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
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, announce the symbolic keel laying ceremony has taken place in Galati, officially launching the construction phase of its new cable lay vessel. The vessel, yet to be named, will be taken on a long term charter from Maersk, and will extend Deep
World’s oldest continuously operating passenger shipping company from Isle of Man expressed relief that recently approved offshore wind farm plans will not affect shipping routes. Steam Packet chief executive Mark Woodward said they fought hard against the wind energy proposal east of the island, ad
Island Offshore took delivery of its 10th vessel of Rolls-Royce UT 776 CD design, built at Vard Brevik today. M/V Island Condor is a flexible offshore support vessel with good sea-keeping capabilities, excellent station keeping performance and low fuel consumption. It has a length of 97 metres, a br
The male members of Tidal Transit Limited based in Norfolk are throwing away their razors in support of Movember 2014 – the global campaign to promote awareness of men’s health and well-being. Tidal Transit supplies purpose-designed charter personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) to the offshore wind ener
Diving and subsea engineering specialist Red7Marine Offshore has concluded a successful six-month diving campaign at London Array, the world’s largest operating offshore wind farm. Winter weather prevented completion of the work at one of the 175 turbines in the Thames Estuary; the small amount of r
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has won the KVNR Shipping Award. On 6 November, this prize was presented during the Maritime Awards Gala. This gala is also the official start of the Maritime Week, which showcases the maritime sector. The Shipping Award is an initiative of the Royal As
James Fisher Marine Services Ltd (JFMS), and Fendercare Marine, both subsidiaries of James Fisher and Sons plc (JFS) – the UK’s leading marine services provider, yesterday held an open day to demonstrate the capability of their shoreside support base and the offshore support vessel, the Dart Fisher.
Dalby Humber has assisted SSE in an emergency towing exercise for new RNLI Lowestoft Lifeboat. The new Lowestoft all weather lifeboat (ALB) called the Patsy Knight was put through its paces during an emergency towing exercise off the beach at Lowestoft. The ALB was called to assist Dalby Offshore’s
CTruk recently signed the lease on a 6400m2 site on the Colne Estuary, a few miles upriver from its current Brightlingsea base. The company plans to use the Fieldgates site in Haven Road, The Hythe, East Colchester to build larger vessels required for offshore wind farm projects further out to sea.
Pontoon specialist Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has completed its 11th offshore wind related project with the installation of crew transfer pontoons in Grimsby Fish Docks for E.ON’s Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm Project. The company, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, designs, builds and
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: a crew in charge of the wind turbine maintenance at Lincs Wind Farm. On Friday (October 31), wind turbine technicians carried out their job at the offshore wind farm site. The photo shows a moment during the maintenance of blades on the LS28 turbine, from Turbine Tr
MPI Offshore’s wind-turbine-installation vessel, MPI Adventure, has successfully completed the installation of the Humber Gateway Substation, following a very efficient transportation and installation period. This contract, which was undertaken for E.ON, involved the load out and installation of a t
Final preparations are underway for the launch of Osiris Projects’ custom build survey vessel “Bibby Athena”. Due to launch before the end of 2014, Bibby Athena will build on the capabilities of the very successful sister vessel, Bibby Tethra, with a number of subtle changes to reflect the company’s
