Seacat Services informed today that it had moved into its new purpose-designed headquarters in Cowes, Isle of Wight, and strengthened its operational team ahead of the major offshore wind construction phase beginning in April this year. With a number of high-profile multi-gigawatt offshore wind deve
The East lane of the Gatun Locks will be out of service for three days in order to perform “unforeseen repairs” on the northeast approach wall, according to an advisory released by Panama Canal Authority. The ACP said that the lane will be closed starting from 8 pm local time today, and the works ar
An offshore wind project with a total capacity of up to 96.8MW will be built at South Korea’s estuarine tidal flat Saemangeum. On 6 January, the Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency (SDIA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saemangeum Offshore Wind Power, a special purpose c
Norway’s shipowner Golden Energy Offshore Services AS has secured a new contract for its Energy Scout platform supply vessel. The firm contract, set to expire on June 30, 2017, is with Total in Nigeria, and is in direct continuation of last firm contract. After the expiration in June, Total will hav
By Marius Hendriksen, Product Manager at Bosch Rexroth Plug-and-play autonomous drive and control cylinders save time and money Autonomous drive and control cylinders (AD2C) from Bosch Rexroth provide an innovative plug-and-play alternative to the conventional setup of hydraulic cylinder, hoses, pip
A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the first turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm situated some 32 kilometres off North Norfolk, UK. The first out of the 67 Siemens 6MW turbines was installed on Saturday, 7 January. For the next months, the vessel will inst
A2SEA’s wind farm installation vessel Sea Challenger has installed the first turbine on the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm situated some 32 kilometres off North Norfolk, UK. The first out of the 67 Siemens 6MW turbines was installed on Saturday, 7 January. For the next months, the vessel will inst
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday announced the denial of six pending geophysical and geological (G&G) permit applications to conduct airgun seismic surveys in the Mid- and South Atlantic Planning Areas of the Atlantic Ocean. The bureau said on Friday that the decision was
French gas and power group Engie appointed Shankar Krishnamoorthy as executive vice president in charge of the five Métiers of the Group, as well as the Tractebel Business Unit and the strategy division.
The farm-out agreement for Rabat Deep Offshore permits I-VI off Morocco between Chariot Oil & Gas and Eni has been approved by the Moroccan authorities. As a result, operatorship of these permits has been transferred to Eni. To remind, Chariot signed a farm-out agreement with Eni on March 30, 2016,
Oil & Gas UK, a representative organization for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, has published new guidelines for the growing use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) – also known as drones – offshore. Oil & Gas UK said last Friday that the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operations Management Stan
DTOcean wave and tidal energy design tool was officially launched as an open source software package. The tool will assist project developers to design wave and tidal energy arrays by identifying optimal layouts, components and procedures. DTOcean has been produced through a three-year collaborative
Popular news, January 2 – 8, 2017.
In this article, Maritime Holland looks at two coasters, which are specifically converted for efficient roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) transport of large components for the wind farm industry. The short sea shipping and container shipping markets are in a crisis. While in the Netherlands several ship owner
