Van Oord’s turnover in 2011 was EUR 1,715 million (2010 EUR 1,578 million) and was evenly attributable to activities performed by Van Oord’s divisions and areas. The net profit for 2011 amounted to EUR 118 million (2010: EUR 165 million, including an extraordinary tax gain of EUR 40 million). CEO Pi
Donald Trump has been invited to appear before a Scottish Parliament Committee, as part of questioning a range of experts and others on renewable energy, reports BBS. “The committee agreed they wanted to hear from Donald Trump about his wider concerns regarding the impact of wind energy development
M/T TORSTEN is a powerful handy-sized multipurpose anchor-handling and assistance tug with a large flat deck area. Its main scope of service is providing assistance at any offshore and nearshore construction sites, as well as anchor-handling and aiding cable-laying vessels. Sanmar has been involved
European Wind Commission announced a report which says that the European wind market is currently stalled but a bright future lies ahead. “The European Union market is wavering between the flagging onshore market and the logistics, technology and industrial preparations for the huge, offshore wind e
The shareholders of the Antwerp-based specialist in hoisting on the water Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV have ordered an extremely powerful, self-propelled DP2 crane ship from Korean shipbuilders STX Offshore & Shipbuilding. The vessel will be built in STX’s shipyard in Dalian and finished
Energy Minister Charles Hendry MP reiterated the Government’s commitment to supporting UK supply chain companies’ ambitions to win contracts at NOF Energy’s annual conference. Mr Hendry, who is Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, was speaking at NOF Energy’s conference
A series of free-running models of fast wind-farm support vessel designs have recently been tested by Seaspeed Marine Consulting for South Boats in order to develop the most appropriate hull forms for their next generation of vessels. Models of different hull designs, instrumented for performance me
‘Ready, willing and able’ – that’s the message from a new operations and maintenance supply chain sub-group set up by members of Team Humber Marine Alliance. Formed last year, and comprising about 20 businesses in the Humber region, the sub-group will serve North Sea and UK offshore wind energy oper
A delegation from Massachusetts is planning a five-day trip to Europe next week to learn more about best practice in developing offshore wind and gather more information about its supporting industries, reports South Coast Today. Matt Morrissey, executive director for the city’s Economic Development
Proserv has bolstered its position as a global-leading specialist in energy production services after unveiling a new subsea test and assembly facility that doubles the company’s capacity and harnesses the fast-growing market demand for its services. Energy industry leaders reinforced the significan
Scotland can achieve its target of meeting the country’s electricity needs from renewables as well as more from other sources by 2020 according to a new Scottish Government report. Renewable generation will be backed up with thermal generation progressively fitted with carbon capture and storage – e
FoundOcean has now completed the offshore foundation grouting at Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm Phase II, 30km off the coast of Oostende, Belgium. FoundOcean was contracted to Geosea, the specialist piling and jacket installation arm of the DEME group of companies. The wind farm is owned by Cpower
The Board of Directors of Prysmian S.p.A. has approved today the Company’s consolidated financial statements and separate financial statements for 2011 . ” Technological innovation and production flexibility have enabled the Group to achieve more than satisfactory results even in a market where sign
Senator E.J. Pipkin has been unsuccessful in his attempt before the Senate to reject two Public Service Commission nominees who lobbied for Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind proposals last year, reports Marylend Reporter. “I don’t believe these two nominees can be objective enough to protect rate
