Operations & Maintenance
Reflex Marine: Smaller Vessels with Advanced Access Systems More Cost-Efficient (Interview)
Offshore WIND spoke to James Strong, Business Development Director at Reflex Marine, a company looking for new ways of personnel and cargo transfer between wind turbines and vessels, and one of the developers of a guidance document for personnel crane transfer, released this summer.
RTsys senses Sabella’s tidal turbine environment
French specialist for underwater acoustic technology RTsys will supply its sensor system for Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine.
Former A2SEA Executive Takes Helm of ALL NRG
Hans Schneider, former Chief Operating Officer at A2SEA A/S, is to take up the position of the new Chief Executive Officer at ALL NRG A/S as of 1 March. Schneider comes to ALL NRG from a position of a Senior Advisor in Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and has management experience in the offshore
CorPower seeks more professionals
CorPower Ocean is looking to expand its team with two newly opened job positions within the company.
ARGE Team Wins DolWin3 Maintenance Contract
GE Grid GmbH has awarded OIS Offshore Industrie Service and Green Wind Offshore, gathered around the ARGE O&M Project, with a contract to provide maintenance for the 900MW DolWin3 offshore grid connection system.
ARGE Team Wins DolWin3 Maintenance Contract
GE Grid GmbH has awarded OIS Offshore Industrie Service and Green Wind Offshore, gathered around the ARGE O&M Project, with a contract to provide maintenance for the 900MW DolWin3 offshore grid connection system.
Norway Gives Green Light for Ormen Lange Plant Expansion
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted consent for start-up of the expansion of the gas plant at Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal County. This should allow the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea to increase production by 25-30 billion standard cubic meters (Sm3) of gas. The upgrade – al
Atlantis teams up with NEW for 160MW tidal project
Atlantis Resources has formed a partnership with Natural Energy Wyre (NEW) to develop the Wyre tidal project in England.
Innogy Sends Drone to Inspect Nordsee Ost Turbine Blades
At the end of the last month, innogy sent a drone to inspect the blades on a turbine at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm for the first time.
Nautilus Completes Subsea Fleet Acquisition and Name Change
Nautilus Marine Services PLC, formerly Global Energy Development, said on Thursday it has completed transactions to acquire subsea service vessels. To remind, earlier this year, the company conditionally agreed to acquire 11 offshore subsea service vessels and a barge vessel as it seeks to adopt a n
Vattenfall Sticks With Horns Rev 1 CTV Team
Vattenfall has once again contracted Danish crew transfer vessel (CTV) operator KEM Offshore for a long-term charter of two CTVs which will service the 160MW Horns Rev 1 offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea.
EMGS Narrows Losses
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) posted loss for the fourth-quarter 2016 of $15.1 million, improving from $24.1 million loss in the same period last year. For 2016, the company reported loss of $52.1 million, against loss of $76.7 million in 2015. EMGS generated revenues of $12.0 million in the fo
Bourbon Continues Stacking Vessels as Weak Market Stings
Bourbon has posted lower adjusted revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2016 as utilization and daily rates continue to decline. The company said it had stacked 104 vessels as of end-December last year, with 27 vessels stacked during the 4th quarter in the deepwater offshore segment, and up to
Loss Widens for Aker Solutions
Norwegian oil services company Aker Solutions has reported net loss of NOK 268 million, or NOK 1.07 in the fourth quarter 2016, versus net loss of NOK 250 million, or 0.83 NOK a year earlier. The earnings were negatively impacted by special items of NOK 574 million, of which NOK 130 million is relat