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  • 4 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) has been awarded a new contract in the North Sea, to be performed by GSP Falcon, the DNV class pipelay vessel. The operations under the new contract with Perenco are scheduled to start in mid October 2012 and involve all engineering, procurement installation and pre-commissioning required to lay a 9.5 km […]

  • 17 July 2013
    Human Capital

    Mike Smith, Grimsby’s first apprentice offshore wind farm engineer, who was recruited by RES Offshore, informed jobseekers and their advisers on the opportunities that the offshore wind industry can offer to young people, the Grimsby Telegraph writes. Young Mr. Smith and JobCentre Plus collaborated with Grimsby Renewables Partnership to deliver this speech to those interested […]

  • 7 February 2013
    Human Capital

    Danish wind energy giant, Dong Energy, is considering to locate a new operations and maintenance base for Westermost Rough in Grimsby, reports the Grimsby Telegraph. Dong Energy expects to create around 40 energy jobs in this area. This comes after the last week’s announcement that the construction work on this wind farm will commence in […]

  • 19 August 2011

      Associated British Ports has started the search for a contractor to build a new terminal at the Port of Grimsby…  (constructionenquirer) [mappress] Source: constructionenquirer, August 19, 2011;  

  • 2 September 2011

    Associated British Ports has announced notice  of prequalification for construction work of an off-shore riverside berth facility to include a floating pontoon, linkspan, berthing and mooring dolphins, associated dredging works and the construction of an approach jetty. Landside works include the provision of a terminal area to provide a first point of rest for the […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 3 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The construction of the London Array offshore wind farm has not brought much profit to British businesses, as about 90% of the GBP 1.5 billion spent in it went to foreign  companies. The Guardian cites Chris Randle, the project manager from Siemens, as saying: “I would like nothing better than to be hiring local firms […]

  • 3 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    The construction of the London Array offshore wind farm has not brought much profit to British businesses, as about 90% of the GBP 1.5 billion spent in it went to foreign  companies. The Guardian cites Chris Randle, the project manager from Siemens, as saying: “I would like nothing better than to be hiring local firms […]

  • 28 March 2012

    Narec is seeking consent from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to construct and operate, for up to 22 years, a 99.9MW offshore wind demonstration site at Blyth, Northumberland. The proposed project will comprise a maximum of 15 turbines, to be constructed across 3 arrays, with a maximum number of 5 turbines in each array, at water […]

  • 19 June 2012

    The marine license application for a meteorological mast to be erected close to the proposed Navitus Bay wind park development area has been approved by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The meteorological mast will collect reliable and representative wind data, which will be used to inform the design of the wind farm and provide estimates […]

  • 7 June 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Following the announcement made by the Chancellor George Osborne on cutting the government subsidies for onshore wind farms for 25 percent, opponents of the Navitus Bay project welcomed it with a great expectation on extending this move to offshore plans. Dorset MPs, including Chris Chope and Richard Drax, have urged the government earlier this year to reconsider its […]

  • 18 June 2013
    Storage

    Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power has been granted planning consent by East Lothian Council for the onshore cable works to connect its 450MW “Neart na Gaoithe” offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Fife, to the National Grid. East Lothian Council’s Planning Committee agreed on 18th June to grant consent for […]

  • 3 August 2010

    Wilhelmsen Ships Service in the UK has secured a Service Agreement using its brand new “Ships Agency Re-Defined” initiative to provide husba… (hellenicshippingnews) [mappress] Source: hellenicshippingnews, August 03, 2010;

  • 4 January 2013

    Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US$300 million from Dana Petroleum, for the provision of subsea EPIC services in support of their Western Isles development project in the UK North Sea. The contract scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of two 2.5 kilometer pipeline bundles and a 11 […]

  • 17 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    NPower, UK- based energy supplier, admitted that it hasn’t paid any corporation taxes in three years, even though the company earned GBP 766 million in profits, according to the Daily Mail. The UK MPs questioned Paul Massara on Monday, the head of the energy company, which turned out to be at the top of the […]

  • 14 May 2012

    CTruk Boats, builders of multi-purpose catamarans on the UK’s east coast, has signed its first export order. The 12th vessel on the CTruk Boats’ order book since its establishment in 2009 will be a 20-tonne payload MPC for Dutch company, Sima Charters. The vessel will incorporate CTruk Boats’ flexible pod system (patent applied); a 12-person […]

  • 20 April 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Regen SW launched a manifesto on renewable energy that puts local communities at the heart of renewable energy developments, and aims for UK’s south west to lead the world in developing wave and tidal technologies. Regen SW has asked MPS and Parliamentary candidates in the south west to show their support for the development of […]

  • 18 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Hartshead Resources NL (HHR) and its joint venture partner RockRose have completed the geotechnical survey for gas field developments located in the Southern North Sea. Geoquip Marine Operations performed the geotechnical survey across the platform and pipeline locations at the Anning and Somerville fields using the vessel Geoquip Seehorn – a process completed in under […]

  • 16 April 2013

    When Mantsbrite became the sole UK distributor of the David Clark Marine Wireless Headset Communications Systems in 2012, one of the first users was Tidal Transit, a fast growing North Norfolk company providing a new generation of personnel transfer vessels for use by offshore wind farm developers. Some years earlier. Tidal Transit had realised that […]

  • 3 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Bureau Veritas has provided quality assurance services in both China and the UK for a successful project with Babcock Marine to design and construct a 1000-ton Goliath crane. Bureau Veritas was chosen as a key inspection services partner by Babcock Marine for the design and construction of a mammoth crane. The crane, the biggest in […]

  • 20 May 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has announced the investments from UK in Indonesia’s renewable sector in the amount of USD 4.01 bln. According to Jakarta Globe, the investors from UK plan to boost Indonesia’s tidal and solar sector. “The investments will be in solar energy, higher than 10 megawatts, and offshore tidal energy. “Some of […]

  • 5 December 2012

    The ceremonial first cut of steel for the £1.4 billion (GBP) Cygnus gas field project was celebrated today by operator GDF SUEZ E&P UK and partners Centrica Energy and Bayerngas at Heerema Fabrication Group’s Hartlepool yard in North East England. Stuart Drummond, mayor of Hartlepool, performed the first cut of the steel, which will be […]

  • 8 May 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    RenewableUK says the new UK Government should send an early signal that it is serious about supporting low-carbon energy to attract investment and create jobs. RenewableUK’s Chief Executive, Maria McCaffery, commented: “We hope that one of the new Government’s priorities will be to act quickly to secure our home-grown energy supplies based on clean sources […]

  • 27 September 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Iberdrola and ScottishPower Chairman and CEO Ignacio Galan met yesterday with the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP. The meeting took place in the Treasury in London, where Ignacio Galan outlined Iberdrola’s investment plans and praised the UK’s long track record of a consistent regulatory framework. With the Electricity Market […]