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  • HMS Protector Returns Home to Portsmouth, UK

    10 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship, returned home to Portsmouth today (Friday May 10) marking an end to her nine month deployment to the ‘Frozen Continent’. HMS Protector deployed from Portsmouth on September 17 2012 and passaged south via St Helena, Simon’s Town in South Africa and Tristan da Cunha before arriving in […]

  • Aker Solutions Swings Job Axe in UK

    20 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea specialist Aker Solutions has confirmed plans to reduce its UK subsea workforce capacity for about 280 permanent positions mainly in Aberdeen and London. The company has already started consultation with employee representatives, claiming a continued market slowdown as the main reason behind its decision. In an email statement to Offshore Energy Today, David Clark, Aker Solutions’ regional […]

  • UK: Union Wants No Hold-Up on Decommissioning

    7 January 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    GMB, the union for workers in energy industries and the offshore supply chain, has called on the UK Government to ensure there are no delays in offshore decommissioning to help protect thousands of supply chain jobs. Namely, according to GMB, there is no ‘logical case’ for delaying decisions since there are nearly 300 platforms that […]

  • TAQA Confirms Accident on Harding Platform (UK)

    27 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    TAQA confirmed there has been a fatality on the Harding platform in the UK North Sea. A TAQA employee fell overboard during a maintenance activity on the platform. He was recovered from the sea by a support vessel and transferred to Gilbert Bain Hospital in Shetland by helicopter, the company reported. The next of kin […]

  • UK: Halyard Creates Silence for Alicat’s WFSVs

    15 May 2013

    As the 2013 Seawork International Show approaches, UK based marine exhaust specialist, Halyard, has announced yet another commercial success story with renowned Great Yarmouth based boat builder Alicat Workboats, to ensure its new four WFSV (Wind Farm Support Vessels) remain quiet on the water and to provide increased comfort for those on board. With a […]

  • Van Oord Strengthens Its Position in UK

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition of UK specialist marine civil contractor J.T. Mackley & Co Ltd. This acquisition will strengthen Van Oord’s leading position on the UK flood defence and coastal construction market. J.T. Mackley & Co. […]

  • UK: New rules proposed for offshore flights

    30 April 2015

    The UK Civil Aviation Authority has released a new set of proposals aimed at improving the safety of helicopter operations to the 116 normally unattended offshore installations in the North Sea. The proposals released at the Offshore Helicopter Safety Action Group (OHSAG) build upon an independent report compiled by Cranfield University, commissioned by the CAA, aimed […]

  • Brazil anger over toxic UK waste

    17 July 2009

    Brazilian police are investigating after 64 containers with more than 1,400 tonnes of hazardous UK waste were found in three of the country’s ports. The authorities say that among the material which was brought in illegally they discovered batteries, syringes, condoms and nappies. Since the initial discovery, another 25 containers with hospital waste were found, […]

  • UK: Unstable Wind Turbines in Need of Repair

    27 March 2012

    Vattenfall, Swedish wind farm operator, admitted the wind turbines at the Kentish flats wind farm are unstable and need welding work, reported This is Kent. Workers will need to ship a total of 180 steel brackets to the wind farm site, where they will need to weld six plates to the base of each wind […]

  • Seven additional LNG tankers heading to UK

    11 December 2019
    Vessels

    Great Britain is reportedly awaiting seven more liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, according to Refinitiv shipping data.

  • UK: Ofgem Plots Offshore Grid Expansion

    3 February 2020
    Authorities & Government

    UK energy market regulator Ofgem launched its Decarbonisation Action Plan on 3 February 2020. The plan aims to ensure a path to UK’s net zero future, which includes supporting the development of an offshore grid to accommodate the UK offshore wind ambitions. The Decarbonisation Action Plan comprises nine actions that would lead to building a […]

  • UK: A&P North East on Right Track

    24 August 2012

    A&P North East recently welcomed a number of clients to their two facilities, one on the Tees near Middlesbrough and one on the Tyne near Newcastle. Among those visiting the Tyne yard were Van Oord, with their vessel Ham 601. Arriving towards the end of July for a short stay the vessel underwent structural steel […]

  • Port of Tyne: New Crane Arrives (UK)

    4 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Port of Tyne has taken delivery of another new crane. Arriving fully assembled from Liebherr in Rostock, Germany, the crane rolled off the heavy carrier vessel MERI at Riverside Quay this morning. The £3.5 million crane is fully mobile and will be used in handling bulk and conventional cargoes such as coal, grain, wood […]

  • Port of Gothenburg Bolsters RoRo Service to UK

    18 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ro-ro companies SOL Continent Line and P&O Ferries have joined forces to establish a new service between the Port of Gothenburg and the British ports of Tilbury and Teesport. This new collaborative venture involves the transshipment of freight at the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, to which both companies have regular direct services. Four SOL Continent […]

  • Netsurvey Exhibits at Offshore Wind 2011 (UK)

    28 June 2011

    NETSURVEY, part of MMT Group, are exhibiting at Offshore Wind 2011 this week in Liverpool. You can visit them on Stand 218 to find out how their Marine Survey Services can give your Offshore Wind project the detailed, high quality survey data required for a successful installation as well as their innovative, cost effective, monopile […]

  • UK: BP Extends Safe Caledonia Contract

    29 May 2012

    BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (‘BP’) has extended the contract duration for the use of Safe Caledonia accommodation rig at the Andrew Area Development Project in the UK sector of the North Sea. The revised contract period incorporates operations at the Magnus platform and extends the contract by seven months to end March 2014. The […]

  • ASV Receives Contract from Thales UK

    6 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Autonomous Surface Vehicles Ltd (ASV Ltd) has won a contract from Thales UK to develop a re-configurable Unmanned Surface Vehicle Countermeasures (MCM) operations. The vehicle designed in conjunction with Thales engineers is a modified version of on ASV’s C-Sweep USV design. The vessel will meet a number of key requirements, including: – Deployable from military […]

  • UK Diving Incidents in Decline, BSAC Reports

    18 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    BSAC has monitored and reported on Diving Incidents since 1964 in the interest of promoting diving safety. 2014 has seen 216 UK diving incidents reported. This continues the decline in reported incidents first recorded in 2012. In the years 2006 to 2011 the number of incidents reported had been fairly consistent at around 370. In […]

  • MMT in UK-Iceland Link Route Survey

    15 June 2015
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    MMT (Sweden) has been awarded a contract for the world’s longest HVDC route survey for the UK-Iceland Interconnector by Atlantic Superconnection Corporation (ASC). MMT will provide bathymetric and geophysical mapping along the entire route corridor, between Iceland to England, the company said. MMT and Reach Subsea have mobilized the Surveyor Interceptor ROV onboard Stril Explorer […]

  • EV launches new technology centre (UK)

    2 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    UK-based downhole video technology specialist EV has opened a new technology centre to house its research and development, which the company is expected to invest nearly £2million into over the next year. EV, the market leader in downhole video applications for the oil and gas industry, opened the new centre at its base in Norwich. […]

  • UK: New Plan for Stronger Flood Defenses

    12 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Lessons learnt from last winter’s floods have helped build a new approach so the nation is better prepared and more resilient to flooding, according to the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. Improved rain and flood modelling, a significant increase in new temporary flood defenses and greater protection to infrastructure were all outlined […]

  • Premier Reports Record 1H Profit (UK)

    23 August 2012

    Premier Oil, a UK based independent oil and gas exploration and production company has released its half year financial and operational results. The company has reported record profit before tax of US$194.6 million (2011: US$32.5 million) and profit after tax of US$145.8 million (2011: US$88.5 million). Production averaged 58,400 boepd (2011: 36,900 boepd) during the […]

  • Qatar ships new LNG cargo to UK

    21 July 2014
    Vessels

    The Bu Samra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal on July 25. According to the Milford Haven Port Authority website, this will be the second LNG shipment this week. The South Hook LNG terminal, a part of the Qatargas 2 integrated value […]

  • UK: Shipping Minister Tours Port of Tyne

    2 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Tyne welcomed Shipping Minister Stephen Hammond, for a tour of the site and operations on Monday. The Port of Tyne has achieved record growth, cargo volumes, and profits for three years in succession and recorded the largest year on year growth to become the fastest growing UK port, according to recently published […]

  • UK: EnCore Completes Cladhan Field Delineation

    3 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    EnCore Oil plc announces that the Cladhan appraisal well 210/30a-4x, the final well in this current four well programme located in UK North Sea Blocks 210/29a & 210/30a, has reached Total Measured Depth of 10,614 feet. The appraisal well was drilled as a side-track to evaluate a channel to the south of the current Cladhan […]