Authorities & Government

    The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Wales has called for the UK Government to address the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon in the budget and to end the uncertainty hanging over the project. Janet Jones, FSB Wales Policy Chair, said: “With the Autumn Budget coming up next month, it is critical that the Chancellor commit to […]

  • KCA Deutag scoops UK North Sea drilling contract with Total

    27 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    KCA Deutag, a drilling and engineering contractor, has been awarded a contract on two platforms in the UK North Sea with Total.

  • Austal to Design and Construct Three Catamarans for UK’s Turbine Transfers

    18 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Reflecting its renewed competitiveness in the international market for small and medium sized commercial vessels, Austal has secured a new contract for the design and construction of three wind farm support vessels. The 27 metre catamarans will be used by UK-based Turbine Transfers to support wind turbine installation and maintenance activities in European waters. Austal […]

  • UK: Officials Prepare Fairhaven Lake Sea Defences Plan

    8 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Fylde Borough Council will conduct a major planning to secure sea defences and future management of the coastline. Works will include improved sea defences at Fairhaven Lake and Church Scar and may, depending on funding, begin as soon as 2017. Sea defences at Pleasure Island are also being considered with a longer timescale of possibly […]

  • UK: Tyne dredger guide captain ‘ over limit’ – court

    6 November 2009
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    A SEA captain was today accused of being drunk as he guided a massive dredger up the Tyne ahead of work on the second Tyne Tunnel… Source: Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette, November 5, 2009;

  • UK: final preparations to get Great Yarmouth’s harbour in shape

    15 January 2010
    Project & Tenders

    Final preparations are under way to get Great Yarmouth’s outer harbour ship-shape for the arrival of its first container vessel – with a pledge from bosses that the £30m scheme will not be a while elephant. [mappress] Source: The Advertiser 24, January 15, 2010;

  • UK: Flood Work Improvements Begin on Parrett and Sowy Defences

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Construction work will begin this week on improvements to the 4.2 kilometres of the flood defences on the River Parrett between Willow Bridge near Stathe and Monks Leaze Clyse, near Combe. The works will involve raising sections of the right bank of the River Parrett between Allermoor Spillway and Beazley’s Spillway by up to 200mm […]

  • Council Invites Bids for Port of Workington Dredging Project (UK)

    6 September 2013

    The Cumbria County Council has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Port of Workington dredging project. The main goal of this cleanup program is to remove recent accumulations of waterborne material from the approach channel, turning basin and dock at the Port of Workington, to the profile, levels and tolerances, and to dispose […]

  • Bids for Eastoke Point Coastal Defence Scheme Invited (UK)

    29 October 2012

    Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for Eastoke Point Coastal Defence Scheme. The scope of the contract will comprise of but may not be limited to: – Construction of a 650m rock revetment (27,700m3, 3-6 tonne rock armour); – Construction of three 90m rock groynes (7,000m3, 3-6 tonne […]

  • UK: Forum Energy Technologies, Global Marine Ink Contract

    30 October 2012

    Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. has announced the signing of a contract with Global Marine Systems Limited, Ltd.  Under the contract, Forum will supply a PerryTM XT 600 Trenching System, complete with Launch & Recovery System and special tooling. The trencher provides three meter ROV burial capability on the ocean floor. Also included in the scope […]

  • Blue Ocean Monitoring Sets Up Office in UK and USA

    31 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Australia’s Blue Ocean Monitoring, an operator of autonomous ocean data collection platforms for oil & gas and environmental applications, has opened offices in the United Kingdom and the USA. The United Kingdom office is headed by Keith Wallace who has been appointed General Manager – Europe & the Middle East. The Houston, USA office is headed by […]

  • Flexlife Receives Apache North Sea Contract Extension (UK)

    6 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Leading subsea integrity and project management specialist Flexlife has been awarded a contract extension by Apache North Sea worth £5million per annum. Flexlife was originally awarded a three-year deal that amounted to £13million and has now secured a one-year extension to project manage work with a CAPEX value in excess of £130million. The contract also […]

  • UK: Guernsey RET to Begin Marine Mapping Around Island

    26 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Commerce and Employment’s Guernsey Renewable Energy Team (RET) is starting work on marine mapping for the waters around the Island. This will look to build on the initial work that was undertaken in 2010 on the Regional Environmental Assessment. This looked at environmental information that was available to identify key constraints on renewable development. It […]

  • Xanthus Energy: Meteorological Masts Offshore Fully Functional (UK)

    9 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Today Xanthus Energy is announcing a fully functional 100m high meteorological masts offshore in water from depths up to 60m for £2,000,000; and that’s installed and transmitting. However the benefits offered by Xanthus do not stop there; Sea Met is based on tried and tested buoyant gravity base designs developed over forty years and used […]

  • UK: Bibby Offshore Opens Project Engineering Centre in Liverpool

    21 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has opened a project engineering centre in Liverpool and employed five subsea engineers to remotely support its core business in Aberdeen. The decision to develop this innovative approach to the resource shortage in the Aberdeen region is due to the rising demand for its services from its clients. Bibby […]

  • UK: Shetland Wave Energy Scheme to Power Ahead in 2013

    6 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The partners behind plans for Shetland’s first wave power scheme will tell island representatives this week that it is set to ramp up public consultation and environmental research off the south west mainland ahead of a planning application in 2015. The work planned for the Aegir scheme in 2013 will be outlined by European energy […]

  • TAQA Resumes Initial Flows in Brent Pipeline System (UK)

    18 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) confirms that initial flows of crude oil have resumed in the Brent pipeline system following a precautionary shutdown on Monday. The pipeline system, which is operated by TAQA and runs through the Cormorant Alpha platform, was halted after hydrocarbons were detected inside one of the platform’s legs. The […]

  • UK: BRIL Completes ROV Intervention Project for Centrica Energy

    5 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Bibby Remote Intervention Limited (BRIL) has successfully completed a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) intervention project for Centrica Energy, worth around £900,000. BRIL is the latest division of Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor, Bibby Offshore, and was established in late 2011 with the intention of managing the increased market demand for ROV inspection services. Already this year, […]

  • Schlumberger Delivers Intervention Services to Industry through SERVCO (UK)

    7 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Schlumberger today announced at the Offshore Europe 2011 Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition the combining of its fishing and intervention services, which will be delivered through SERVCO services. The new service organization will offer fishing and pipe recovery, wellbore departure, wellbore abandonment, and thru-tubing well intervention tools and services. “Increased and more challenging […]

  • A&P Completes Mid Water Arch Subsea Structure (UK)

    16 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    A&P TYNE is building on its success in a new business sector with the completion of yet another subsea structure for an offshore oil and gas field. The Mid Water Arch – used to support control cables as they rise from the seabed to the surface – left the ship repair and fabrication yard at […]

  • BritNed Cable Between UK and The Netherlands Starts Transmitting Electricity

    11 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      It stretches 260km under the North Sea, contains 23,000 tonnes of copper and lead, and may represent the first step towards a renewable ener… (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian , April 11, 2011;

  • UK: Syed Taqvi Joins Hydratight as Global Marketing Leader

    2 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Global joint integrity specialist and engineering services company Hydratight has appointed Syed Taqvi as global marketing leader. Syed joins the company from GE Oil and Gas, where he was marketing director for subsea equipment and marketing integration leader for ESP, acquired by GE in 2011. Prior to working at GE, Syed worked in the downstream […]