Operations & Maintenance
SMD Jobs Hit By Sanctions Against Russia
Wallsend-based manufacturer of subsea vehicle systems, Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD), will cut 70 to 80 jobs across its business, the company said Wednesday. The thirty-day consultation period and necessary paperwork will be submitted to the Department of Business and Skills once the Consultation Comm
Siemens Recruiting 135 More for Hull Blade Factory
Siemens has advertised 135 vacant posts at its new facilities in Hull, the largest number of opportunities made available so far, Green Port Hull reports. The bulk of the newly-advertised jobs are 120 roles for production operatives within the wind turbine blade factory that is now taking shape at H
C-Bed Sends Viking II on a Hotel Makeover
Dutch ship owner C-Bed has contracted Wärtsilä Ship Design to supply the design for rebuilding its seismic survey vessel, the Viking II, for use as a hotel vessel to accommodate and transfer service personnel working on offshore wind farms. After the conversion, the vessel will have accommodation an
Anholt Cable Transfers Power Again
Energinet.dk has completed the replacement of two sections of the submarine cable that connects the Anholt offshore wind farm to the grid. According to the company, “repair has gone faster than expected,” and the cable began transferring power from the wind farm into the onshore grid on Saturday. En
VolkerInfra Nabs First Siemens Gig
Lancashire-based VolkerInfra has been awarded its first contract with Siemens Energy which will see the company work on the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. The company will install extra high voltage cables required to connect the onshore substation to the wind farm which is off the Norfolk coast. Volke
Schottel Hydro equips Minesto’s tidal kite
Schottel Hydro will deliver a customized turbine solution for Minesto’s Deep Green tidal power plant. For Minesto, Schottel Hydro is developing a new turbine variant, which will optimally fit the requirements of Deep Green. The Deep Green turbine will be significantly smaller and operate at higher r
IT Power targets UK sites for Floating Power Plant
IT Power has completed a site finding exercise for Floating Power Plant which is looking to deploy its commercial floating wind and wave unit in the UK. Using Floating Power Plant’s (FPP) technical and commercial site requirements as the search criteria, IT Power located a number of sites suitable f
Schottel Hydro to Build Bespoke Turbine Components for Deep Green
German hydrokinetic energy specialist Schottel Hydro will deliver a customized turbine solution for Deep Green, an underwater kite construction developed by the Swedish company Minesto, in 2016. Schottel Hydro will develop a new turbine variant to optimally fit the requirements of Deep Green. The li
UK Offshore Wind Contracts Await Innovators and Cost Cutters
Companies hoping to win contracts in the GBP 25 billion UK offshore wind farm investment must be innovative and cut their costs to be part of it, over 250 supply chain representatives heard during an event to celebrate Offshore Wind Week held in Lowestoft. Businesses supplying services, products and
EMO to Watch Over Veja Mate
Germany’s EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO) and Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH signed a contract for guarding the offshore wind farm with its fleet of guard vessel. Starting in January 2016, the vessel provided by EMO will evaluate if any risk of collision or unauthorised entrance from non project-r
VIDEO: Tidal Array Cabling Solution project
Take a look at the video of the recently completed first phase of the £2.4 million Tidal Array Cabling Solution project. The first phase of the tidal array cabling project involved the installation and retrieval of Jee’s ‘U-tube’ cabling protection structure at EMEC’s Shapinsay Sound tidal test site
TGS Reprocessing Portuguese Seismic Data
TGS announces the broadband reprocessing of 22,847 km 2D seismic offshore Portugal. This project, which utilizes TGS’ broadband solution Clari-Fi™, is now fully underway, the company informed. “Recent successes in the conjugate offshore Newfoundland and Nova Scotia provinces of Canada have heightene
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 16 – November 22). DOF Subsea has struck a deal to sell the vessel Skandi Inspector to an undisclosed international buyer. Previously known as Tender Captain, Far Captain and Skandi Captain,
TiME project brings new turbulence guide for tidal arrays
Collaborative project TiME has produced a guide that provides a framework for the tidal industry to measure, classify and analyse turbulence for commercial tidal arrays. The principle outcome of the TiME project include the development of new methods to measure and characterise turbulence. According