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  • UK: Northern Appoints Non Executive Director

    31 August 2011
    Business & Finance

      Northern announced today the appointment to the Board, with immediate effect, of Dr Rex William Gaisford CBE as a new Non Executive Director of the Company. Rex, aged 70, has worked in oil and gas businesses worldwide for over 35 years. During his career to date he has been CEO, MD, director, project manager, […]

  • UK: Pulse Appoints New Operations Director

    21 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Pulse Structural Monitoring, an Acteon company, has appointed Mike Campbell as its new operations director. Based in the UK, he will lead the production, project management and offshore departments and help to manage Pulse’s recent geographical expansion. Campbell brings extensive experience to this role, having been responsible for managing manufacturing, quality, health, safety and environment […]

  • UK: National Subsea Research Initiative Launched

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    A major subsea research initiative has launched this month. The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) will be the focal point for the co-ordination of research and development activities for the UK’s subsea oil and gas sector. As a direct link between the subsea community and academia as well as government, NSRI will facilitate the development […]

  • Cable Laying for Walney 2 (UK)

    19 May 2011
    Storage

      At Cleveleys near Blackpool, the Stemat Spirit cable barge arrived just off shore in the afternoon of Saturday 7 May. It beached in the early hours of Sunday 8 May in the morning, waiting for very low tide. At about 9 a.m., the process of pulling the cable from the spool on board the […]

  • UK: Medmerry Dredging Makes Progress

    19 July 2012

    Coastal defence works at Medmerry have started on 28 June. The dredgers Sospan Dau (71m) and Shoreway (98m) are supposed to dredge shingle from licensed dredging areas east of the Isle of Wight and then discharge the materials onto the beach near the Bunn Leisure Caravan Park, between the newly constructed breakwaters. All vessels will […]

  • Government Invests Big in UK Waterways

    31 January 2012

    A new charity to look after England and Wales’ network of 200-year old canals and rivers will be given over £1 billion of Government help to give it the best possible start, Environment Minister Richard Benyon, announced today. This unprecedented funding for a new charity paves the way for the launch of the new Canal […]

  • UK: OGN Takes on Four Apprentices

    13 April 2012

    Offshore Group Newcastle (OGN) one of the UK’s leading EPC service providers to the offshore oil & gas and offshore wind energy sectors, announced that four final year apprentices have been hired to complete their apprenticeship at the OGN Hadrian yard facility. The news comes as light relief for the four apprentices (3 Welders and […]

  • Intercargo Appoints New Chairman (UK)

    11 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Intercargo the trade Association representing the interests of the bulk shipping industry, yesterday announced the appointment of Mr John Platsidakis as Chairman. Mr Platsidakis is currently Managing Director of Piraeus-based Anangel Maritime Services Inc., a function that he will continue to perform alongside his role as Intercargo Chairman. The appointment was made at the Annual […]

  • UK: ConocoPhillips Extends Contract for COSLRival

    24 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    ConocoPhillips Petroleum Company U.K. Limited has extended the contract for COSLRival with three months to 1 November 2013. In addition CoPUK has been granted 2 x 1 month options for November and December 2013. During Q1 2014 COSLRival will perform her 5 year Special Period Survey prior to start of the BP contract on the […]

  • UK to receive US LNG cargo

    26 October 2018
    Vessels

    The UK’s Dragon liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is scheduled to receive a cargo of the chilled fuel from the US next week. The Shell-chartered 174,000-cbm LNG carrier Pan Europe is expected to arrive at the Dragon LNG facility in the Port of Milford Haven on October 31, according to the port’s shipping data. The Dragon […]

  • UK: Falmouth Docks Masterplan Published

    7 July 2011
    Project & Tenders

    The final masterplan for the future of Falmouth Docks has been published today…   (falmouthpacket) [mappress] Source: falmouthpacket, July 7, 2011;

  • UK: Montrose Port on Expansion Track

    3 January 2013

    Great news for Montrose is that the Port Authority has issued a tender for the building of a new quay, 170 metres long, at the north side of the harbour. There would be 30 metres of concrete hard-standing, which would also be a heavy lift area. The estimated cost is in the region of £6 […]

  • Seajacks Zaratan Construction Summary (UK)

    4 February 2011
    Technology

    In February 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with GustoMSC to provide the Basic Design Package for two purpose built wind farm installation vessels. In June 2010 Seajacks entered into a contract with Lamprell shipyard to build these new vessels and Seajacks will take delivery of the first new-build, Seajacks Zaratan, in May 2012, and […]

  • UK: Liverpool2 Dredging Program Kicks Off

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Construction is now underway on Liverpool2, Peel Ports’ £300 million in-river container terminal which will enable post-Panamax vessels of up to 13,500 TEU to call directly at the Port of Liverpool. A dredging operation to remove one million cubic metres of material from the seabed will be launched today by Sir Bobby Charlton and Kenny […]

  • VIDEO: Boskalis’ Dredger at Port of Felixstowe (UK)

    30 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Work has recently started at the Port of Felixstowe on the latest expansion of the UK’s largest container port. VSBW Joint Venture, a consortium of VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster, has been appointed as the lead contactor to extend the port’s Berth 9 by 190 metres. The work will increase the combined lengths of Berths 8 […]

  • Expansion of UK’s Largest Container Port Begins

    17 April 2014

    Work has started at the Port of Felixstowe on the latest expansion of the UK’s largest container port. VSBW Joint Venture, a consortium of VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster, has been appointed as the lead contractor to extend the port’s Berth 9 by 190 metres. The work will increase the combined lengths of Berths 8&9 to […]

  • WFS Technologies Partners with Omni Instruments (UK)

    23 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    WFS Technologies, the world’s leading supplier of radio and acoustic solutions for underwater communication, navigation and power transfer, announces a new industry partnership with UK supplier of instrumentation and data loggers, Omni Instruments, based in Dundee, Scotland. Omni Instruments Ltd. Established 1996, specialises in providing measurement and data acquisition systems in the UK, Europe and […]

  • Engie Fabricom UK Sees CEO Switch

    16 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Engie Fabricom UK’s interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Wichard Huigen is leaving the company and will be succeeded by the current Chief Operations Officer (COO) Richard Webster.

  • CWind Joins UK National Workboat Association

    3 August 2015

    CWind has announced that it is now a member of the National Workboat Association (NWA) of the UK. As the offshore wind industry matures and demands on workboat performance increase with larger and further offshore wind farms, a collective and informed industry body of vessel owners and operators will facilitate the knowledge sharing and formulation of […]

  • Narec Continues Wind Farm Installation (UK)

    18 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has awarded a multi-million pound contract to SeaRoc to install its Offshore Anemometry Hub. The research facility will be installed 3 nautical miles off the coast of Blyth, Northumberland next to the proposed nearest shore array of the 100MW capacity Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Site. Anemometry Hub has been […]

  • Prime Minister Visits Port of Tyne (UK)

    19 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Prime Minister the Rt Hon David Cameron popped into the Port of Tyne last week. Accompanied by Martin Callanan MEP, the Prime Minister took in a bird’s eye view of the Port from the top of a 70m high container shipping crane. The new gantry crane, costing £6m, was installed at the end of […]

  • UK base for world’s largest ship

    27 February 2007

    The world’s largest cruise ship is to have its home port in Hampshire.

  • Protection urged for UK sea life

    15 January 2007

    Conservation scientists have identified eight “biodiversity hotspots” around Britain’s coast which they say ought to be priorities for protection. The Marine Biological Association (MBA) and WWF want these areas to be given protected status under the government’s proposed Marine Bill.

  • Russian ship impounded in UK port

    13 May 2009

    A Russian ship and its 12 crew have been marooned in a Bristol port for two months, the ship’s agent has said. The OMG Kolpino was impounded at Avonmouth Docks because its St Petersburg-based owner, Oslo Marine Group, has outstanding debts. A second OMG vessel was also being held at La Pallice in France, it […]

  • UK books Qatari LNG cargo

    13 July 2018

    UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG next week from Qatar.