Category Archives: AWJ Updates

Gwynt y Môr – vessel traffic routes

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Jim Andrews

This is an update about the designated vessel traffic routes for the Gwynt y Môr windfarm.  The routes are shown on the map below. All vessels operating from the Cammel Laird site in the Mersey will access the site via … Continue reading →

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Gwynt y Môr Windfarm – Live AIS information available

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Jim Andrews

To help you keep track of what is happening on the Gwynt y Môr windfarm site we have created a direct link to the international vessel Automatic Information System (AIS).  AIS provides information about vessel locations and movements all around … Continue reading →

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Vilsund Blue – MSC Certified Rope-grown Mussels

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Jim Andrews

Danish shellfish producers Vilsund Blue have just become MSC certified as a source of sustainable rope-grown mussels (Mytilus edulis). We have been working with Vilsund Blue and our colleagues at Intertek Moody Marine to assess this fishery since early in 2011.  Full details … Continue reading →

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Gwynt y Môr Windfarm: Weekly Notice of Operations, 20th April 2012

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Jim Andrews

This is a summary of the weekly notice of operations for the Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm issued on 20th April 2012 to harbour masters and sea users .  This notice describes recent operations, work planned for the next 7 days, and … Continue reading →

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Gwynt y Môr Windfarm: Weekly Notice of Operations, 12th April 2012

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Jim Andrews

This is a summary of the weekly notice of operations for the Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm issued on 12th April 2012 to harbour masters and sea users .  This notice describes recent operations, work planned for the next 7 days, … Continue reading →

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Gwynt y Môr Windfarm: Cable Mattress Laying Works

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Jim Andrews

Work on the laying of the export cable rock mattress for the Gwynt y Môr wind farm is due to start on the 11th April 2012 and is due to be completed by 11th May, but may continue until 30th … Continue reading →

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Gwynt y Môr Windfarm: Start of Cable Survey Work

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Jim Andrews

Survey work  on the export cable from the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Windfarm is due to start on the 6th April.  This work will be carried out by the MV Freja. MV Freja will be towing survey equipment.  All other … Continue reading →

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Gwynt y Môr Windfarm: work due to start on offshore substations

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jim Andrews

The installation of the offshore substation jackets for the Gwynt y Môr windfarm is scheduled to start on the 11th April.  This work will be carried out by the heavy lifting vessel Stanislaw Yudin.  Details about this vessel and the … Continue reading →

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MSC Surveillance Audit: PFA Fisheries, IJmuiden, Netherlands

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jim Andrews

The annual Surveillance Audit for the PFA North Sea Herring, Atlanto-Scandian Herring and North East Atlantic Mackerel has just been announced on the MSC website. We will be carrying out this audit in partnership with Intertek Moody Marine on the … Continue reading →

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Gwynt y Môr Windfarm – future work schedule

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Jim Andrews

The outline schedule for installation work on the Gwynt y Môr windfarm has just been confirmed by RWE npower renewables. The installation of the offshore substation jackets is scheduled to start on the 11th April, and may take until the … Continue reading →

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