Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has shared a photo of its wind turbine installation vessel Brave Tern hard at work transporting and installing wind turbine components at Iberdrola’s 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German part of the Baltic Sea.
New York-based Okra Energy named Conrado Rodrigues as vice president of business development.
OGA, the UK’s oil and gas authority established in 2016, has released its activity plan for the next two years, and the revitalization of exploration has been placed on top of the list. The government body formed to help boost economic recovery of the UK oil and gas resources has identified 10 prior
The construction of the world’s first full-scale ship tunnel in Norway could begin as early as next year as the country’s Coastal Administration is in the finishing stages of the project’s feasibility study. Stad Ship Tunnel is planned to span 1.7 kilometres in lenght, 37 metres in height and 26.5 m
Dutch gas infrastructure company and a shareholder in the Gate LNG terminal in Rotterdam, Gasunie, reported a decline in net profit and revenue.
Lithuania’s Gridin’s Group and Finnish Levator Oy have been working on primary steel structures for 30 transition pieces (TPs) to be installed at the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Scottish North Sea. The two companies were hired to manufacture the steel components by Denmark’s Bladt Indus
Polish Port of Gdansk expects a record-breaking number of passenger ships in the upcoming cruise season. A total of 67 cruise ships are scheduled to visit the port in 2017, more than twice when compared to the 2016 cruise season. What is more, the Port of Gdansk said that the number of passengers ma
East Libyan forces have managed to regain control of two major oil ports in Libya on March 14, after they were seized by the Islamist Benghazi militia earlier this month, Reuters reported. The eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) took over the ports of Es Sidra and Ras Lanuf from the Benghazi De
Somalia’s maritime forces have exchanged gunfire with the pirates, who hijacked the Comoros-flagged bunkering tanker Aris 13, in the country’s Puntland area, John Steed of Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP) informed via social media. Steed added that the 1990-built vessel, which was hijacked while it was sa
India’s ministry of the road, transport, and highways has given the green light for the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel for road vehicles.
On March 15, Brazilian stevedores organized an industrial action which affected port operations at all ports in the country, Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) informed. “Stoppages were observed at all ports on Brazilian coast, some for hours and others for the whole day,” a representative from WSS’ San
The jacket foundation for the Race Bank 01 offshore substation (OSS), installed after the Race Bank 02 OSS, was placed and fixed to the seabed at the offshore wind farm site on 15 March, with the 2,900t topside up next.
South Korea, the world’s second-largest buyer of LNG, boosted its imports of the chilled fuel by 20 percent in February year-on-year. The country imported 3.60 million mt of LNG in February, as compared to 3.0 million mt in the corresponding month the year before, according to the customs data. Sout
Siemens Wind Power’s second roll on/roll off (Ro-Ro) vessel customized to transport wind turbine components, Rotra Mare, has arrived at the Port of Esbjerg and is ready to go into service.
