The world’s longest offshore wind turbine blade has arrived in Blyth
The world’s longest offshore wind turbine blade has arrived in Blyth ahead of testing at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s facilities
The world’s longest offshore wind turbine blade has arrived in Blyth ahead of testing at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s facilities

The world’s longest offshore wind turbine blade has arrived in Blyth ahead of testing at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s facilities. The 107 metre LM Wind Power blade will be put through its paces at ORE Catapult’s world-leading 100m blade-test facility over the coming months and is designed to operate from GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X 12 MW […]

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PORT OF BLYTH FIRST TO SECURE PRESTIGIOUS SAFETY STANDARD
PORT OF BLYTH FIRST TO SECURE PRESTIGIOUS SAFETY STANDARD

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 […]

Newcastle College and Port of Blyth Bridging Skills Gap in North East’s Energy Sector
Newcastle College and Port of Blyth Bridging Skills Gap in North East’s Energy Sector
Newcastle College and Port of Blyth Bridging Skills Gap in North East’s Energy Sector

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 […]

Offshore Ambition Bonds Port of Blyth & New Tenant Texo CFS
Offshore Ambition Bonds Port of Blyth And New Tenant Texo CFS
Offshore Ambition Bonds Port of Blyth And New Tenant Texo CFS

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 […]

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Port of Blyth Completes Long Term Agreement with Royal IHC
Port of Blyth Completes Long Term Agreement with Royal IHC

The Port of Blyth has reached an agreement with major tenant Royal IHC that will see the offshore engineering firm commit their long term future to the port’s offshore energy support base. Having completed this landmark deal, Royal IHC are now planning for a period of expansion with various new contracts secured and the creation […]

Rapid Manufacturing Services expands to Port of Blyth
Responsive Engineering Expands into Port of Blyth with New Quayside Fabrication Facility
Responsive Engineering Expands into Port of Blyth with New Quayside Fabrication Facility

Responsive Engineering is expanding into the Port of Blyth with a new fabrication facility to provide specialist services to the North East’s growing offshore energy sector. Part of global engineering firm Reece Group, Responsive Engineering operates in a wide range of markets including oil and gas, subsea, offshore renewables, nuclear, rail and defence. As the […]

Watch as GE’S Haliade 150-6mw Nacelle Arrives in Blyth
Watch as GE’S Haliade 150-6mw Nacelle Arrives in Blyth
Watch as GE’S Haliade 150-6mw Nacelle Arrives in Blyth

The first GE Renewable Energy offshore wind turbine nacelle to be tested in Blyth as part of a recent R & D agreement has been delivered to the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s world-leading 15MW drive train test facility via the Port of Blyth. Having been shipped from GE Renewable Energy’s factory in France on board […]

Port of Blyth signs on 600 tonne Mammoet crawler crane
Port of Blyth signs on 600 tonne Mammoet crawler crane
Port of Blyth signs on 600 tonne Mammoet crawler crane

Port of Blyth have announced a partnership with international heavy lift and transport specialists Mammoet that will provide customers at the Northumberland port with a superior heavy lift service. As a result of the agreement the Port’s South Harbour terminal will now permanently house a six hundred tonne Mammoet LR1600 crawler crane. South Harbour is […]