Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum is seeking a provider of marine, flight, and emergency response coordination services at the Trianel Windpark Borkum I wind farm in the German North Sea. The tender is divided into two lots. Lot 1 covers the marine, flight, and emergency response coordination services, p
SSE Renewables has selected Arklow Harbour as the preferred location for the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for the second phase of the Arklow Bank offshore wind farm. The developer has been assessing the Wicklow Port and Arklow Harbour as possible locations for the project’s O&M base since e
Marine energy developer Minesto has completed the first offshore installation phase of its Faroe Islands project. The company has set up the gravity-based foundation for the powerplant at the site in Vestmannasund. David Collier, COO at Minesto, said: “The operations team has managed to safely progr
There has been a massive 400% increase in attempted hacks since February 2020 coinciding with a period when the maritime industry turned to greater use of technology and working from home due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The data was cited by Israeli cybersecurity specialist Naval Dome, which believ
Archer has been awarded the fishing, milling & wellbore cleaning services for Repsol Norge on the Gyda platform located offshore Norway.
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has signed a contract for an additional scope of work under the agreement with Equinor in the North Sea. Earlier this year the company secured the contract for the seismic node acquisition along with the Letter of Intent for an additional scope of work. The additional work
Schiedam based naval engineering consultancy GustoMSC is actively engaged in offshore wind since the start of this century and now a world-leading jack-up installation vessel developer with almost 70% market share. We spoke with new concepts project manager Andries Hofman about past experiences and
Geneva-headquartered commodities trading house Gunvor reported a rise in trading volumes for the year 2019.
Siemens Gamesa has won a contract to provide turbine maintenance services at the 288 MW DanTysk offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In operation since 2015, the DanTysk offshore wind farm comprises 80 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines. The contract, awarded to Siemens Gamesa by DanTysk Sandbank O
Modus Seabed Intervention has completed a high speed bathymetric and depth of burial survey of the inter array cable routes on the innogy operated Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind farm. The company utilised the Modus HAUV-2 (Hybrid Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) for the work. The Gwynt-y-Môr offshore wind
Klaveness Combination Carriers’ (KCC) CLEANBU vessel MV Barracuda completed last week the first voyage carrying a part cargo of jet fuel to Korea after discharging its previous cargo of soya beans in China in early May.
As desk-based workers get to grips with new digital tools, current working conditions in all major business sectors have made one question more pressing than ever before – what do we mean when we talk about digital? In heavy industries, such as oil and gas, investments in automation has reduced depe
A reduced number of technicians currently being transferred to offshore wind farms has led the crew transfer industry, as well as some developers, to start coming up with solutions to mitigate the effects of social distancing measures on energy production. Operations and maintenance (O&M) works have
PGS has completed the acquisition of the East Shetland Basin 2020 survey utilising Ramform Tethys vessel. The first results of the survey will be available in August. Despite the ongoing challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, crew changes were carried out safely and efficiently, PGS said. Both t
