Baltica 2, located 40 km offshore Poland in the Baltic Sea, will comprise of 107 x 14 MW wind turbine generators (WTGs) and four substations installed on monopile foundations. Once fully completed, the Baltica project is expected to provide enough renewable energy to power 2,5 million Polish homes, according to developers.

ABL’s scope of work covers the marine transportation and offshore installation (T&I) of the 107 WTGs. The project is expected to be fully commissioned by the end of 2027.

Under the terms of the contract, ABL will provide technical review and approval of project documentation, drawings and calculations, marine assurance and risk services including vessel suitability surveys for the proposed fleet and DP trials where required, and also on-site attendance to review, approve and oversee all warranted operations.

“Along with our sister company OWC, who is based in Poland, we have significant experience in supporting the Baltic Sea’s offshore wind development in a number of capacities. This includes our work as MWS to support the construction of the Baltic Eagle offshore wind project and supporting more than 3 GW of potential offshore wind capacity with a range of engineering services, from technical advisory, cost engineering, geotechnical and GIS support.”

Tilo Klappenbach, ABL’s Country Manager in Germany

ABL’s operation in Hamburg, Germany, will manage the project. On-site attendances and vessel surveys will be supported by ABL’s wider European footprint, including ABL’s offices in Norway, Netherlands, France and UK. It may also draw on the specialised advisory and engineering consultancy expertise of OWC Poland, based out of offices in Warsaw and Gdansk.

“We will bring ABL’s global expertise in marine transportation and installation operations for offshore wind to support this important step in Poland’s offshore wind development. We combine the track-record, multi-disciplined marine and engineering expertise, and footprint across Northern Europe to execute this project.”

Adds Klappenbach

ABL is part of global consultancy ABL Group ASA, which delivers energy, marine, engineering and digital solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil and gas in more than 43 countries worldwide.

Contact ABL to discover more on how our offering in marine warranty survey (MWS) supports offshore wind projects across Europe, whether at construction, operations and maintenance (O&M), or at decommissioning:

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The ULTFARMS project  

ULTFARMS is an ocean multi-use project that aims to increase European capacity for low-trophic aquaculture by sharing the marine space in multi-use settings with six pilot projects based in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark.  

The project brings together stakeholders from the offshore wind farms and low trophic aquaculture value chains to develop environmentally sustainable, low-carbon, and safe low trophic aquaculture products, from design to commercialisation. 

Coordinated by Deltares, ULTFARMS is funded by EU Horizon Europe R&I program and has a total budget of around €10 million. It started in January 2023 and it expected to be concluded in June 2026. 

ULTFARMS aims to move beyond the current application of Low-Trophic Aquaculture (LTA) systems with novel engineering, technical, ecological and biological processes. This will both optimise production in harsh offshore conditions, low-salinities, and their integration within Offshore Wind Farms (OWFs).  

With 25 partners from 9 different countries, ULTFARMS will encompass expertise across the entire value chain for LTA production in OWFs. Through collaboration between research and industry, the project drives the co-development and co-management of innovative designs and operations tailored specifically for offshore environments across the project’s six Low-Trophic Aquaculture Pilots (LTAPs). 

Hidromod’s involvement  

New cultivation structures, grow-out systems, and both nature restoration and eco-friendly design measures are advanced throughout this project. Utilising existing open databases and operational forecasting systems like Copernicus and SeaDataNet, and integrating them into Hidromod’s monitoring and management platform, AquaSafe, enables enhanced technical support for the effective planning and operation of LTAs. 

Hidromod’s scope of work for this project is to provide numerical modelling expertise and to define the parameters required for monitoring using AquaSafe as a platform to process the data and deliver user tailored information. 

This includes Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and provision of capabilities to make use of decision support systems that use operational or on-demand models and algorithms.  

The goal is to achieve an effective monitoring strategy for ecological, environmental, production, and safety requirements, developing the data flows from different sources and integrating them into a platform to serve the users (OWF and farmers). 

ABL Group is committed to advancing innovative solutions that enable responsible marine resource use while supporting the global transition to renewable energy.  

By contributing expertise in digital monitoring and decision support, we help create smarter, more efficient, and environmentally conscious offshore developments. Projects like ULTFARMS reflect ABL Group’s mission of driving sustainability across energy and oceans. 

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“ABL has been supporting energy and marine projects in Namibia for over a decade. Opening an official entity is the natural next step for us, and cements ABL’s commitment and local engagement to support the country in delivering on its energy objectives.”

Anne Myers, ABL’s Country Manager to South Africa and Namibia

Namibia is a significant player in African energy, with a focus on traditional oil & gas development, alongside plans to harness its extensive solar and wind energy resource. The country’s renewable energy potential is also evident in its promise as a green hydrogen hub for the African continent.

ABL Namibia will provide the company’s full technical service offering in energy and marine consulting, with a focus on marine technical due diligence, rig inspections and rig moving, marine inspections and surveys, marine warranty survey, and maritime services including ports consulting.

Via the support of its sister company the renewable energy consultancy OWC, the new entity will also provide a springboard off which to expand the company’s expertise in energy transition and green energy technical advisory, engineering and consulting.

“ABL Namibia adds to our legacy presence in the South African market, based in Cape Town. It also represents the next step in our continued expansion as the go-to energy and marine consultant to support safety and sustainability in African energy and oceans. We are very excited to see what will come next from this exciting new venture.”

Donald MacMillan, ABL’s Regional Managing Director for Middle East, North & South Africa & India

ABL Namibia complements the company’s further presence in the African continent, with offices in Egypt, Republic of Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa. ABL is further supported by consultancy presence in Algeria and Morocco.

ABL Namibia is contactable at enquiries.namibia@abl-group.com.

ABL is part of Oslo-listed ABL Group ASA, an independent energy and marine consultancy group to the global oil & gas, renewables and maritime sectors.

Get in touch to discover ABL’s service offering in-country in Namibia:

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ABL’s scope of work was to mark up the plant’s piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) drawings, build an asset hierarchy and material masters system, and catalogue all actuators and solenoids. Consequently, the client was no longer required to go out in the field to check equipment as it was all loaded up in its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. 

“Digitising and optimising the data configuration of the gas plant’s asset base will provide significant time and cost savings for our client in the execution of their asset management programs,”

says Luis Gonzalez, ABL’s US country manager for asset integrity management. 

The asset hierarchy build and material masters were done using ABL’s Effio software. Effio is a cloud-based master data build and optimisation software that makes it easy to build and upgrade an asset management strategy and optimise data during operations. 

In addition, ABL used its ePAV software to conduct an on-site physical asset verification, identifying missing data for actuators connected to shutdown valves in the plant and compression stations. ePAV is a digital data collection, audit, and verification tool that enhances the accuracy of the on-site physical asset data collection process and ensures alignment with company data standards. 

ABL’s asset integrity management team in Houston, Texas, managed the project. The company has not disclosed the value of the contract.   

“This project exemplified ABL’s commitment to advancing industry standards and operational excellence, focusing on optimising the client’s work management processes and data architectures across facilities in the United States.

“Utilising our software on this scope of work allowed the team to accurately mark up the plant’s P&ID drawings so they were correct first time and didn’t have to be manually uploaded to the EAM system, which prevented the need for rework from the client’s team,”

adds Luis Gonzalez.   

ABL has coast to coast presence in the US

ABL’s extensive footprint runs coast-to-coast in the USA and Canada, supporting with the full range of marine assurance & risk services, ports and harbours consultancy, asset integrity management, and offshore and onshore wind consultancy.

Our US Asset Integrity Management team are based in Houston and can support your business by offering invaluable advice and helping to implement a range of fully optimised asset management strategies including:

• Maintenance strategy optimisation
• Benchmarking and analysis
• Data migration
• Inventory and materials management
• Process safety management
• Asset life extension
• Training and competency

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ABL Australia’s latest offering complements its existing offices in Perth and Sydney. In addition to this, ABL Group’s renewable energy consultancy branch, OWC is present in Melbourne.  

“We are thrilled to announce the opening of our office in Brisbane, expanding even further ABL’s reach across Australia’s East Coast. This strategic move allows us to better support our clients across the Oil & Gas, Shipping, Superyachts and Renewables sectors with localised expertise and enhanced services.”

Jason Hannath, Country Manager to ABL in Australia

The new office will provide a hub on Australia’s East Coast to deliver ABL’s full energy, marine and engineering consultancy offering. In particular, the office will deliver ABL’s expertise in asset integrity management and technical training for oil and gas, maritime and infrastructure sectors. The local team will also focus on the expansion of ABL’s comprehensive service portfolio in ports and harbours consulting, including port infrastructure feasibility for future renewable energy projects, and navigational risk assessments.  

With the East Coast’s strong potential for offshore wind development, this strategic move will further provide a springboard to expand the wider ABL Group’s through-life advisory, consultancy and engineering offering to offshore wind.  

“With our head office in Perth, this new location reinforces our commitment to driving sustainability in energy and oceans while strengthening relationships with our valued partners. We look forward to creating new opportunities, fostering innovation, and delivering impactful solutions from our Brisbane base. Exciting times ahead for ABL and our clients!”

Continues Hannath

The new office is located at Level 5, 80 Ann Street, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000 Australia.  

As well as OWC, ABL is joined in Australia by its sister companies, AGR – multidisciplined engineering consultants in drilling, wells and subsurface, and Longitude – ABL Group’s design and engineering arm.  

Hannath is also responsible for overseeing the growth of ABL’s operations throughout Australasia, recently expanding to an office in New Zealand.  

Discover more on ABL’s operations in Australia and New Zealand, and how we can support your project and asset in renewables, maritime and oil & gas:

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As part of the MoU, signed on the 3^rd February this year, the parties commit to collaboration and technical support in the research and development (R&D) of methodologies for the decarbonisation, the introduction of carbon credits and other carbon-reduction initiatives. The parties will also support each other in the technology transfer, training, capacity building and other technical initiatives to support Egypt’s roadmap to reducing the Egyptian aviation industry’s carbon footprint.

ABL’s operations in Cairo, Egypt, and originally known and trading as LOC Egypt, will lead the future collaboration on this with EHCAAN. 

Photo 1: Eng. Aiman Arab, the Chairman of EHCAAN, Tamer Gamil, Country Manager to ABL Egypt, Daniel McGowan, Director for Facilities & Subsea Design & Engineering at Longitude, and RV Ahilan, Chief Energy Transition Officer to ABL Group.

Photo 2: RV Ahilan, Chief Energy Transition Officer for ABL Group, Tamer Gamil, Country Manager to ABL Egypt, Dr Sameh Ahmed El-Henfy, the Minister of Aviation for Egypt, Mr Sherif Ahmed Mahmoud Kamel, His Excellency the Ambassador for Egypt to the UK, and Eng. Aiman Arab, the Chairman of EHCAAN.

Under the scope of work, ABL Egypt will support in exploring the technical and commercial feasibility of potential carbon-reduction technologies. These include, but are not limited to, the hybridisation and modernisation of process and equipment to integrate renewable energy resource and drive overall efficiencies, the integration of solar PV, and the potential of green hydrogen.

“Aviation is one of the most significant contributors to carbon dioxide emissions. We are honoured to partner with EHCAAN to explore potential methods, alternative fuels, and a roadmap for emissions reduction in its national aviation programme. Our track record in Egyptian energy transition combined with our global expertise across key technologies – including hydrogen and power-to-x, solar PV, emissions consulting, and more – make ABL a natural choice to support aviation on its road to net-zero.”

Tamer Gamil, ABL’s Country Manager to Egypt

ABL’s Egyptian operation has supported numerous energy transition projects of national interest, including a feasibility study into the transition of offshore oil and gas tanker operations to net-zero – a joint study with EGPC for COP27. To support this project, it draws on the technical expertise of the wider ABL Group, including the renewable energy and technical advisory expertise of OWC, and expertise in facilities design and engineering of the group’s design and engineering branch, Longitude.

ABL is part of the global consultancy ABL Group.

Discover more on how ABL’s energy transition services can support you in your decarbonisation roadmap and plans for Egyptian industry, at next week’s EGYPES 2025, stand 2F49:

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“As the largest region in ABL, these meetings are integral to strengthening collaboration between countries and technical teams, exchanging best practices and knowledge, and in identifying key areas for growth, to ensure that we are best placed to support our clients and markets.

“In 2024 we saw significant growth in the region in several areas. We expanded our Black Sea operations with a new office in Constanta, Romania. We diversified our service portfolio with the introduction of the water management and numerical modelling consultants, Hidromod – which also substantially reinforced ABL’s operations in the strategic market of Portugal. Lastly, we continued to develop our presence and activities to support African marine and energy markets, with gains made in Nigeria, Senegal and Mauritania, and the Republic of Congo.”

Hugues Delanoue, Regional Managing Director for ABL in Europe and West Africa

The meeting was the first in which Hidromod was able to participate since its acquisition by ABL’s parent company, ABL Group, in October 2024. It, therefore, was a chance to deepen understanding across the regional operations, of Hidromod’s unique expertise and software solutions to support hydrological forecasting in different marine, energy and agricultural scenarios.

Other topics for discussion covered ABL’s European and West African offering in the following areas: marine warranty survey (MWS), dynamic positioning (DP) and critical systems, rig inspections operations, maritime services including ports and harbours consulting and engineering, electrification and the expansion of ABL’s expertise in both technical due diligence and owner’s engineering for energy and maritime sectors.

ABL Europe and West Africa includes offices in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Holland, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Romania, Senegal and Turkey.

ABL Europe and West Africa in the news in 2024

ABL won a wide range of contracts across energy and oceans in 2024, including several significant energy infrastructure projects for European and African countries, as well as to support high-profile renewable energy construction projects, and the development of emerging energy transition technologies.

Here is a small selection:

ABL to assess navigational risk for Finland’s 1st open-sea offshore wind farm. Read more.

TenneT appoints consultancy ABL for Dutch 2GW export cables. Read more.

ABL part of North Sea green hydrogen initiative. Read more.

ABL to support offshore installation of French-Spanish interconnector. Read more.

ENI drafts ABL for Congo floating LNG transportation and installation verification. Read more.

ABL electrifying zero-emission offshore charging station. Read more.

ABL to provide marine warranty survey for Neptun Deep in the Black Sea. Read more.

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What the Bursary Offers

The Marine Technology Trust funds 10 student internships annually, selecting candidates from those studying marine engineering, ocean engineering, or ship science on an IMarEST or RINA accredited degree in the UK. Each successful applicant will receive a bursary of £1,000 to help support their internship placement.

RV Ahilan, Chief Energy Transition Officer at ABL Group and a trustee of the Marine Technology Trust, shares his enthusiasm:

“The marine industry is undergoing a rapid transformation, with digitalisation and decarbonisation at the heart of future developments. By supporting students through these bursary awards, we are investing in the skills and talent needed to drive sustainable progress in our sector.

These internships offer the opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience and contribute to the industry’s transition towards cleaner, smarter maritime solutions.”

ABL Group’s partnership with the Marine Technology Trust aligns with its broader focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives, particularly in supporting STEM education. As a global leader in the energy and maritime sectors, ABL is dedicated to fostering the next generation of professionals who will drive sustainability in these industries.

Students interested in applying can find more details and submit their applications through the Marine Technology Trust website:

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The BGUP envisages an upgrade of offshore platforms and facilities at the Bouri gas field, which lies 120 kilometres northwest of Tripoli in 145 to 183 metres water depth. The upgrade will improve the field’s overall carbon footprint with significant reductions of its CO2 emissions.

Saipem has been awarded the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract for an approximately 5000 tonnes gas recovery model onto the existing DP4 offshore facility. The contract includes the laying of 28 kilometres of pipelines connecting the DP3, DP4 and Sabratha platforms.

“We are really pleased to be appointed to support Saipem on this project – following a long history of successful collaboration with the company. The BGUP project seeks to improve delivery and production of natural gas to Libya, with potential to supply further in North Africa. It is an important energy infrastructure project for North Africa as a whole.”

Sergio Leone, ABL’s MWS Project Manager and Business Development Manager

Under the terms of the contract, ABL will conduct technical reviews and approvals of all project documentation, drawings and calculations relating to warranted marine operations. The company’s scope of work also includes suitability surveys and other marine assurance deliverables relating to the proposed fleet, as well as potentially DP trials, where required. ABL will also provide on-site attendances to review and approve warranted marine operations.

The main heavy lift operations will be executed by Saipem’s semi-submersible crane vessel Saipem 7000.

“Whilst the project will be managed from our operational HQ in London, on-site attendances and vessel surveys will be supported by our extensive marine surveyor footprint across Europe and North Africa. We also benefit from an established market presence and MWS track-record in neighbouring Egypt.”

Shai Tzucker, ABL’s Managing Director for Energy Services, Europe and West Africa

ABL is part of the global consultancy ABL Group ASA. The company delivering energy, marine, engineering and digital solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil and gas sectors.

Discover more about how ABL’s services in marine assurance & risk and marine warranty survey can support offshore energy projects in North Africa, at this month’s EGYPES conference:

Drop by the ABL stand 2F49, 17-19 February.

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