The opening day of Oceanology International 2016 will see a conference session exploring some of the steps being taken to achieve cost reduction in marine renewable energy. Co-chairs of the day-long session, Nick Murphy, SeaRoc’s Head of Operations, and Tony Hodgson, Fugro’s Global Business Developm
The recently completed Marine Business Park in the North Quay area of Hayle in Cornwall, England, will be officially opened on February 12. The business park has quayside access to the sea, with plans for a new slipway in the future. There is also expansion land for a further 800m² of buildings. The
An international group of defence and civilian specialists in mine countermeasures visited Saab Seaeye’s UK facility. The group, that included the Deputy Director of The NATO Underwater Research Centre, saw a range of existing and newly developed underwater robotic vehicles used in searching for, di
The Scottish Government has responded to industry challenges by setting up a new plan for long term oil and gas industry growth. According to the government’s statement on Monday, a new oil and gas strategy calls for a transformed supply chain to drive efficiency, innovation and internationalisation
BW Offshore has informed that the FPSO Cidade de São Mateus still has not been towed back to shore, almost a year after an explosion aboard the vessel resulted in deaths of nine offshore workers. Even though the accident happened almost a year ago, on February 11, 2015, the vessel still has not be
The troubled car carrier Modern Express is carrying a controversial cargo of timber apparently destined for the French market, global environmental group Greenpeace claims. As disclosed, the controversy surrounds the origin and legality of the timber which was bound for Le Havre, France. Namely, the
Scotland’s wind power output got “off to a flying start” in January, environmental groups said today. Analysis by WWF Scotland of data provided by WeatherEnergy found that for the month of January wind turbines in Scotland alone provided 1,125,544MWh of electricity to the National Grid, enough to su
UK-based global trade union Nautilus International has joined the Royal Association of Dutch Shipowners and 14 other organisations from the maritime cluster to urge Dutch MPs to give the long-awaited go-ahead to the carriage of private armed guards on Dutch-flagged ships. In an open letter to the Pa
Three offshore workers died in a fire outbreak that struck an offshore platform operated by the Mexican oil company Pemex on Sunday. According to Pemex, two deceased workers were Pemex employees, one of which died in a hospital, while the third worked for Cotemar. Nine workers, including the one who
Topaz Energy and Marine, an offshore support vessel company, has expanded its fleet with the acquisition of a 5220 BHP, 1300 DWT and 60 tonnes bollard pull anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) ‘Mamlaka’. The latest addition brings Topaz’s number of vessels to 100, including three newbuilds curre
Shell has evacuated eighty workers from one of its UK North Sea platform. The news first broke on the Scottish television website STV on Monday. In an e-mail to Offshore Energy Today on Monday, a Shell spokesperson confirmed there had been an evacuation of Brent Bravo platform on Sunday night. A She
Australia’s LNG exports have almost completely offset the costs of importing petroleum products in December, for the first time in more than five years, according to a report by energy analyst, EnergyQuest. In December, despite the 40% slump in global oil prices, the value of Australian LNG and othe
Trinity Exploration and Production, an independent E&P with offshore and onshore assets in Trinidad and Tobago, said it has agreed with its lender yet another extension to the moratorium on principal repayments of debt. The extension, related to to Trinity’s outstanding debt balance of US$13.0 milli
Vroon has taken delivery of a DP2, SPS-coded, 68-metre subsea-support vessel (SSV) VOS Sugar, expected to provide advanced, efficient and versatile options in offshore sub-segments such as wind farm support, walk-to-work and IRM operations. The vessel was handed over to the company in a short ceremo
