
Global Energy Group (GEG) has completed the fabrication of two towheads at the Port of Nigg on behalf of Subsea7, for the Aker BP Valhall PWP – Fenris field in the southern North Sea. The two towheads come complete with equipment interface support frames and buoyancy tank interface frames. The 66 tn towheads, which are…

Photo: YONTEX/Frank Boxler Capture (from left to right): The advisory committee at the occasion of the first session in Nuremberg: Dr. Reiner Brambach, Roland Demleitner, Beatrix Fraese, Kilian Kittl, Kai Neubauer, Martin Hammerschmid, Caroline Pötzl, Markus Tischer, Richard Clemens, Guido Klinkhammer, Bastian Heuft, Klaus Gehrig, Jan Friedrich Büchler not in the picture: Dr. Roland Folz,…

The World Packaging Organisation has presented Vetropack’s lightweight, returnable Echovai bottles with a WorldStar Award in the “Packaging Materials & Components” category. It is, however, not just the jury that is impressed with the robust, yet light bottles: following their debut at the Mohrenbrauerei brewery, they have now become a standard solution for the Austrian…

James May is a man of many talents – TV presenter, automotive obsessive, occasional flautist, Wiltshire Pub Landlord… so of course it would make sense for him to start a gin brand, as all good celebrities do at some point in their careers… But rather than just sticking his face on a bottle, it turned…

Diodes Incorporated introduces three new Hall-effect switches, the AH1899A/B/S, which operate from a low supply voltage and at extremely low quiescent current to extend battery lifetime in mobile and portable devices. The AH1899A/B/S are used to detect the open/closed status of covers and cases for portable electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets. They are…

Published: 27 March, 2024 Simply Blue Group, a leading global offshore wind project developer, has announced it is developing onshore renewable energy parks to power facilities capable of producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The projects, in Canada, Ireland and Australia will process more than 1.5 million tonnes of sustainable biomass annually to produce over 300,000…

Published: 27 March, 2024 Optime Subsea has announced it has been contracted by Equinor to deliver two Remotely Operated Control Systems (ROCS) for use at the operator’s Irpa field development. The latest award comes only three months after Equinor ordered a ROCS for use at its Rosebank field, west of Shetland, UK. Optime Subsea’s ROCS…

Enshore Subsea has taken delivery of the 170 tonnes, 2200kW, T3200 subsea trencher, which is currently undergoing complete refurbishment at the firm’s Blyth workshop ahead of planned series of projects. The T3200, built in 2009 for Enshore Subsea’s original parent company DeepOcean, was managed and operated by the Enshore Subsea team for major global projects…

Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium involving DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, has awarded Ramboll the contract for pre-FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) of the foundations for its Bowdun project. Ramboll, a global engineering and consultancy company, will take the foundation concepts for TWP’s 1 GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Project to the next stage as the project…

CSM Ingredients – a global player in research, innovation and production of food ingredients, part of the ingredient-tech platform together with HIFOOD, Italcanditi Group and Parker Food Group – has launched Generate, its new incubator of innovative food concepts and business models that aims to bring added value to the industry. The new brand will…