SeaRoc Group has launched SeaHub, a new communications and logistic data solution and an industry-first for the offshore wind sector, according to the company. The SeaHub system utilises the latest enhancements of its SeaPlanner software, which sets out to centralise, standardise, automate and make
Strainstall, a monitoring solutions developer and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has been awarded a contract to provide mooring monitoring for the 30MW Hywind pilot park – the world’s first floating offshore wind farm being developed by Statoil off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland. The site will
AXYS Technologies has completed a series of sea trials for its TRIAXYS g3 wave sensor in the German Bight and off the West Coast of Canada. During the trials, both AXYS’ own TRIAXYS wave buoy and other industry standard buoys were used as references. The TRIAXYS g3 demonstrated extremely high levels
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is now home to the only geotechnical modelling facility in the world that operates three centrifuges after a third 26-tonne fixed-beam centrifuge was lowered by crane into the new Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre building after arriving from France last w
The regional government of Brittany, France, has allocated EUR 85 million for the 24MW pilot floating wind project off the Ile de Groix proposed by Eolfi Offshore France, a joint venture between Eolfi and CGN European Energy Company. The financing package includes a grant of EUR 34 million and a EUR
Tekmar Energy Limited (TEL) and Subsea Innovations Limited (SIL) signed a strategic collaborations agreement to collaborate in sales, product development and strategic initiatives towards cost and risk reduction in OWF cabling equipment and O&G SURF and pipeline ancillaries. The two companies signed
Hitachi has developed a 5MW offshore wind turbine generator system, the HTW5.2-136, with a downwind configuration. Hitachi has increased the rated power of the new HTW5.2-136 5MW-class wind turbine system to 5.2MW by optimizing its setup and control programs. It has also made it possible to increase
Cranemaster, a provider of passive heave compensators (PHC) and shock absorbers for offshore lifts, has extended its fleet of units with a new passive PHC, which is the world’s largest, according to the company. Safe working load (SWL) for the new unit is 1,000T and maximum stroke length is 4,000mm.
Kongsberg Maritime has launched a new portfolio of “Integrated Vessel Concepts”, designed to harmonise handling, operations and energy systems on a wide range of specific vessel types. The first set of vessel types to receive Integrated Vessel Concept configurations cover a wide spectrum of maritime
JDR has unveiled its new horizontal lay-up machine (HLM), the biggest in the UK and the second largest in the world, which is part of JDR’s ongoing Hartlepool expansion to better service its growing oil, gas and renewables industry, the company said. The new HLM will provide increased manufacturing
DONG Energy has awarded Siemens with a contract to upgrade the existing central Infrastructure Control System (ICS) on DONG Energy’s offshore wind farms. The contract covers hardware and services necessary for upgrading the existing central ICS. This includes upgrading hardware and configurations (s
Companies across the oil and gas value chain stand to benefit significantly from the further development of offshore wind industry, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson said in his speech at the annual Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) event in Stavanger, Norway. In his speech, Dickson described how some oil and
Denmark’s ALL NRG has merged all of its units and is heading into the future as a united service provider for onshore and offshore energy industries. “ALL NRG enters the market as one of the largest service partners to the energy industry onshore and offshore – and combines more than 85 years of exp
Den Helder Support Service (DHSS), Den Helder Aircraft Systems (DHAS), Glomar Offshore and GEOxyz have formed a joint venture – Offshore Project Support (OPS) – to provide a complete package of specialized services above and below water in the offshore energy industry. The joint venture, called OPS,
