Key deals

Norway based Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has certified that the performance of the world’s largest tidal turbine, the 1.2MW SeaGen, has been correctly evaluated according to the Edinburgh Protocol.

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s Annual Report for 2009 reveals that 1,663 marine accidents and incidents were reported to the MAIB during the year.

IJmuiden based Offshore Ship Designers first project in the marine renewable energy field will shortly be commencing on site trials in the UKs Humber estuary.

A hovercraft is making it possible for works to proceed on an offshore wind farm project in the Greater Wash off the UK’s east coast.

German police have taken delivery of the last in a series of four powerful new patrol boats adding a new dimension to supervision of extended coastal waters in an increasingly busy sector…

The Crown Estate has awarded four companies with leases and exclusivity agreements in England and Scotland respectively to test new wind turbine technology in the marine environment.

Marine Current Turbines’ SeaGen in Northern Ireland, the world’s first and only commercial scale tidal stream energy turbine, has delivered its two millionth unit of electricity into the UK electricity grid.

Dutch based organisations, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), will be presenting their jointly developed training course in Africa in November.

Stichting Biopark Terneuzen, a Dutch organisation that focuses on the development of sustainable connections between local businesses, is developing a cluster of bio-energy power plants on the Axelse Vlakte.

PD Ports has welcomed the decision by a major supplier to the offshore energy sector to more than double its facility at Hartlepool dock.