Siemens has reported that its service centre in Leeds has a record numbers of wind turbines now being serviced at the site. In the Stourton factory, several wind turbines, weighing around 64 tonnes in total and capable of powering 2,000 households, are currently being serviced. With increasing UK de
Siemens has reported that its service centre in Leeds has a record numbers of wind turbines now being serviced at the site. In the Stourton factory, several wind turbines, weighing around 64 tonnes in total and capable of powering 2,000 households, are currently being serviced. With increasing UK de
Global Marine Systems has been awarded an extension of the North America Maintenance Zone (NAZ) submarine cable maintenance contract up to December 31, 2024. NAZ covers a cable maintenance footprint, which stretches from the Eastern North Pacific to the Equator. Global Marine has been providing cabl
On Saturday, March 5, Shell Canada notified the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) of an operational incident on the Stena IceMAX drillship. According to the company’s report, the rig drilling its Cheshire exploration well 225 km offshore Nova Scotia successfully disconnected from
Jumbo has installed the world’s largest underwater restaurant, located in Hurawalhi, Maldives. At The Maldives, Jumbo moored the transport vessel alongside a shallow coral reef where the acrylic and steel structure for the world’s biggest underwater restaurant was lowered onto pre-installed concrete
Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore und Consulting GmbH and Corrosion, a manufacturer and provider of impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) systems, have signed a framework agreement to collaborate on the maintenance of foundation structures at four offshore wind farms in the German part of the Nor
Boskalis has been awarded a contract from the National Petroleum Construction Company of Abu Dhabi, UAE for dredging work related to the installation of an offshore gas pipeline of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company as well as to an existing offshore gas pipeline. The activities are due to start in
DNV GL, Gard and The Swedish Club have been investigating a rising number of anchor losses reported over the last several years. Namely, the root cause of many groundings and collisions, lost anchors are among the top five reasons for claims costs. Based on an analysis of damage cases involving anch
Offshore works have started off Aberdeen Bay in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). The geotechnical site investigation will take place at each of the EOWDC’s 11 turbine locations to assess the seabed, with the data acquired being used to inform
TenneT, an electricity transmission system operator with activities in the Netherlands and Germany, invested EUR 1,46 billion in grid connections for offshore wind farms in 2015, and announced further EUR 22 billion of investments in onshore and offshore electricity infrastructure in the next ten ye
Basslink has refined the probable fault location of a subsea cable connecting George Town in Tasmania and Loy Yang in Victoria, and would proceed to the next phase which involves cutting the cables. To identify fault location, Basslink’s sea and land repair teams have conducted more than 20 ROV (rem
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, and the consortium behind the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) cable system, announced the deployment of a large-scale wavelength equipage to the system. The equipage will utilize TE SubCom’s 100 Gbps optical transmission equipment. AAE-1 is a 25,000 km system owned
Oceaneering has been awarded an eight-year contract by Statoil. The agreement is to provide two work class electric remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for Statoil’s CAT-J Platforms in the North Sea. The new ROVs are currently being built in-house and called the eNovus. According to the company, the e
Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has been named exclusive U.S.-based service agent for Lagersmit, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of sealing solutions. Under the agreement, SGS will provide service, installation and repair services to Lagersmit customers in North America, Central America and the Carib
