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  • Ofgem to Assess Five Potential Subsea Links

    17 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Ofgem has announced the names of five new interconnector projects that could be built in the future. Together with the ElecLink and Nemo projects that Ofgem has already assessed, these seven projects could lead to investment of up to £6 billion and provide up to 7.5GW of additional electricity capacity in GB. Ofgem has decided that […]

  • First East Anglia ONE Jackets Arrive in Belfast

    7 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    The first batch of jacket foundations for the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm has arrived at Harland and Wolff’s (H&W) building dock in Belfast, Ireland, where they will be fully assembled.

  • Oriel, Gaelectric to Build 15 MW Irish Demo

    8 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Oriel Windfarm Ltd. and Gaelectric Holdings plc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop an offshore wind farm in the north Irish Sea. The North Irish Sea Array (NISA) has the potential to produce up to 870 MW of wind energy from the Irish Sea and will commence with the development of a 15 […]

  • UK: Providence Gets Exploration Licence for 103/1 Offshore Block

    12 January 2012

    Providence Resources P.l.c., has been offered an exploration licence over UK seaward block 103/1 in the St George’s Channel Basin, offshore Wales. The offer was made by the UK Government‟s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) following an out of round application by PR Singleton Limited (Operator, 50%) and Star Energy Oil & Gas […]

  • DFDS Adds Another Firm to Its Logistics Portfolio

    19 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    In an effort to further expand its European logistics network, DFDS has acquired Freeco Logistics.

  • Tide Can Bring Vast Business Opportunities to Ballycastle

    18 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Technology

    The town of Ballycastle in Northern Ireland should work on positioning itself as a tidal energy research and development hub, the newly elected Moyle Council ChairmanDónal Cunningham stated. “We need to capitalise on our unique position and natural resources to create jobs and opportunities for the area,”  Mr. Cunningham is quoted by Ballymoney Times as […]

  • Seabed survey completed for 1 GW Irish offshore wind project

    14 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    XOcean has completed a seabed survey for SSE Renewables at the proposed Setanta Wind Park site, formerly Braymore Wind Park, off the coast of Ireland using its fleet of Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs). The survey, utilising multi-beam echo-sounder sensors, will be used to characterise the seabed in this area of the Irish Sea and will […]

  • Irish company gets patent in India for its hydrokinetic turbine

    21 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Ireland-headquartered GKinetic Energy has secured a patent in India for its hydrokinetic turbine, representing the tenth patent awarded to the company. GKinetic announced it had a patent granted in India covering its accelerator and water turbine assembly design. Indian Patent No. 508411 is said to be the tenth patent granted for the company, with three […]

  • UK: Specialist Subsea Services Wins Rig Positioning Contract from Shell

    12 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Aberdeen-based Specialist Subsea Services (S³), a provider of ROV, survey and vessel services to the international energy industry, has been awarded a major rig positioning contract by Shell. The three year contract covers Shell’s four entities in Europe; Shell UK Ltd, Nederlandse Aardolie Mattshappij BV, A/S Norske Shell and Shell E&P Ireland. This is the […]

  • Veolia, Siemens Sign Wind Energy Waste Recycling Contract

    9 October 2014
    Environment

    Veolia has signed a three year contract worth just under £6 million with Siemens Plc to provide an integrated range of recycling and treatment services covering multiple waste streams including commercial, industrial and hazardous waste which leads the way in commercial waste management. The contract, that is designed to provide circular solutions for all its […]

  • UK Minister Visits DONG Energy in Belfast

    26 April 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The UK energy Minister Charles Hendry was welcomed by DONG Energy’s head of UK Wind Power Christian T. Skakkebæk at Belfast Harbour this week.  The harbour is now being turned into a bespoke offshore wind construction facility. DONG Energy signed a letter of intent to lease the facility at the start of next year, for […]

  • Innovate UK board shifts

    25 September 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    UK Business Secretary Sajid Javid has appointed Tim Edwards and John Latham to the governing board of Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency. Tim Edwards, an entrepreneur in the biotechnology and charitable sectors and John Latham, Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of Coventry University have been appointed for a 3 year term on […]

  • Ardell announces the sale of Lürssen’s Twirlybird V

    21 August 2007

    Representing both Buyer and Seller, Gage Powell from the Florida Ardell office recently completed the sale of the 133′ Lurssen ketch Twirlybird V. The yacht was built by Lürssen Yachts in 1993 to a design of Ron Holland. The trial run on the yacht was especially interesting, consisting of an ocean voyage from the Galapagos […]

  • Ship sinks in northwestern Turkey, killing three crew members

    15 October 2006

    Three crew members were killed and seven others were rescued early on Saturday when a ship bearing the flag of Comoro Islands sank off Turkey’s northwestern coast in the Black Sea, Turkey’s local Zaman daily reported. The “Magic” ship sank two miles (3.2 kilometers) south of Igneada Koru Burnu of Turkey’s northwestern province of Kirklareli, […]

  • Thousands expected at boat show

    15 September 2006

    More than one hundred thousand visitors are expected to descend on Southampton over the next 10 days for the UK’s largest on-water boat show. The annual Southampton Boat Show will be opened by trans-Atlantic rower and television star Ben Fogle alongside global yachtswoman Dee Caffari. From Friday, the show will feature tall ships to luxury […]

  • Clipper 05-06: Ahoy, shipmates

    24 June 2006

    The fleet is heading north to the restart line, and at present is just west of Great Inagua, the southern most of the Bahamanian islands. Conor Fogerty, skipper of Cardiff and the duty skipper for the fleet at the moment, hopes to restart the race from Jamaica to New York later on today. They have […]

  • Ship finds tanker responsible for Philippines oil spill

    1 September 2006

    A Japanese survey ship has found a sunken tanker, three weeks after it went down in rough seas, causing the Philippines’ worst oil spill. The Philippines coastguard says the Japanese vessel found the wreck in deep water off Guimaras island after carrying out a sonar sweep of the area. A remote-controlled submersible will also be […]

  • Bulgaria interested in Croatian LNG project

    2 July 2014

    Bulgaria might be interested in the possibility of investing in Croatian LNG project on the island of Krk. Deputy minister of economy of Croatia Alen Leveric said that the Ministry of Economy will present the LNG project to Bulgarian representatives in Sofia in the coming weeks when further discussion on the possible connection of Bulgarian and Croatian gas […]

  • Egyptian Damietta Port Receives Semisubmersible Drilling Rig Ocean Endeavor

    19 July 2012

    The port of Damietta recieved during the month of June the giant semisubmersible drilling rig Ocean Endeavor owned by U.S. company Diamond Offshore. Ocean Endeavor is specialized in the detection and exploration for oil and was leased to the Burullus Gas company working in the field of oil exploration in the area of Alexandria for […]

  • Dredging Resumes at Snohomish River (USA)

    24 January 2013

    The dredging program on the Snohomish River federal navigation channel has resumed this week, reports heraldnet.com. American Construction Company will remove up to 127,000 cubic yards of material from the mentioned area by clamshell dredging. According to William Dowell, a spokesman for the federal agency, hydraulic dredging also was done in an area between the […]

  • VIDEO: Waterdunen Coastal Protection by DEME

    10 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME), an international group of specialized companies in the field of capital and maintenance dredging, land reclamation, port infrastructure development and etc, has just released a video about the Waterdunen coastal protection project. Waterdunen is one of the eight weak links of the Dutch coast. Under this development program, […]

  • Dredging plan nears approval

    10 May 2006

    Final approval for maintenance and improvement dredging at the boat ramp in Phinneys Harbor, under the Emmons Road Bridge and out into Little Bay, is likely to commence in late fall or early winter. An order of conditions is expected soon from the commission, which is reviewing the project. Norman Hayes of the BSC Group, […]

  • Shanghai Begins Work on New Shipyard

    6 June 2005

    Construction has begun on what China says will eventually be the world’s biggest shipyard, part of the country’s plan for taking a dominant role in the industry. China’s biggest shipbuilding company began building the 8-kilometer-long (5-mile-long) facility late last week on an island in the Yangtze river, north of Shanghai, state media reported. The US$3.6 […]

  • Ayer Chawan Basin Reclamation Project About to Begin (Singapore)

    13 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Ayer Chawan Basin reclamation work is scheduled for June 15, 2013. These reclamation works at Jurong Island will involve the removal of existing rocks from the rock keys along the shoreline and stockpiling […]

  • VIDEO: Floatover Substation Installation in North Sea

    30 July 2014

    Earlier this month, one of the world’s largest converter platforms has been installed off Sylt, an East Frisian Island, under the direction of Seaway Heavy Lifting. SylWin alpha platform, built by Siemens, is so large and heavy that the “float-over method” has been used to lift it from a pontoon onto the already installed jacket […]