ABL will act as marine warranty surveyor for the full offshore wind farm construction, including the transport and installation of the wind turbine generators, jacket and monopile foundations, offshore substation platform, as well as export and inter-array cables.

Inch Cape is one of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm projects and is set to play a significant role in supporting Scottish and the wider UK’s offshore wind targets. It will feature 72 turbines generating renewable energy that will be transported 85 kilometres to a new substation at Cockenzie, East Lothian, from where it will enter the national transmission system.

ABL’s office in Aberdeen, Scotland, will manage the project, supported by ABL’s offices in London and Newcastle, UK, and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

“We will utilise our collective marine expertise from a huge amount of European offshore wind projects to deliver a high-quality service to the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm. We are delighted to be working on this large-scale renewable energy project,”

says Ashley Perrett, ABL’s Sub Regional Director of Northern Europe.

The marine warranty surveyor work will include review of all relevant documentation, vessel inspections and certification of components and vessel equipment.

ABL has been involved with the Inch Cape project since 2019, supporting the early phase planning and development, and is now continuing its support into the construction phase.

The installation of Inch Cape’s offshore substation platform will take place in late summer 2025 and the project is set for completion in 2027.

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The partnership delivers a seamless, end-to-end RFID asset tracking solution designed to meet the complex needs of sectors such as Oil & Gas, Renewables, Healthcare, and Manufacturing—helping organisations streamline operations, improve asset utilisation, and ensure regulatory compliance.

Delivering Next-Generation Asset Tracking Software

The partnership brings together Xerafy’s field-proven RFID tagging solutions and ABL’s award-winning AssetVoice asset tracking software. This integrated solution empowers businesses with real-time asset visibility and intelligent automation across critical workflows.

With support for RFID, IoT sensors, and cloud-based services, AssetVoice enables low-code, fully customisable workflows tailored to each organisation’s operational needs. Companies can configure the platform to track assets by location, condition, and usage—reducing manual workload, minimising asset loss, improving compliance, and cutting operational costs.

As part of the SAP and IBM ecosystems, AssetVoice has been deployed in 49 countries across hundreds of asset types, making it a versatile, all-in-one asset tracking platform trusted by global enterprises.

Trusted Expertise Across Key Industries

Xerafy and ABL bring together deep domain expertise in delivering scalable RFID asset tracking software across critical sectors:

• Energy: Boosting asset utilisation, customising workflows, eliminating bottlenecks, minimising downtime, improving digital traceability, and enhancing safety compliance.
  
  
• Healthcare: Streamlining the tracking of medical equipment and devices to prevent loss, meet regulatory requirements, and enable data-driven resource allocation for direct patient care.
  
  
• Manufacturing: Enabling end-to-end asset visibility across production lines to improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, and support lean operations.
  
  

Executive Insights

“RFID has the power to transform asset tracking, yet many organisations still encounter friction and barriers to adoption,”

“Our partnership with ABL brings together deep domain expertise and a seamless end-to-end solution that simplifies digitisation. Together, we’re enabling businesses to gain real-time visibility, boost operational efficiency, and maximise asset utilisation.”

said Michel Gillmann, Chief Marketing Officer at Xerafy.

“Asset-intensive industries need smarter ways to manage critical assets to prevent loss, unnecessary overstocking, and time wastage,”

“Our partnership with Xerafy facilitates a seamless integration between their RFID technology and our intelligent asset tracking platform for management of change.”

said Peter Adam, Group Managing Director AIM at ABL Group.

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Watch how ABL’s asset tracking software uses RFID technology and IoT to deliver real-time visibility, improve utilisation, and enhance decision-making across asset-intensive operations.

About Xerafy

Xerafy enables digital transformation at Fortune 500 companies with benchmark-topping RFID tagging solutions, deep domain expertise, and award-winning engineering. The company is a pioneer in the development of industrial RFID technology, providing advanced tagging solutions that enhance asset tracking and inventory management across energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics sectors.

About ABL Group

ABL Group is a leading independent global consultancy delivering energy, marine, engineering, and digital solutions to drive safety and sustainability in the renewables, maritime, and oil & gas sectors. Operating under four specialist brands—ABL, OWC, Longitude, and AGR—the Group has a presence in 43 countries worldwide.

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ABL’s scope of work includes the delivery of site-specific assessments (SSA), leg penetration analysis (LPA), punch-through survival and recovery services, scour and leg extraction analysis, site spot metocean analysis, site zoning and preload optimisation, leg seabed impact analysis, and operability analysis, among other services. The scope of work will last up to 2026.

ABL’s operations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was awarded the contract and is working together with the geotechnical engineering and jack-up consultancy team based in Singapore, to deliver the scope of work.

“The combination of our marine operational experience with our expert geotechnical engineering know-how, positions us perfectly to support the safe and successful jack-up operations on this and other decommissioning projects.”

Mohd Saifuddin Md Salleh, ABL’s Country Manager in Malaysia

ABL benefits from a group-wide multi-disciplined geoscience offering, covering geotechnical, geospatial, geological and geophysical disciplines.

Its services include ground modelling and seismic engineering, provide impartial technical advice and support to drive safety and efficiency in construction and operations for both offshore oil and gas and renewable energy industries.

ABL is part of Oslo-listed consultancy group ABL Group ASA.

ABL Group companies – ABL, AGR, OWC and Longitude – provide a complete engineering, design and consultancy offering in multi-disciplined geoscience.

Our global teams combines expertise in geotechnical, geophysical, geospatial and geological engineering, to provide expert independent services to support oil & gas, renewables and maritime sectors, offshore and onshore.

Services include:

• Geoscience package management
• Geophysics
• Ground modelling
• Geotechnical engineering
• Cable geoscience services
• Geohazard and risk assessment
• Geospatial
• Onshore geoscience services
• Jack-up installation
• Operational site supervision and resourcing

Contact our geoscience team to find out more:

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On his new role, Subbi said,

“I’m delighted to take on this new role and continue working alongside the talented team at ABL Norway. Our local capabilities, combined with ABL’s global reach, put us in a strong position to support clients across the maritime and energy sectors. I look forward to building on the momentum we’ve achieved so far and contributing further to ABL’s success in the region.”

Having spent the last 15 years in Norway, Subbi possesses a deep-rooted network in the country and neighbouring regions, making him ideally positioned to further enhance ABL’s service offerings within the Maritime Sector. Subbi will continue to drive growth initiatives in this sector while maintaining a strong focus on delivering Engineering Consultancy and MWS Services to ABL Norway’s clients.

Subbi succeeds Peter Kingsland, who will return to the UK to take up a new position at ABL Group company, Longitude, as Regional Business Line Director for Marine Operations in EMEA.

“Subbi’s appointment to this role is a reflection of the strong growth we’ve seen in ABL’s Maritime offering in Norway since he joined us in 2023. His leadership, local insight and technical expertise make him an excellent fit for this role. We also extend our sincere thanks to Peter Kingsland for his contribution to the Norway office, and wish him all the best in his new role with Longitude.”

adds Ashley Perrett, Sub Regional Director: Northern Europe.

ABL Norway is located in Stavanger and will soon share office space with AGR, Ross Offshore and Techconsult from June 2025. The office is well placed to provide the multi-disciplinary engineering and consulting services that the Norwegian market demands and requires.

The local team has a wealth of experience, with expertise in large scale development and decommissioning projects, engineering design, analysis and verification, through to specialist maritime experience supporting Hull and Machinery and P&I instructions, marine audits and inspections.

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has recognised Aquafarm 2.0, developed by the water management consultants, Hidromod, as a very successful space-based agricultural project, which has been supported through ESA’s commercialisation gateway.

This acknowledgment highlights Aquafarm’s critical role in optimising water resources, improving crop management, and promoting sustainable agriculture through satellite technology and advanced environmental modelling.

Aquafarm is a cutting-edge digital twin platform (powered by Hidromod Aquasafe), integrating real-time data, including satellite data, with AI-driven analytics to create crystal-clear visualisations of water behaviours and forecasting in agricultural scenarios.

It is proven to enhance more accurate decision-making to drive a sustainable agriculture industry.

A Growing User Base of Agricultural and Water Management Leaders

Currently, Aquafarm 2.0 is used by key organizations worldwide, including:

• IFAP (Instituto de Financiamento da Agricultura e Pescas, Portugal): Since 2021, IFAP uses AquaFarm to monitor crop declarations and validate agricultural subsidy claims across millions of parcels. The platform provides high-resolution satellite data and automated crop analysis, enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of CAP compliance and fund allocation.
• DCCEEW (NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia): AquaFarm supported DCCEEW in piloting parcel-scale water balance and anomaly detection tools to monitor irrigation and catchment flows. Active user feedback helped refine the platform, which proved valuable for enhancing water governance in ungauged areas across New South Wales.
• EDIA (Portugal’s Alqueva Development and Infrastructure Company, Portugal): EDIA leveraged AquaFarm for irrigated crop monitoring, reservoir inflow validation, and water management. Key technical users provided continuous feedback, helping refine the platform’s models and dashboards, and confirming AquaFarm’s value as a core tool for efficient water resource management in one of Europe’s largest irrigation systems.

ESA’s Continued Support for Space-Based Agricultural Solutions

ESA’s Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) program has played a crucial role in scaling Aquafarm’s success, demonstrating how Earth Observation (EO) data and AI-driven modelling can revolutionize agriculture, water management, and climate resilience.

With growing challenges in food security, water scarcity, and environmental sustainability, projects like Aquafarm 2.0 continue to shape the future of agriculture, proving the immense value of space technology in solving real-world problems.

Hidromod | The Water Management Consultants, part of ABL

Hidromod are a specialist numerical modelling and water management consultancy based in Portugal.

Part of ABL, it provides expert consultancy, operational and software services to support hydrological forecasting in offshore, coastal and inland scenarios.

Its services support decision-making and performance in ports and harbours, renewable energy, agricultural and aquaculture projects.

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The International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) appointed energy and marine consultancy ABL to develop an updated risk assessment standard aimed specifically at superyacht refit yards.

The new standard is based on the current JH143 standard for shipyard risk assessment.

ABL will draw upon knowledge from its expert JH143 and yacht specialist surveyors from different locations around the world, to ensure that the new standard will be fit for purpose, valuable to the industry and user-friendly for the surveyors.

The JH143 Shipyard risk assessment process was originally developed by ABL to assess risks at a shipyard, allowing underwriters to consider their exposure and to mitigate risks where possible.

“A superyacht refit shipyard is quite a different environment to a commercial yard and the risks are different. For example, overspray in a commercial yard may not be catastrophic, but overspray landing on a superyacht can result in a claim in the multiple millions.”

Adam Jackson, ABL’s Head of Yacht Services and Director of Marine Engineering for the UK

ABL Yachts, part of ABL, is a service provider to the insurance industry, yacht brokers, management companies and owners worldwide. ABL Yachts offers clients a large multi-disciplinary superyacht survey team with a collective experience measured in hundreds of years, combined with the support of one of the marine industry’s most experienced suppliers of consultancy services.

ABL is part of Oslo-listed consultancy group ABL Group ASA.

ABL Yachts: A legacy in superyacht consultancy and surveying

ABL Yachts is an independent and trusted partner in the surveying, engineering and technical consultancy for superyachts, with a legacy dating back to Braemar Yacht Services.

Combining heritage in the market, with in-house multidisciplined engineering and consultancy expertise, and extensive operational experience across maritime sectors, ABL Yachts provides technical support to mitigate risk and enhance performance throughout an asset’s design life.

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The landmark project involved the loadout, near shore transfer lift, marine transportation from Asia to Australia and the offshore installation of the 4,500 tonnes compression module onto the CPF.

The lift was conducted with the Sleipnir, a semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV), operated by Heerema Marine Contractors, utilising one of her two massive 10,000 tonne capacity cranes.

The installation lift is one of, if not the, heaviest lift ever performed onto an already operating floating production unit.

“ABL has supported INPEX with its various development phases of the Ichthys Field for close to 15 years, and we were delighted to be asked to support them during this latest essential and complex development stage too. The installation of the BCM will help maintain the CPF’s production rates throughout its 40-year design life.”

Alex Harrison, ABL Group Managing Director for Energy

Due to the floating nature of the receiving platform, the project involved considerable work in the assessment of the pre-ballasted and post-installation inclinations of the CPF, and the effects of mooring stiffness on these inclinations. The project also involved significant work in the assessment of multi-body relative motions for the installation vessel and the CPF. These were to determine the installation loads, resulting limiting installation sea states, the design of the lift rigging which included some of the largest man-made fibre slings ever fabricated, and the design and installation of a novel bumper and guiding system.

“This has been one of the most interesting technical projects I have ever been involved with, and it was an honour to personally be the attending surveyor for the nearshore transfer, transportation and offshore lift operations. It will certainly go down as a true highlight of my 30 years in the industry.”

Adds Alex Harrison

ABL is the energy and marine consultancy branch of Oslo-listed global consultancy ABL Group ASA.

Learn more about ABL’s global offering in marine warranty survey, supporting more than 900 projects in 2024 alone.

Our market-leading offering supports projects from transportation and installation (T&I), operations and maintenance (O&M), marine transportation for project cargo, to life extension and decommissioning:

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Experienced offshore energy professional and marine warranty business leader, Oliver Neill, has been promoted to the position of Director of Major Projects for ABL’s marine warranty survey (MWS) operations in England.

A naval architect, Oliver brings extensive experience in the project management of large-scale energy infrastructure projects with multinational supply chains. Having joined ABL in 2016, then known as London Offshore Consultants (LOC), Oliver has worked on some of the company’s largest MWS projects.

His distinguished track record includes lead project manager for the MWS scope on the Tengizchevroil (TCO) FGP-WPMP (Future Growth Project-Wellhead Pressure Management Project), in Kazakhstan.

Following this, Oliver was the lead project manager, overseeing ABL’s MWS and Marine Assurance scopes on BP’s Greater Tortue Almeyim project (GTA) – a multi-year initiative, unlocking gas resources for Mauritania and Senegal via one of the world’s deepest subsea developments.

Based at ABL’s operational headquarters in London, UK, Oliver will lead the major MWS projects team in England, helping to drive process and development to bring added value to projects and clients.  

“We have a proud legacy as a trusted provider in MWS since 1979, with experience in supporting our clients to deliver some of the world’s largest and most complex energy construction projects safely and successfully. Oliver’s experience and strategic approach will be invaluable to pursuing continual improvement to our service delivery.”

James Anderson, Director of Energy Services in the UK  

His wealth of expertise will also be instrumental in ensuring that the highest levels of safety and technical excellence are applied throughout multi-year contracts with multi-national project delivery teams.

“I’m eager to take on this new role at ABL after almost 10 years working on fascinating and technically challenging projects. With the energy industry’s continued focus on cost, efficiencies and the long-term sustainability of a project, I look forward to working with the team to explore new areas in which we can add value.”

Oliver Neill, Director of Major Projects, ABL England

ABL is the energy and marine consultancy branch of Oslo-listed global consultancy ABL Group.

Marine Warranty Survey with ABL

In 2024, ABL provided marine warranty survey (MWS) services to over 900 projects globally, supporting the safe delivery of marine operations at transportation and installation (T&I), operations and maintenance (O&M), life extension, and decommissioning.

Our MWS services support:

• Oil & Gas infrastructure
• Renewable energy
• Project cargo
• Rig moving

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Daniel has 20 years of seagoing experience on naval and passenger vessels prior to coming ashore in 2012, followed by 10 years in port operations, vessel management, governance, compliance, and regulation, and 3 years in marine consultancy. 

In his new role, Daniel will be responsible for developing and driving ABL’s Ports and Harbours consultancy services, providing leadership and direction to identify new areas of growth for the region and continuing to develop client relationships. As an expert at assessing marine risk and identifying risk-control measures and a trained Operational Excellence Assessor, Daniel will also be accountable for Quality & HSE aspects within the company and assisting with P&I claims. 

“I am honoured to step into the role of Director – Ports and Harbours at ABL. Having led governance in this space, I am excited to now take a broader strategic lead, driving innovation, strengthening client partnerships, and guiding our exceptional team as we expand our services globally.  

“With a strong suite of ongoing projects across key international ports, we are well-positioned to deliver world-class consultancy and technical expertise where it is needed most. This is a pivotal time for the maritime industry, and I look forward to shaping the future of Ports and Harbours consultancy with ABL,” said Daniel Wood. 

Daniel continues the valuable work of ABL’s David Faulkner who is transitioning into a semi-retirement role:  

“I have worked with Daniel on numerous projects since he joined us at ABL and he has a great deal of experience in the Ports and Harbours industry. I am very pleased that he will be leading the P&H team and I am confident that under his guidance the team will go from strength to strength.

“I wish Daniel and the team every success in the future. As for myself, I will be assuming a semi-retirement role and supporting where I can.” 

Paul Martin, Managing Director of Maritime for Europe and West Africa adds,  

“Whilst David Faulkner has handed over the reins to Daniel as Director of Ports & Harbours, I am delighted that he will still remain part of the team and be available for advice and case input. Daniel takes over at a time of momentum in the Ports & Harbours team, and his conscientiousness and dedication shone through when we were looking for a new leader for the team.

“I am excited for Daniel and am confident that he will continue to drive the success of our Ports and Harbours consultancy and take it to new heights.” 

ABL’ s operations in Europe and West Africa include offices in England, Scotland, France, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria. 

ABL is the energy and marine consultancy branch of global consultancy ABL Group. 

Find out more about ABL’s Ports & Harbours capabilities below or get in touch with Daniel.

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