Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Strainstall News

Strainstall wins Hywind Mooring Monitoring Contract

Hywind illustration (image courtesy of Statoil)

Strainstall has been awarded a contract to provide crucial mooring monitoring for the Hywind pilot park – the world’s first floating offshore wind farm. The contract with MacGregor, a provider of innovative engineering solutions for handling marine cargoes and offshore loads…

Strainstall Wins EEEGR Innovation Award

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James Fisher and Sons plc’s group company Strainstall has been recognized for its approach to delivering improved safety and cost-effective solutions to the offshore wind industry. Strainstall won the EEEGR Innovation Award 2015 for its Intelligent Fender System (IFS)…

Bluewater Contracts Strainstall for Offshore Monitoring

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Strainstall, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has secured a contract with Bluewater Energy Services (Bluewater), an offshore company specializing in Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels and Single Point Mooring (SPM) systems…

Sensors Installed on New Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation

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Strainstall has been subcontracted by the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) to install sensors, as part of its Structural and Environmental Monitoring (SEM) solution, on to a new Suction Bucket Jacket foundation, which is currently being trialed…

VMMS for the Carbon Trust OWA Program

Vessel Motion

Strainstall’s Vessel Motion Monitoring System (VMMS) has been successfully installed on a vessel running trials for the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) program, a joint industry program aiming to reduce the cost of offshore wind by 10% for UK Round 3 sites.

Strainstall Supply Load Pins for Shell Stones Project

Strainstall UK Limited has been selected to work alongside SBM offshore on the prestigious Shell Stones project, which is an ultra-deep Oil and Gas development in the Gulf of Mexico and is currently the deepest production facility in the world at approximately 2,900 meters.

Strainstall Opens New Production Facility

Strainstall, a part of James Fisher and Son plc, announced the opening of a new production facility based in Bembridge, Isle of Wight. The new 10,000-sqft. facility produces the full range of mooring hooks and mooring units including a bespoke service specific to customer requirements.