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  • NWFTC Teams Up with Petans for Wind Energy Training

    3 October 2016
    Human Capital

    National Wind Farm Training Centres (NWFTC) will partner with Petans to provide training to the wind industry, as Petans facilities have been specially adapted for wind industry courses, which will be delivered by experienced technical safety trainers. The courses initially on offer include fully accredited GWO Basic Safety training – Working at Height, First Aid, Fire Awareness, […]

  • ILO: Algeria Ratifies Maritime Labour Convention

    15 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Algeria recently became the 79th Member State to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) with the International Labour Organization (ILO). The government of Algeria deposited the instrument of ratification of the MLC, 2006 in late July, marking another step towards worldwide ratification. The MLC, 2006 consolidates and revises the majority of the maritime labour […]

  • DNV Committed to Enhancing Lifeboat Safety

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    DNV is taking lifeboat safety one step further. The company claims that maritime lifeboat safety will be enhanced by transferring offshore lifeboat design practices to ships. The shortcomings of existing free fall lifeboat designs were revealed in a number of incidents related to structural safety, human loads and headway back in 2005. A joint industry […]

  • Oman Authorizes KR to Deliver Statutory Services

    23 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Korean Register has been fully authorized by the Ministry of Transport and Communications in the Sultanate of Oman to deliver “statutory services” on behalf of the Oman government. The Oman authorities have also authorized LR and BV – alongside KR – allowing each society to perform statutory services on the government’s behalf. Within Oman, KR […]

  • Western Marine Lays Keel for Tokelau Ship

    20 February 2014

    Western Marine Shipyard Limited yesterday laid the keel for a 500 GT Solas passenger vessel. The 43m long newbuilding, being built for Tokelau, a non- self governing territory of New Zealand, will be able to carry up to 60 passengers and 50 tonnes of cargo and supplies. With a design speed of 11.5 knots, its […]

  • Video: Norsafe’s GES45 lifeboat drop test successful

    7 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Norsafe completed four successful drop tests with the advanced GES45 freefall lifeboat during a factory acceptance test (FAT) this week. Project manager Rune Andersen said “The boats were released from 25.2 metres. All requirements were met, and these are some of the best Norsafe drops I have ever seen”. The free-fall drops comprise the second part […]

  • Norway: Noreco Appoints Chief Financial Officer

    8 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    NORECO, an independent international petroleum company based in Norway, has appointed Mr. Ørjan Gjerde as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Ørjan Gjerde (42) has almost 20 years of experience within finance and management, and comes from the position as CFO in Malthus AS. He has previously had similar positions in Proserv Group and IKM Gruppen […]

  • UK: IMO Maritime Safety Meeting Completes Full Agenda

    27 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), which met at the Organization’s London Headquarters for its 89th session from 11 to 20 May 2011, completed a packed agenda, including the development of interim guidance on the employment of privately contracted armed security personnel on board ships transiting the high-risk piracy area, the adoption of amendments to […]

  • Polish utility enters offshore wind joint venture with EDP and Engie

    30 December 2020
    Business & Finance

    Polish state-owned utility TAURON has signed an agreement with the joint venture of EDP Renováveis and Engie to cooperate on offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea. Under the bilateral agreement, the plan is that TAURON acquires a 50% share in the joint venture, whose portfolio includes wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea, a […]

  • Offshore Energy Hosts Dutch Premiere of “Switch: Discover the future of Energy”

    4 October 2013

    Is fracking polluting our water? How dangerous is nuclear? Will we run out of oil? Can we clean up coal? Will renewables power our future? For straight answers to today’s most important energy questions, come to the Dutch premiere of Switch: Discover the Energy Future. Attending is free of charge. The acclaimed new documentary is […]

  • Guardian Geomatics to survey Australia-ASEAN Power Link route

    21 May 2020
    Technology

    Guardian Geomatics has secured a cable route survey contract by Sun Cable for the Australia-ASEAN Power Link. The cable will supply electricity to Darwin, Singapore and Indonesia from a solar and battery storage farm, laid out in the Northern Territory. Singapore and Indonesia will be supplied via a ~3,800km high voltage direct current submarine cable […]

  • First of Four Baleària Eco Ferries Launched

    7 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan has launched the first vessel from a batch of four GRP eco fast ferries for shipping company Baleària. Launched on November 3 at the facilities of the shipyard’s GRP division, the ferry is scheduled to join its owner at the end of the year. The 28-meter-long vessels, which will be capable of carrying […]

  • Teledyne Partners with Ocean Aero

    4 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Teledyne Technologies Incorporated  has invested in and entered into a strategic partnership with Ocean Aero, Inc. Based in San Diego, California, Ocean Aero is designing an unmanned surface vehicle that will also have the ability to descend subsea. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Unlike traditional unmanned surface vehicles or autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), […]

  • USA: NOAA Uses Wave Glider Device for Ocean Research

    22 July 2012
    Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) lab in Seattle is using a robotic device, called wave glider, to find out more about what lays in ocean depths. The SmartPlanet explains characteristics of the device in its online news, saying that the glider reminds of a simple surfboard, but beyond what the eye meets lays […]

  • ABS Provides Cybersecurity Assessment for Offshore Energy Vessels

    20 December 2013
    Technology

    Increased Internet and remote connectivity to offshore assets has exposed industrial control systems to targeted attacks and vulnerabilities previously obscured. Remote monitoring, remote upgrades, Internet connections, and the complexity/criticality of the systems in general on highly valuable offshore energy assets (vessels) potentially facilitate targeted attacks and cyber assaults on Dynamic Positioning, Drilling Control, BOP and […]

  • New floating turbines could be 3x more efficient (Japan)

    3 August 2010
    Research & Development

    Could you magnify the wind, to make it generate more power? Solar magnification is already one secret to super-efficient green power. And now, Yuji Ohya, an engineering professor from Japan’s Kyushu University, thinks that a similar trick could be pulled off with wind power. Ohya’s idea, which he just presented at the 2010 Yokohama Renewable […]

  • SgurrEnergy appoints clean energy head

    13 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has named Claus Hjoerringgaard as its new Director of Clean Energy.

  • SINN Power bags BEE Innovation Award 2017

    21 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    SINN Power has received recognition for its wave energy technology from the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE).

  • Protean Wave Energy eyeing tidal sector as future playing field

    24 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Australian wave energy technology developer, Protean Wave Energy, is eyeing tidal energy as a potential sector to dive into in the future.

  • DP Energy Deploys ADCP for Uisce Tapa Tidal Project at FORCE

    29 July 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    DP Energy, working with Seaforth Geosurveys and Applied Renewables Research (ARR), has recently deployed Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) as a key step in the development of the Uisce Tapa tidal energy project. The deployment took place in the Berth E at the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) site in the Minas Passage, […]

  • Carnegie and Enel Talk CETO

    1 March 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    Carnegie recently hosted Enel Green Power for a week of knowledge sharing and collaboration in Western Australia. As previously announced, EGP is collaborating with Carnegie on the development of the CETO wave energy technology through a collaboration agreement signed last year. Under the agreement, EGP will contribute €1 million towards the development of CETO through […]

  • K2 Management Opens Beijing Office

    10 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    K2 Management has opened an office in Beijing to support China’s wind and solar market. Active in Asia since 2010, K2 Management has been working in China on several projects for local and international clients. Country Director for K2 Management in China, James Wu, said: “We think the time is right for us now to […]

  • Engie Floats EUR 1.5 Billion Green Bond

    16 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    French energy company Engie has issued its second EUR 1.5 billion Green Bond to finance renewable energy projects as part of the company’s development strategy in renewable energies and energy efficiency.

  • Shell Could Join Dutch Wind Veterans in Borssele Bid

    29 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Royal Dutch Shell, the eighth biggest oil company in the world according to Forbes’ latest list, is likely to bid at the upcoming Borssele offshore wind tender as part of a consortium also comprising Eneco, Van Oord and Vestas. The information was published by Dutch newspaper Financieele Dagblad last week, following news that the oil and gas giant is eyeing […]

  • KR to Survey, Class Portugal-Flagged Ships

    17 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    Korean Register (KR) is to deliver statutory services on behalf of the Portugal flag state.