Modus Seabed Intervention continues to demonstrate its commitment to be at the forefront of subsea technologies with the creation of a new Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) division. The North East England-based company has begun an investment programme into a planned fleet of AUV units; utilised
Specifically for anode adjustment in wind turbines, Columbus McKinnon Engineered Products GmbH of Kissing/Germany is presenting an application-specific version of the OMEGA manual wire rope winch from Pfaff-silberblau. Outstanding features of the new OMEGA Offshore wire rope winch are its encapsulat
On Friday April 26th 2013 Falck Nutec in the Netherlands will officially launch state-of-the-art facilities for wind farm safety training. To celebrate adding these wind “It is very important to have such advanced wind training facilities within the Rotterdam Harbour area. On- and offshore workers f
Oceanlinx CEO Ali Baghaei is due to present at AWATEA’s 7th Annual Conference on Marine Energy – BLUE ENERGY IN THE PACIFIC: in Wellington, which focuses on a wide range of marine energy developments in the Asia-Pacific region. Ali will be presenting the challenges faced and overcome by Oceanlinx an
Ignacio Galan, Chairman of Iberdrola and ScottishPower, has called on the UK government to provide more clarity on details of the energy reform currently going through Parliament if investments in new plants are to be made in time to avoid energy shortages in the next few years. “Although the Energy
The sub area selected by the senior executives with most potential for cost reduction was foundations, with almost twice as many responses as the next closest. Foundations make up 19% of an offshore wind power plant’s LCOE according to Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center [LORC]. Foundation cost reduct
Effective Offshore Ltd is an Irish offshore health and safety training provider which specialises in training and preparing people for employment in the Offshore Oil and Gas and Renewables sectors. The following is a video of Marine Safety Training, which is the ideal Course for those looking to wor
International renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has received independent validation of its Galion Lidar wind scanning device from wind energy experts, Deutsche WindGuard. With a 4 year track record of acquiring project critical wind data at wind energy projects around the world, and a serie
The high degree of innovation in the design as well as cooperation between Vripack and Braveheart Shipping might be unique but also essential to make sure the Javelin 22.22 is able to perform her duties at sea. The innovative mentality and the features of the ship connect very well to the qualities
Mr. Carl Erik Gurrik has been appointed Managing Director of Fred. Olsen Marine Services and will effectively withdraw from his current position as Commercial Manager in Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS handling all commercial activities towards its Jack-Up Installation Vessels, the ‘Brave Tern’ and ‘Bold
Almost 200 senior figures from across the UK’s offshore wind industry descended upon Suffolk last week to debate the future of managing operational wind projects. Delegates assembled to hear what lessons can be learnt from pioneering wind farm operators off the East of England coast, and the sharing
After the developer of the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm, RWE npower renewables, announced that it expects to submit the consent application to the Planning Inspectorate in June of this year, tourism businesses from the Gower peninsula seem to be ambivalent about the project’s impact on their se
More than 800 experts in the offshore wind energy sector will meet for the ninth time in Bremerhaven from 4 to 6 June 2013. In the framework of the WINDFORCE 2013 conference, international participants will discuss a range of themes including cost reduction, financing, logistics, grid connection, ma
The ‘Marineco Thunderbird’ is UK based Marineco’s fourth FCS 2610 Twin Axe. Marineco was the first customer to buy one of these vessels nearly two and a half years ago, based on a design for an Offshore and Offshore Wind support vessel which Damen really believed in. The recent purchase of Thunderbi
