Operations & Maintenance
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Makes Senior Promotion
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has promoted David Brown to lead its oil and gas focus globally. Previously Trelleborg Sealing Solutions UK Managing Director and Oil and Gas Lead in Europe, Brown has taken on the role of Global Lead Group Director Oil and Gas with immediate effect, and will relocate to
GC Rieber Takes Delivery of ‘Polar Empress’
GC Rieber Shipping has taken delivery of its seismic newbuild ‘Polar Empress’ from Kleven owned Myklebust Verft. The vessel is chartered on a five-year contract to Dolphin Geophysical. “We have looked forward to take delivery of the Polar Empress, which is one of the largest and most advanced seismi
Swedish Energy Agency grants €2 mln for HiWave
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted €2 million to Corpower Ocean to test its wave energy technology that works on the principles of human heart off Scotland. Corpower will build a new prototype wave power plant and install it in the sea off Scotland, Swedish Energy Agency’s press release reads. Co
HullWiper to Clean for Statoil
GAC EnvironHull has signed a contract with Statoil to provide underwater hull cleaning services for its vessels operating in Scandinavia, the Middle East and the Far East. From the second quarter of 2015, GAC EnvironHull, part of global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, is
CWind Awarded Westermost Rough Paint Job
CWind has won a deal to provide a three months corrosion protection campaign to the offshore wind farm Westermost Rough in the North Sea, owned jointly by DONG Energy, The UK Green Investment Bank and Marubeni Corporation. CWind will deliver the campaign as an integrated service package that include
CWind Awarded Westermost Rough Paint Job
CWind has won a deal to provide a three months corrosion protection campaign to the offshore wind farm Westermost Rough in the North Sea, owned jointly by DONG Energy, The UK Green Investment Bank and Marubeni Corporation. CWind will deliver the campaign as an integrated service package that include
BMT Isis Supports JFD’s NSRS Contract
BMT Isis will provide safety and environmental support for JFD’s five-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence for the provision of the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). JFD, which was formed by the merger of James Fisher Defence and Divex in 2014, has been awarded the five-year contract whi
Gallery: Cable laying for Sabella’s D10 tidal turbine
Sabella, a Frech tidal energy developer, has installed subsea power cable that will connect its D10 tidal turbine to the grid of Ushant island. The cable laying operation started on Monday morning. Burboun’s Argonaut tugboat was used to install 2 km of 7.5 kVA subsea cable. The crew of approximately
Scientists Study Safety of Sub-Seabed CO2 Storage
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has coordinated the ECO2 (Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)) research project from May 2011 to April 2015. Funded by the European Union, the ECO2 project developed recommendations for the selection and monitoring of submarine storage sites as well as an
Westermeerwind Foundations in Place
The last of the 48 monopiles was installed on May 23 at the Westermeerwind wind farm, located at the IJsselmeer, the Netherlands. The construction kicked off in March this year, marking the setup of the first monopile, weighting about 250 tons. The 35 meters long foundation piles were delivered from
ISWEC wave device to be deployed in June
The deployment of the ISWEC wave energy converter will take place in June, off the island of Pantelleria, Sicily. Wave for Energy’s ISWEC wave energy device is currently located at the shipyard in Mazara del Vallo, a coastal town in Sicily, Italy, where the company is conducting final preparations o
Image of the day: Atmocean’s WEC buoys arrive to Peru
The buoys for Atmocean’s wave energy device have arrived to Ilo, Peru – the deployment location for Atmocean’s scaled wave energy system. Atmocean is planning to deploy a scaled 1/3 demonstration system that will consist of 5 buoys and 5 pressurized pumps. The company aims to deploy the wave energy
Cable Laying Begins at Kentish Flats Extension
The work on the installation of foundations on Kentish Flats Extension project has been completed, and the cable laying has begun. The cables load out started on May 01 in Germany, and ‘Nostag 10’ vessel has already started the installation of the array cables at the site. The second vessel ‘Bodo In
Laing O’Rourke Wins Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Gig
The £1 billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon has concluded one of the project’s main civil engineering and construction package tenders. Namely, Laing O’Rourke has been named as preferred bidder for the £200 million contract to deliver the lagoon’s 410 metre turbine house and sluice structure block. This