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  • UK: Cargotec’s Chain Wheel Manipulator Wins Innovation Award

    20 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Cargotec’s MacGregor Chain Wheel Manipulator has won Offshore Support Journal’s Innovation of the Year award. The award was announced at the Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference in London on 15 February, and presented to Cargotec’s sales team for Advanced Load Handling in front of an audience of over 400 people at the conference gala dinner. […]

  • UK: Subsea 7 Adds New Addition to Its Fleet

    15 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore energy industry, has added the specially adapted new build Jack-up accommodation and crane barge, the Seven Inagha, to its fleet. The Seven Inagha is effectively a vessel with legs and, unlike most conventional jack-ups, can mobilise to a work site under […]

  • UK: Yacht Britannia Arrives at South Boats Service Centre

    8 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Saturday 4th February saw the arrival in Cowes of the replica of King George V’s J-Class Yacht Britannia, built in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The vessel is a replica of the original which was scuppered off St. Catherine’s Point on 10th July 1936 in accordance with the King’s dying wish that the “boat should die with him.” […]

  • UK: Moray Council Plans Buckie and Burghead Harbours Dredging

    10 February 2012

    Moray Council has unveiled plan for the maintenance dredging of Buckie and Burghead harbours. This work includes maintenance dredging of Buckie and Burghead harbours, including disposal of material at the relevant licensed off-shore disposal site. The disposal site for each is approx 1.5 nautical miles from the harbours. Conditions of Contract will be to NEC3. […]

  • UK: Flood Defence Work Begins in Morpeth’s High Stanners

    26 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Construction work will begin next week on new flood defences in Morpeth’s High Stanners. The works, which are a part of a wider £21 million flood alleviation scheme, will see the creation of a new embankment along the wide part of the green and two new flood walls, one near Oldgate Bridge and one near […]

  • UK: Wrexham Lagoon Dredging Hinges on National or European Funding

    7 April 2011

    A massive operation to clean up a toxic lagoon plaguing Rhos residents will hinge on national or European funding.   By Lois Hough (leaderlive) [mappress] Source: leaderlive, April 7, 2011    

  • UK: New Quay at Lerwick Harbour to Bring Significant Benefits

    28 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The high level of activity at Lerwick Harbour has been enabled by the port’s latest deep-water quay being brought into use immediately on completion this week as part of an ongoing expansion of facilities. The 100-metre Berth 7 at Greenhead Base provides an extension to a new 100-metre-plus quay added there in February 2012. Providing […]

  • UK: MMT NetSurvey to Undertake Blakeney Overfalls Hydrographic Survey

    16 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    MMT NetSurvey Ltd has been contracted by the Marine Coastguard Agency to undertake a hydrographic survey in the area of the Blakeney Overfalls, north of Blakeney to a point 3km north of Sheringham. The survey vessel for the area Hydrographie Instruction no. 1447 will be MV Seabeam, working out of Great Yarmouth and Wells-next-to-Sea from […]

  • Work Underway to Provide Extra Protection for Riverside Quay (UK)

    28 January 2014

    The Environment Agency is installing a one-kilometre long stretch of temporary flood banking near Riverside Quay in Hull to provide extra protection from tidal flood risk. Work began on Saturday to raise the height of a low-spot in the Humber’s defences, using a line of large sand and gravel-filled bags as a quick and temporary […]

  • Prosafe Secures Contract for Safe Scandinavia in UK North Sea

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Prosafe has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 187 days with on-site operations planned to commence April 2013. Total value of the contract for the […]

  • Subsea Company Faces Battle to Attract Skilled Experts (UK)

    28 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    In a corner of a giant hangar clinging to the Forth waterfront at Rosyth, a small group of hard- hatted men are forcing complex pieces of… By Dominic Jeff (business.scotsman) [mappress] Source: business.scotsman, September 28, 2011;

  • Inverlussa’s Margaret Sinclair Deploys ADCP Tidal Meters (UK)

    20 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Inverlussa Marine Services was awarded the contract to deploy ADCP tidal meters up to 12 miles west of Islay for SSE Renewables. M.v. Margaret Sinclair executed the job with huge success considering the exposed location and tidal current which the area is renowned for. Launched in 2006 Margaret Sinclair is a 21m coastal landing craft, […]

  • UK: Falck Nutec Announces Safety Training Centre in Billingham

    14 October 2011

      An Industrial training company has invested hundreds of thousands of pounds in its Tees Valley centre to ensure the safety of workers in the… By Andy Richardson (TheNorthernEcho) [mappress] Source: TheNorthernEcho, October 14, 2011;

  • UK: ROVOP Creates New Jobs with Purchase of Five ROVs

    22 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Rapidly growing and award winning energy services firm ROVOP is to create around 60 jobs to accompany the purchase of five remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The Aberdeen-based subsea specialist will invest around £15million over the next 18 months in the workclass hydraulic machines, supplied by FMC Schilling Robotics, with the first ready for use in […]

  • UK: Nautronix Strengthens Sales Team with Appointment of Senior VPs

    20 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Nautronix specialists in through water communications and positioning technologies, announces the appointment of 3 Vice Presidents to their sales team. Experienced subsea development manager, Dan Williams, is serving as the company’s VP Sales, Commercial Acoustics. In his new role, Dan will assume direct responsibility for building the awareness of Nautronix ADS² technology in the global […]

  • UK: OTT Introduces Portable ‘Mag-Flow’ Current Meter

    31 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OTT Hydrometry has launched a new portable current meter for fast accurate flow measurements in open channels. The OTT MF Pro is robust, simple to use and able to provide accurate measurements in shallow or low flow conditions, even in turbulent, high sediment or at sites where weed growth is an issue. As an electromagnetic […]

  • CAPE Holland’s New VLT Installs Piles Off UK

    27 July 2015
    Equipment

    CAPE Holland’s newly developed Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) has installed 4 piles in up to 90m water depth, during its first commercial application. This installation is part of the pre-piling project for the Culzean Wellhead Platform jacket which will be installed next year. The VLT was used as a stabbing tool to install all 4 piles in […]

  • UK: Ecosse Subsea Systems in Pole Position for Prestigious Awards

    24 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Aberdeen-based Ecosse Subsea Systems  announced that it has scored a hat-trick of finalist’s positions in two awards schemes. The company is a finalist in the Wood Group Award for Innovation category of the annual Grampian Awards for Business Enterprise. The winner of the accolade will be announced at a glittering ceremony at Mercure Ardoe House […]

  • UK: GEOSHIPS Acquires US-based Brooklyn Shipping Ltd

    3 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based SeaHold GEOSHIPS Limited (GEOSHIPS) has announced the acquisition of marine management services company Brooklyn Shipping Ltd (BSL). The acquisition is expected to lead to BSL’s staff numbers more than doubling to 80 this year and also contribute to a significant increase in GEOSHIPS’ pre-tax earnings on its projected turnover of nearly £50million for 2012. […]

  • UK: BG Group Chairman to Leave Post in May 2012

    31 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Sir Robert Wilson has today announced his intention to stand down as Chairman of BG Group​ at the conclusion of the Company’s Annual General Meeting in May 2012. He will be succeeded by Andrew Gould, currently Chairman of Schlumberger Limited. Mr Gould joined Schlumberger, the world’s largest oil and gas industry service provider with operations […]

  • UK: Swire Oilfield Services Starts Works on New HQ

    25 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Global provider of offshore cargo carrying units and associated services, Swire Oilfield Services, has started work on its £4million Aberdeen headquarters, which will create up to 50 new jobs on completion. The construction is part of a £50million investment for the company this year, supporting its global business development strategy. Around £20million is earmarked for […]

  • EU Awards European Wind Deployment Centre With €40m (UK)

    16 December 2010

    The proposed European Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Scotland has been awarded a grant of up to €40 million from the EU through the…   (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, December 16, 2010

  • East Lindsey Out of Question for Triton Knoll Substation (UK)

    19 January 2011

    THE CONTROVERSIAL proposal to build an electrical substation in East Lindsey connecting to the giant Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm off… (louthleader) [mappress] Source: louthleader, January 19, 2011

  • Gaia-Wind welcomes Good Practice Wind Project (UK)

    23 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    A partnership aimed at the increased opportunity for and construction of both onshore and offshore wind developments has been launched. The… (sourcewire) [mappress] Source: sourcewire, September 23, 2010;

  • MV Ginny Louise Comes to Yarmouth for Sea Trails (UK)

    4 January 2012

    The first of a potential fleet of ten vessels, MV Ginny Louise is currently in Yarmouth on its tour through the UK’s East Coast. Tidal Transit will perform sea trails over the next few days and will likely head to Grimsby early next week. Ginny Louise and its sisters are designed to provide up to […]