Transport Archives - Orcades Marine https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/category/transport/ Marine Project Management and Consultancy Services to the Offshore Renewable Energy Sector, Shipping and Port industry Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:44:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Transport Archives - Orcades Marine https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/category/transport/ 32 32 Understanding Reactivation and Ship Delivery https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/understanding-reactivation-and-ship-delivery/ Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:44:31 +0000 https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/?p=3057 Understanding Reactivation and Ship Delivery Reactivation and ship delivery are niche but nevertheless important services in the maritime industry, ensuring that vessels can be safely and efficiently brought back into service and transported to their designated locations. Orcades Marine excels in providing these services, offering a comprehensive approach to managing every aspect of the process. […]

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]]> Invitation to Tender – Retrieval of Wave Energy Converter https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/itt-retrieval-of-wec/ Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:53:34 +0000 https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/?p=2525 Invitation to Tender for the retrieval of a Wave Energy Converter at EMEC Billia Croo wave site, Orkney.   Featured photo credit: Link here

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]]> Bon voyage to the Alpha Legacy! https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/bon-voyage-to-the-alpha-legacy/ Sun, 30 May 2021 10:40:20 +0000 https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/?p=2355 Bon voyage to the “Alpha Legacy” and her crew! She departed Orkney on 28th May 2021 and is sailing towards the port of Gibraltar. The 140 meter long feeder container vessel “Alpha Legacy” arrived in Orkney as the “Vega Omikron” in July 2020 for long term cold lay-up due to the effects from the on-going […]

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]]> Great day for a tow in the flow https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/great-day-for-a-tow-in-the-flow/ Tue, 11 May 2021 11:38:34 +0000 https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/?p=2310 It was a great day in Scapa Flow for the Orcades Marine team, together with the Masters and crew of the Orkney tugs “Thor of Scapa” and “Odin of Scapa” who completed the dead ship tow of the feeder container vessel “Vega Omikron” from its anchorage position in Scapa Flow to Lyness, Hoy. The Vega Omikron had been in cold lay-up for […]

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]]> World’s most powerful tidal turbine makes its way to Orkney! https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/most-powerful-tidal-turbine-makes-its-way-to-orkney/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:29:18 +0000 https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/?p=2301 Orcades Marine supported the transport of the world’s powerful tidal turbine by Orbital Marine Power called the “O2” by providing the Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) for the tow. The tidal turbine left Dundee yesterday and is on its way to be commissioned at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) tidal site at Fall of Warness. […]

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]]> Successful tow and connection of tidal energy converter https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/successful-tow-and-connection-of-tidal-energy-converter/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:18:09 +0000 https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/?p=2273 It was great for one of our Orcades Tow Masters’ to be part of the highly successful operation on board the new Orkney Harbours tug “Thor of Scapa”, during the tow out and connection of the Magallanes Renovables Tidal Energy Converter “ATIR” onto moorings at the EMEC test site in the Fall of Warness in […]

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]]> An exciting collaboration between Orcades Marine and Orkney College https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/an-exciting-collaboration-between-orcades-marine-and-orkney-college/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:01:10 +0000 http://orcadesmarine.co.uk/?p=2244 The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has awarded a Standard Innovation Voucher for a project between Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd. and Orkney College UHI. Together with the computer science department at Orkney College UHI, they will undertake the development of a mobile tool for assessing workboat vessel stability prior to sailing and ship manoeuvres.  The final […]

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]]> Orkney bids farewell to the Wello Penguin II https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/orkney-bids-farewell-to-the-wello-penguin-ii/ Sat, 26 Sep 2020 17:13:43 +0000 http://orcadesmarine.co.uk/?p=2169 Orkney bids farewell to the Wello Penguin II WEC. It’s embarking on a long journey towards Bilbao, Spain, where it will be deployed to generate clean energy from waves. An excerpt from the Wello website describes the Penguin II design as follows: “The unique asymmetrical shape of the device is designed to capture the energy […]

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]]> Job Opportunity https://orcadesmarine.co.uk/crew-for-delivery/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:49:05 +0000 http://orcadesmarine.co.uk/?p=2161 **Job Opportunity** We are searching for personnel with the following qualifications to form a crew for a short delivery assignment of a tug on an international route. We are searching for a: – Master and Mate – Chief Engineer – 2nd Engineer The tentative start date will be around September 2020. Please get in touch […]

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