31/07/2019
Energi Coast Spotlight
29/03/2018
Osbit Ltd, the offshore engineering and technology company, has won the Health Safety and Environmental (HSE) Innovation Award at the 32nd SPE Aberdeen Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA).
29/03/2018
Industrial training specialist, AIS is a finalist in a global welding competition to identify and reward the best companies in the welding industry.
20/02/2018
Maersk Training takes one of the most crucial operations in the oil industry and rethinks how to prepare for it
How do you take people who may be the absolute best at what they do and make them better?
19/02/2018
Tekmar Energy was named company of the year at Subsea UK's annual awards while subsidiary AgileTek Engineering was crowned the Small Company of the Year also.
19/02/2018
Osbit Ltd has completed the design, build, and harbour trials of a new subsea trenching vehicle, for Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS).
12/02/2018
Tekmar and SBSS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate as each other's preferred partner in offering export and inter-array cable protection to the Chinese Offshore Wind Market. Under the terms of the MoU the two companies will jointly promote their market-leading services in cable protection systems and subsea cable installation respectively.
09/02/2018
Wood has been awarded a new contract with Bluewater to provide industrial services to the Haewene Brim floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility in the UK North Sea.
08/02/2018
Following a rigorous assessment programme the Port of Tyne in North East England has retained its Gold Investors in People standard (IIP), putting the Port within the top 2% of IIP accredited organisations.
07/02/2018
A North-East engineering company, which is benefitting from the growth of microelectronics in the region, is taking on four new apprentices from AIS CONNECT to help fuel its expansion plans.
02/02/2018
DeepOcean Ghana Limited, has been awarded a 3 year firm contract to provide the multi-purpose construction vessel Polar Onyx to Tullow Ghana Limited.
01/02/2018
Hundreds of wind technicians from all over the UK turned up in North Tyneside for the chance to bag a job in the global wind industry.
01/02/2018
A Darlington-based subsea specialist has said it is developing a new approach to enable autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to remain at offshore wind farm sites without a support vessel
24/01/2018
Osbit has successfully completed an innovative new subsea cable repair system for a new customer in Australia.
22/01/2018
DeepOcean 1 UK Limited, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has been awarded a significant contract for performing ploughing operations on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
17/01/2018
Tekmar Energy (Tekmar), the global leader in Cable Protection Systems for Offshore Windfarms has been awarded three contracts for the Hornsea ONE project.
16/01/2018
DeepOcean and Level Personal are teaming up to create a new company that will deliver personnel to the offshore business and marine industry.
12/01/2018
Royal IHC today launched a new multi-purpose trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) that will also be capable of supporting the construction of offshore wind farms.
12/01/2018
A North East port has announced a new £12m banking facility with Lloyds Bank, aiming to help enable the next phase in its expansion.
10/01/2018
Wood is providing EirGrid Group, Ireland’s state-owned transmission system operator and France’s counterpart Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE), with subsea engineering services to the Celtic Interconnector project.
05/01/2018
DeepOcean AS, as subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has been awarded a significant contract for performing marine operation scope on the Snorre Expansion Project in the North Sea.
04/01/2018
Oceanteam ASA (Oceanteam), the Dutch – Norwegian offshore service provider, listed at the Oslo stock exchange, and Royal IHC (IHC), a Dutch privately owned global supplier of innovative and efficient equipment, vessels and sustainable services for the offshore, dredging and wet mining markets announce that Oceanteam and IHC have executed a signing protocol under the terms of which IHC will acquire all of the outstanding share capital of Oceanteam’s Dutch based engineering and consultancy company KCI the Engineers B.V. subject to certain conditions precedent through an agreed Sale and Purchase Agreement. The transaction is not subject to regulatory approval.
03/01/2018
Osbit Ltd, the offshore engineering and technology company, has delivered significant export growth as part of it achieving increased turnover and profitability in its most recent financial year.
03/01/2018
Osbit is delighted to be in the running for Offshore Support Journal's Offshore Support Safety Award . The winner will be announced at the annual awards ceremony held on 7-8th Feburary 2018 in London.
03/01/2018
Wood has been awarded two new contracts by Woodside to deliver engineering and rig modification services offshore Australia and a concept definition study for the Julimar Phase 2 project.
03/01/2018
Wood has been appointed by GE Energy Financial Services and Green Investment Group Limited as the owner’s engineer on the 650MW Markbygden ETT Onshore Wind Farm located in Swedish Lapland near the town of Piteå.
12/12/2017
Leading industrial trainer, AIS Training has appointed a new business development manager in Grimsby to support key clients across the region and raise awareness of its services in the Humber, Midlands and South of England.
29/11/2017
Port of Tyne is a winner at the ROSPA Health and Safety Awards 2017.
29/11/2017
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) has successfully completed an upgrade to the MD3 (multi-depth) plough recently acquired by Orange Marine.
29/11/2017
Wood has been awarded a new framework agreement by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) to provide industrial services for its nuclear decommissioning site in Thurso, Scotland.
29/11/2017
Tekmar Energy (Tekmar), the market leading specialists in Cable Protection Systems for Offshore Windfarms has been awarded a contract to supply it’s Polyurethane J-tube Bellmouths and Cover Disks for the HVAC Transformer Platforms on the 600MW Kriegers Flak project.
29/11/2017
AIS Training in North Shields will become a global centre of excellence for welding in the North East of England as it launches underwater welding training at an event on the 7th December.
24/11/2017
Wood has commenced a multi-million dollar, evergreen contract to act as operating partner of the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) system and Beryl pipeline, on behalf of Ancala Midstream Acquisitions Limited (Ancala Midstream).
24/11/2017
Port of Blyth has announced a move into the offshore decommissioning market following confirmation of a successful application for a decommissioning licence from the UK Environment Agency .
20/11/2017
UK-based subsea engineering specialist Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) has successfully completed first stage testing in a pioneering project which is set to uncover valuable European mineral resources.
13/11/2017
Scaffolders across North East England can now get all the training they need in one place thanks to AIS Training becoming fully accredited by the Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS).
13/11/2017
Up to £1 million of European funding is up for grabs now to help NOF members upskill their workers thanks to AIS Connect.
31/10/2017
AIS Training’s state-of-the-art Aberdeen training centre has been approved to deliver the much sought-after OPITO Stage 3 & 4 Rigger Competence Assessment.
30/10/2017
The Board of Directors of DeepOcean (“Board”) announced today that COO Ottar Mæland will take over the responsibilities as acting CEO of DeepOcean. After leading the Company through a successful ownership change, the current CEO of DeepOcean Bart Heijermans has decided to step down from his position as CEO effective 18 November 2017, but has agreed to remain on the Board as a non-executive director.
27/10/2017
DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), today announced that it has been awarded a long term subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) Frame Agreement by Aker BP ASA.
26/10/2017
Maersk Training will be supporting the offshore wind industry at the Offshore Wind North East 2017 Conference and Exhibition on Thursday 9 November 2017 in County Durham.
25/10/2017
DeepOcean has deployed Coda Octopus’ Echoscope real-time 3D sonar system on DONG Energy’s Race Bank offshore wind farm project in the UK.
25/10/2017
Andrew Hodgson is stepping down as CEO of Tyneside-based subsea engineering specialist Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd. (SMD).
24/10/2017
Industrial training specialist, AIS Training is helping construction workers from Northern Ireland upskill to prepare for lucrative new wind contracts in Belfast.
17/10/2017
Leading industrial trainer, AIS Training has appointed a new IRATA rope access instructor to join the growing team at its new state-of-the-art training facility in Westhill, Aberdeen.
16/10/2017
Tekmar Energy has recently achieved independent approval for the design and manufacture of its PU bend restrictors for compliance to the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) 17L1 & 17L2 specification for flexible pipe ancillary equipment.
13/10/2017
When oil and gas giant, Cape needed to improve the safety and efficiency on painter blaster projects in the Middle East it turned to AIS Training for help.
09/10/2017
Osbit Ltd, the offshore engineering and technology company, has secured its first project in the China offshore wind market for the delivery of one of its innovative and reliable crew-transfer ‘walk-to-work’ access systems.
09/10/2017
Due to confidence in future demand and business growth, Tekmar Energy, the market leading specialists in Cable and Subsea Protection Systems for the Offshore Energy markets has recently welcomed several new additions to its ever-expanding team.
05/10/2017
Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) are pleased to announce the signature of a contract with Kokusai Cable Ship Co. (KCS) for the design and manufacture of cable lay equipment and a plough A-frame, to be installed on KCS’s new purpose-built cable laying vessel.
04/10/2017
Leading industrial trainer, AIS Training is expanding its global reach after opening a training centre in Vietnam.
04/10/2017
Royal IHC and Subsea 7 have signed a contract for the design and build of a new reel lay vessel. This high specification vessel will be capable of installing complex rigid flowlines including pipe-in-pipe systems.
02/10/2017
Maersk Training will be supporting the global wind turbine blade industry at this year’s Blade Inspection, Damage & Repair Forum in Brussels, Belgium.
29/09/2017
On the 2nd October there will be a roundtable at Hartlepool College of Further Education, and on the 4th October there will be a roundtable at JDR’s European Service centre in Newcastle upon Tyne.
29/09/2017
Cramlington-based pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturer, Sterling Pharma Solutions is investing in a training programme with AIS Training to improve the safety and competency of its engineers and boost performance.
29/09/2017
PD Ports has signed a contract at its Felixstowe-based warehouse operation to handle the UK warehousing for one of the world’s largest bicycle brands.
29/09/2017
Newcastle University will today unveil its newly-refurbished Emerson Cavitation Tunnel as part of a £2.5m investment in marine engineering.
11/09/2017
Osbit Ltd, the offshore engineering and technology company, has been awarded a project to deliver an innovative boat landing and access system, which will be fitted to a GMS jack-up accommodation vessel destined for DONG Energy’s Hornsea Project One Wind Farm.
11/09/2017
Dedicated deck equipment engineers at Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) have successfully completed work on an electric drive dual-purpose winch and Launch and Recovery System (LARS) to accompany an order from Shanghai Salvage for a Quasar Work Class ROV. The equipment will be used for salvage operations in deep waters around the world, with an assured maximum working depth up to 6000m.
01/09/2017
Up to £1.3million of European funding is up for grabs to help North East businesses upskill their workers thanks to AIS Connect.