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  • Port of Cherbourg Extended for Marine Renewables

    13 February 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    The extension to the port of Cherbourg, as part of the Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) deployment project, has been officially approved. The aim of this project is to capture the undersea turbine market while also taking up some activity in the manufacturing and logistics aspects of the offshore wind turbine industry. With the most of the […]

  • Acteon Group Acquires Aberdeen-Based NCS Survey Limited (UK)

    26 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    Subsea services group Acteon has acquired Aberdeen-based NCS Survey Limited. The acquisition adds to Acteon’s capability in the rig-positioning market and provides an additional suite of survey services to clients that operate rigs and vessels. NCS Survey provides high-precision rig-positioning, construction-support and subsea-visualisation services to the global offshore market, including upstream oil and gas and […]

  • GEO.xyz Expands its Fleet with New Survey and Support Vessel ‘GEOSURVEYOR VI’ (Belgium)

    14 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance

      GEO.xyz announces the latest addition to it’s fleet of survey & support vessels. “GEOSURVEYOR VI” was delivered to GEO.xyz in June, the Belgian Head quartered company, specialising in hydrographic & geophysical surveys. The vessel is the third addition to GEO.xyz’s fleet of survey & support vessels this year. “GEOSURVEYOR VI” has a MCA cat. […]

  • UK: Incat Crowther Delivers 18m Catamaran Survey Catamaran, Severn Guardian

    5 February 2013

    Incat Crowther announced that Briggs Commercial has taken delivery of the 18m Catamaran Survey Catamaran, Severn Guardian. Severn Guardian is the third in a line of such vessels deployed by Briggs Marine to support coastal survey operations for the Environment Agency of England and Wales. Launched by UK’s Mustang Marine in late 2012, she joins […]

  • UK: Borehole Survey at Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Landfall Site

    24 February 2013
    Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    Specialist contractors working for Forewind will drill three boreholes near the proposed landfall location for the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck export cables this week to understand the soil strata and geotechnical information of the site. The three boreholes will be drilled on arable land approximately 500 metres inland from the beach, between Barmston and Ulrome, […]

  • Partrac Completes Marine Noise Monitoring Survey (UK)

    16 August 2013
    Environment, R&D

    The installation of driven piles in the marine environment, whether along quaysides or – for example – during installation of offshore foundations, without mitigation is likely to produce noise levels capable of causing injury and disturbance to marine animals. Such effects, although incidental to consented activities, have the potential to conflict with a range of […]

  • Osiris Creates Construction Timeline of ‘Bibby Athena’ Offshore Survey Vessel

    23 May 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Osiris Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, have issued an updated timeline with the latest time lapse footage of the ‘Bibby Athena’ build so far. Since the original video was made available the build has progressed substantially. Fabrication of the hull is now complete and the updated timeline footage is now live on Osiris Projects’ website. […]

  • Partrac Finishes Turbulence Survey for TiME Project

    22 July 2014
    R&D

    Partrac, the marine data acquisition experts, has completed the first turbulence survey for the Carbon Trust-managed Turbulence in Marine Environments (TiME) project. The survey was undertaken in the Sound of Islay and was designed by Partrac with project partners, Ocean Array Systems, ABPmer, and ITPower. Innovative turbulence measurement instruments were provided by Rockland Scientific International […]

  • N-Sea to Carry Out UXO Survey at BorWin3

    16 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    DC Netz BorWin3 GmbH has awarded a contract to N-Sea Offshore Wind BV to undertake unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys at BorWin3 site.  Specifically, the work covers surveying of the seabed to help the identification and removal of undiscovered ordnance along the cable route of BorWin3. The planned BorWin3 submarine cable connection is a DC power transmission link with a […]

  • MMT to Talk UXO at Southampton Seminar

    16 June 2015

    The Hydrographic Society UK is organizing and hosting one-day seminar and accompanying table-top Exhibition with focus on Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Surveys. It takes place on Friday the 19th of June in Southampton. MMT will hold a presentation with brand new information from successful UXO projects. An increased expansion of offshore installations has required a new […]

  • MMT to Carry Out Pre-Lay and UXO Survey for ABB

    18 June 2015
    R&D, Vessels

    MMT has been contracted by ABB to perform a pre-lay and UXO survey for a cable laying project between Caithness and Moray in northern Scotland. ABB will provide the Caithness-Moray high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission link, which will connect the electricity grid on either side of the Moray Firth in northern Scotland. The survey […]

  • APEM to Survey Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm

    7 July 2015
    Environment

    APEM will carry out detailed marine benthic surveys for the Beatrice offshore wind farm and export cable route in the Moray Firth after being awarded a contract by developer Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL). The surveys comprise an array of field work, sample analysis and technical reporting. The company recently began gathering seafloor grab samples […]

  • Bibby Wraps Up Holyhead Deep Green Survey

    1 September 2015

    Bibby HydroMap has completed survey operations on the €30 million Deep Green marine energy project based off Holyhead for consultant Xodus Group on behalf of developer Minesto AB. The objective of the survey was to provide a detailed understanding of the seabed levels, characteristics and shallow geology throughout the proposed development area and associated export cable […]

  • RenewableUK: Support for Offshore Wind Remains Sky-High

    10 November 2015

    RenewableUK today highlighted new official Government statistics which show that more than three-quarters of the British public support using renewable energy. The Public Attitudes Tracking Survey published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change shows an increase in the percentage of people supporting renewables to 76%. The level of support has remained consistently high as […]

  • Effectiveness of HiDef’s Offshore Wildlife Survey Technology Confirmed

    7 June 2016
    R&D, Technology

    HiDef today informed that its bespoke ultra-high resolution digital video aerial technology had been confirmed as the standard bearer for offshore wildlife surveys by academics from the University of Kiel. The study, published in May, has highlighted the effectiveness of HiDef’s technology, with a direct comparison to two still camera platforms. The study reports on the findings […]

  • Elia Issues UXO Call

    14 June 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgian transmission system operator Elia has invited tenders for unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and removal on the cable route of the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project in the Belgian sector of the North Sea.

  • PanGeo in UXO Action on North Sea Wind Farm

    1 August 2017
    Technology

    PanGeo Subsea has secured a contract to carry out an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey on an offshore wind farm in the North Sea.

  • TenneT to Operate Dutch Offshore Transmission Network

    18 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance

    Electricity transmission operator TenneT welcomes the Dutch government’s decision to appoint TenneT as the operator of the offshore power grid in the Netherlands. TenneT CEO Mel Kroon commented: “TenneT is keen to contribute to the energy transition in the Netherlands by realizing a future-proof offshore grid. A co-ordinated effort to connect offshore wind farms will […]

  • Lincs Wraps Up Transmission Assets Disposal

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Lincs Wind Farm Limited has completed the sale of the transmission assets at the 270MW Lincs offshore wind farm to TC Lincs OFTO Limited for £308 million. The disposal is in line with regulations requiring offshore wind farm generators to divest their transmission assets to an offshore transmission owner (OFTO) post-construction. Lincs Wind Farm Limited […]

  • New Project to Significantly Cut Offshore Transmission Costs

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels

    As announced yesterday, Ofgem has awarded GBP 46.4 million for eight energy-related projects. Among them, a company running transmission assets of the Ormonde offshore wind farm proposes to develop an offshore cable repair vessel and universal cable jointing system in a way that would significantly reduce costs. TC Ormonde OFTO Limited plans to convert an existing telecom-cable repair vessel  […]

  • Transmission Capital Partners Preferred for Westermost Rough Transmission

    11 December 2015
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    Ofgem yesterday issued a notice of consultation to modify conditions of the transmission licence proposed to be granted to the successful bidder for the Westermost Rough project. The proposed modifications are related to certain standard conditions of the transmission licence that may be granted to the licensee of the Westermost Rough assets. Transmission Capital Partners, a consortium […]

  • Bladt Ships Out Last Veja Mate Transition Pieces

    17 October 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    The final six transition pieces for the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm were delivered to Offshore Windforce M V.O.F. from Bladt Industries’ production facilities in Aalborg at the end of the third quarter of 2016. The six transition pieces were the last of a total of 67 units which were all finished within 14 months from contract commencement, Bladt […]

  • DONG Picks Anglo-German Team for Hornsea One Transition Pieces

    7 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    DONG Energy has hired Germany’s Steelwind Nordenham and Teesside-based Wilton Engineering Services Limited to supply the 1.2GW Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm with 20 transition pieces. The multi-million pound contract was signed in Port Clarence in Middlesbrough on Monday, 6 February. Wilton Engineering Services Limited will provide a significant part of the work scope including outfitting, […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Starts Assembling Trianel Borkum II Team

    7 April 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has awarded the German engineering company Recase Regenerative Energien GmbH with a contract to design electrical equipment for the transition pieces of the 203MW Trianel Windpark Borkum II offshore wind farm.

  • Photo of the Day: East Anglia ONE Transition Pieces on Happy Ride

    26 February 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Belfast Harbour has published a photo showing the heavy lift vessel Happy River arriving at the port with 12 transition pieces for the 714WM East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.

  • ALE Unveils New TP Carrier Design

    5 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    ALE has designed a new modular transport frame for carrying transition pieces within marshaling ports, which is said to optimize the costs of offshore wind projects.