Dong awarded CMP a contract to construct & install a complete berthing system for the crew transfer vessels in Barrow in Furness. It included dredging, socketing piles into rock and construction of heavy concrete pontoons on site and the fabrication and installation of steel access platform and brid
Since October 2014, Liguori Offshore Consulting Corporation (LOC) has expanded their services by offering analyses and evaluations in the field of geotechnical engineering. Therefore, the experts of LOC have taken Exxon as a strong partner on board, who will contribute their technical know-how to fu
GEOxyz took delivery of Geo Ocean II, the latest addition to their fleet of vessels. Mr Patrick Reyntjens, Group CEO, GEOxyz: “With Geo Ocean II we will provide our clients cost-effective solutions for all kinds of Offshore support & Survey activities. Geo Ocean II will also give us the possibility
After consulting with its partners Associated British Ports, Siemens has announced plans to incorporate a leaner, more efficient wind turbine blade manufacturing facility at Green Port Hull, by developing on a single site at Alexandra Dock in Hull. The commitment to create 1,000 direct jobs through
Alstom, who is selling power and grid business to US General Electric, might return up to EUR 4 billion to its shareholders. Earlier this year, Alstom board unanimously voted for GE’s EUR 12.35 billion bid, rejecting Siemens-Mitsubishi Heavy offer comprising EUR 8.2 billion cash and an asset swap. O
It has now been decided that Vattenfall’s new office in Luleå will be built by Skanska and shall be awarded the highest level of certification by the Sweden Green Building Council. Building the office means continued investment in Luleå as a key strategic location for around 300 employees. When the
With United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) high-level climate talks scheduled to be held next month in Lima, Peru, the country hosting the meeting has already set its goal to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy as much as possible. Last year, Pe
The EU’s TEN-T Programme will co-fund two sustainable development initiatives totaling over €1 million in the Port of Civitavecchia in Italy: an innovative pilot energy production plant using sea waves, as well as a separate study on the development of rail and maritime transport connections to the
Due to German “Energiewende”, TenneT is preparing its transmission system to handle energy from offshore wind farms. As one of the major components, Wagenborg transported a transformer weighing 260 tonnes from Nürnberg to the substation in Diele last weekend. On November 3, the transformer was trans
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has concluded a good third quarter. Revenue and earnings, adjusted to reflect the deconsolidation of SAAM SMIT Towage, are in line with the first two quarters of 2014. Overall market conditions remain challenging. Despite this the order book has risen sligh
Waterford Energy Services Inc., based in St. John in Newfoundland and Labrador is about to enter the offshore energy sector in Nova Scotia, Canada. Along with the opportunities of the Maritime Link subsea power transmission cable and oil and gas, the company has its eye on the tidal energy industry
Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised Dong Energy on its successful tender in the Isle of Man Offshore Wind Generation Leasing Round. Dong has been selected exclusively as the Isle of Man Government’s preferred partner in respect of the development of a 700MW offshore wind farm, which could
One of the leading energy economists has slammed Scottish plans to go 100 percent renewable by 2020, writes the Daily Record news portal. Namely, professor of energy policy at the University of Oxford, Dieter Helm said that it is not logical from the economic standpoint for Scotland to be reliant on
In yesterday’s speech by the Secretary of State Ed Davey MP at the Renewable UK event, there was an announcement regarding the findings of the “Chinn Review” led by the Siemens energy businesses in the UK. In July, Energy Minister Michael Fallon MP announced a review of the UK’s offshore wind supply