Operations & Maintenance
E.ON Picks James Fisher’s Offshore Wind Management System
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, is to supply E.ON with its offshore wind management system (OWMS).
Acta Auriga Sports SMST Gear
Ulstein has installed the SMST equipment on Acta Marine’s new walk-to-work vessel Acta Auriga at Ulstein Verft in Norway.
Video: Deep Green tidal base floats in Wales
Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has released a time lapse video of the flotation of the gravity base structure the company built for Minesto’s Deep Green tidal energy installation.
DHSS Bags Merkur Contract
GE Renewable Energy has awarded DHSS with a ships agency and port logistics services contract for the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
Atlantis grabs first million
Edinburgh-based renewable energy developer Atlantis Resources has raised over £1 million in its ongoing bond offer launched two weeks ago.
Bourbon Restructuring Move Lines Up 41 Ships for Sale
French vessel owner and offshore services provider Bourbon is accelerating its transformation and announced its action plan, called #BOURBONINMOTION, which should enable it to meet the need for competitiveness and to respond to customers’ new demands. The board of directors approved the plan and its
Ørsted Contracts Hobson & Porter for UK East Coast O&M Hub
Ørsted has appointed UK construction firm Hobson & Porter as the principal contractor for the extension of its offshore wind operations center at the Royal Docks in Grimsby, UK.
Croonwolter&dros and Bakker Sliedrecht Work on Subsea 7 Newbuild
Croonwolter&dros and Bakker Sliedrecht have obtained the order to engineer, manufacturer, install and commission the complete electrical installation of the new reel lay vessel that Royal IHC is building for Subsea 7. The vessel is intended for the installation of complex rigid flowlines, including
Akastor Slips into Red
Oilfield services investment company Akastor recorded loss of NOK 380 million ($48 million) for the fourth-quarter 2017 compared to profit off NOK 77 million ($10 million) same time in 2016. The net loss for the year was NOK 58 million. The Oslo-listed company as a group generated some 34 per cent l
The Ocean Cleanup Orders Seatools Offshore Monitoring System
The Ocean Cleanup, developer of technologies to extract plastic pollution from the oceans, has awarded subsea technology company Seatools a contract for a remote offshore monitoring system. The monitoring system will be used to gain real-time insight into the performance of the first-ever ocean clea
Fleet Cleaner Eyes Autonomous Hull Cleaning
Dutch-based ship hull cleaning service provider Fleet Cleaner has said it aims to set an even higher standard for hull cleaning. The company strongly believes that robotic hull cleaning is the future. “Already we constantly see that our autopilot can control the robot better than any human operator.
DOF Subsea Keeps Fleet Busy
DOF Subsea has been awarded various contracts, securing utilisation for vessels in the subsea IMR projects segment. In the Atlantic region, the contracts for Skandi Neptune and Skandi Constructor have been extended until the beginning of April and end of February 2018. Skandi Skansen’s contract with
OES reports on marine renewables permitting know-how
Ocean Energy Systems (OES) has published a paper that describes the state of knowledge that drives permitting processes for the marine renewable energy (MRE) industry and its effects on the development of sector.
Coastal Communities Fund opens Welsh round five
The Coastal Communities Fund (CCF) has opened the fifth round of funding for projects that will support the economic development of coastal communities in Wales.