Network Rail is set to start rebuilding three bridges this autumn to facilitate electrification of the Chase Line. The bridges in Walsall and Hednesford will be rebuilt to accommodate overhead line equipment when the line is electrified in 2015. Electrification will cover 15 miles between Walsall, Cannock and Rugeley Trent [...]

IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the pipelayingvessel SAPURA DIAMANTE in a ceremony at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. The naming of the innovative offshore vessel was carried out by Mrs Christina Lucia Duarte Pinho, the Executive Manager of Petrobras E&P Service. The 550t pipelaying vessel [...]

The new chair of HS2 Ltd has called for the project to be completed more quickly. Sir David Higgins, who replaces Doug Oakervee early next year, said that completing the line before 2026 and 2033 could cut the bill as well. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “One thing [...]

Northern Petroleum Plc announces that Jon Murphy has been appointed as Non-executive Chairman of the Company, with immediate effect. Jon Murphy has over 30 years of experience in the exploration and production industry. In 1999,  Murphy joined Venture Production plc as a board director in the role of Chief Operating Officer. He played [...]

The Government has published invitations to tender for the combined Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) rail franchise – the biggest that has ever been let. The Essex Thameside competition is also now open to bidders. They are the first franchises to be let from the new rail franchising schedule [...]

Scana Offshore group of companies will be present at the Offshore Technology Days in Stavanger, October 23-24 2013. The companies participating are: Scana Skarpenord, Scana Mar-El, Scana Offshore Technology and Scana Offshore Vestby. The Company’s main objective in participating at the OTD, is to update the old and new customers [...]

A strong showing from global solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, coupled with a sharp fall in new wind capacity, has led to solar growth outpacing wind this year – for the first time ever. Analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts that 36.7 GW in new solar PV capacity will be added worldwide [...]

Vinci is close to finalising a deal with Network Rail to design and build 13 stations on the western section of Crossrail from Acton Main Line to Maidenhead. The firm is understood to be favourite to take the job ahead of rival bidders Balfour Beatty Rail and Costain. Sources close [...]

The Crown Estate and Oxford Properties has picked Balfour Beatty to deliver the key part of the St James’s Market redevelopment in central London. Under an £87m contract Balfour will redevelop two existing 8-storey buildings within the wider £450m scheme to create offices, retail and restaurant space behind preserved historic [...]

Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company, announces, further to the announcements released on 9 September 2013 and earlier today, the conclusions of a meeting of the Management Committee of the Njord field held this morning. At the meeting, Statoil as operator informed the Group that the start-up of [...]

International engineering and operations support services contractor, Offshore Design Engineering (ode), has won a five-year contract for the provision of operations support services to the Southern North Sea operations of energy company RWE Dea UK Limited. The £40m contract marks the start of another phase in an eight-year relationship with [...]

Barge Master has received a Letter of Award from Niestern Sander bv for employment of the Barge Master motion compensated crane on their new Walk-to-Work vessel, to be built for Wagenborg. The vessel, including the Barge Master system, will be ready in the first quarter of 2015. NAM will use [...]