Category: Energy Gateway
The Port of Blyth has become the first UK port to achieve the new ISO 45001 standard in Occupational Health & Safety Management. The prominent standard follows other generic management system approaches such as ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 and is now regarded as the single benchmark for the management of occupational health and safety. Developed by […]
South Tyneside is raising its profile with international businesses thanks to the emergence of a growing offshore ‘hub’ within the borough. One Trinity Green, in South Shields, has seen the growth of a number of offshore businesses taking advantage of its mixed workspace and services as well as utilising the borough’s strong strategic location to […]
Advance Northumberland have reached a major milestone in the redevelopment of the former Blyth Power Station Enterprise Zone, where work has now begun, following a ground breaking ceremony on the site of Northumberland Energy Park at Energy Central. The main purpose of this activity is to maximise opportunities to attract investment from the offshore energy […]
Newcastle College and the Port of Blyth have announced a visionary partnership which will open up major career opportunities for young people in the region. In a skills first approach, Newcastle College and Port Training Services (PTS), the Port’s award winning training arm, are joining forces to develop and deliver training programmes with direct pathways […]
Advance Northumberland have reached a significant milestone in the redevelopment of the former Blyth Power Station Enterprise Zone in Blyth. The contract to undertake the ground works and dock extension has been awarded to Farrans Building and Civil Engineering, following a competitive tender process. Since acquiring the site Advance Northumberland have made significant progress over […]
The world’s most advanced Immersive Hybrid Reality (iHR) offshore wind training facility, a virtual reality system commissioned for the Great Exhibition of the North, has been installed at Newcastle College’s Energy Academy in Wallsend to help train future engineers. Delivered by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK’s leading technology innovation and research centre […]
The first flight of a brand new service from Newcastle International Airport into the heart of central London has taken off today (7th Jan 2019). The inaugural flight from the North East’s largest airport to London City departed this morning taking just over an hour to reach the capital. The flight, which is operated Flybe’s […]
Port of Blyth has announced it will soon be welcoming another new client to its offshore energy hub once a brand new £0.7m facility at its South Harbour terminal for fabricating specialists Texo CFS is completed. The Northumberland port, known as one of the UK’s leading offshore energy support bases, has developed an impressive cluster […]