Continuing the long history of shipbuilding in Great Yarmouth, Alicat Workboats, based on Southtown Road and part of the Gardline group, formally handed over its latest vessel. This aluminium catamaran was manufactured by a company with a reputation of being one of the best builders of wind farm sup
Sembcorp Marine through its wholly-owned subsidiary SMOE Pte Ltd (SMOE) has acquired from Smulders Group the entire share capital in its wholly-owned subsidiary of SLP Engineering Limited (SLP). SLP, based in Lowestoft Suffolk, United Kingdom (UK), will be renamed Sembmarine SLP Limited (Sembmarine
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) are to invest up to £11.2m in technical feasibility studies; development and demonstration of component technologies; and knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP) to stimulate innovation in the UK offshore wind s
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2013 first quarter ended July 31, 2012. “OPT got off to a strong start in fiscal 2013, with progress on a number of ongoing initiatives in the U.S. and abroad,” said Charles F. Dunleavy, Chief Executive Officer of
Gardline Geosciences Limited, specialists in the offshore geotechnical and geophysical market, and Canyon Offshore Ltd, specialists in subsea robotics, trenching and seabed intervention, announce a 3-year strategic alliance to provide seabed drilling, sampling and in-situ services to complement Gard
Following the launch of its first accommodation vessel, namely the European Seaway for offshore wind farm technicians working in the North Sea in April, P&O Ferries has announced further expansion of this kind of business. The company’s spokesman Brian Rees said that the contract with Centrica for t
Global Renewable Energy Company Mainstream Renewable Power (Mainstream) has announced the successful signing of a corporate facility for up to EUR 60 million provided by Macquarie Group (Macquarie). Under the terms of the transaction Mainstream will receive an initial EUR 40 million corporate-level
RTE France (Réseau de transport d’électricité) seeks for advice and technical assistance for the specification, procurement, monitoring and operating of offshore geotechnical and geophysical studies in the part of the electrical connections of offshore wind farms. Eventually, advice and technical as
The Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Global Marine Systems Energy Limited (GME) from Global Marine Systems Ltd (GMSL) for a purchase price of approximately €53 million. GME is a British company active in th
Inwind has received a substantial grant from Innovation Norway – Environmental Technology Scheme (Miljøteknologiordningen) for further development and qualification of the dynamic offshore lifting of wind turbine and foundation components from a feeder vessel. There is a great surge in the offshore
Suzlon Group-subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, has signed a contract with RWE Innogy for the delivery of 54 REpower 6M offshore turbines, each with 6.15 MW of rated power, for the Innogy Nordsee 1 wind farm. The project, with a total capacity of 332 MW, is based in the German North Sea, around 40 km n
ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global marine and offshore industries, has announced a partnership with Engineering Software Reliability Group (ESRG), a provider of leading-edge data analysis and remote monitoring technology. The partnership will improve service offerings
Seaway Heavy Lifting announces that it has opened a branch office in Hamburg, Germany. The German offshore wind market is considered to be one of the leading markets in the field of the installation of offshore wind farms. The ability to provide its services within close proximity to the existing an
A series of special modular support vessels for operators in the offshore industries is being built by IHC Merwede, the Netherlands dredging and offshore specialists. Known as the IHC SupporterTM class, the ships are part of a six-year joint industry framework project between IHC and Lloyd’s Registe
