Welcome to the Chris Jackson Offshore Blog

With over 30 years in Marine Engineering, Marine Civil Engineering, Diving and Construction.



Working in Harbours • Docks & Marinas and on Jetties & Piers • Locks & Lock gates • Power stations (Coastal – Nuclear & fossil fuel fired) • Breakwaters & Dams • Caissons / Floating Dams • Bridges (road & rail) • Pipelines • Culverts & Tunnels



Now Involved exclusively in offshore renewable energy development I am a CDMc, H&S and marine Engineering consultant on some of the largest and most prestigious offshore wind farm projects in the UK and Europe.



Monday, 25 April 2011

The Sheerleg "Matador 3", Loading out over 1000 tonnes of Transition Pieces


Load out of the 2 offshore substation transition pieces on the River Scheldt in Belgium April 2011

Over a thousand tonnes of fabricated (and very yellow) steelwork loaded out to barge for transhipment

Sunday, 20 March 2011

Why Offshore Wind Farms? Video Explanation, Resources & Windfarm Build

Footage of North Hoyle Windfarm under construction and turbines being manufactured.
The well known figure of Peter Musgrove giving a talk on power generation from wind

Saturday, 19 March 2011

Friday, 11 February 2011

Sheerleg Heavy Lift Vessel I recently inspected/audited, Ready for transit to one of the offshore windfarm projects in Germany
Transition piece nearing completion. the offshore windfarm substation platforms will sit on these on top of the monopile foundations

190t Transformer being lifted to platform