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March 13, 2023

GEAR | New Saudi ship recycling facility begins operations

Written by Baird Maritime Gear Editor on March 13, 2023. Posted in Ship Repair & Recycling.

UAE-based ship dismantling company Wreckdock recently opened a new recycling facility in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The facility features four drydocks each measuring 350 t ..

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April 28, 2022

NGO claims blast killed yard worker during FPSO recycling in Alang, India

Written by Baird Maritime on April 28, 2022. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Ship Repair & Recycling.

A worker lost his life while scrapping BW Offshore’s Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit BW Cidade de Sao Vicente at an Indian beaching yard earl ..

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January 6, 2022

Marco Polo Marine expands into ship recycling

Written by Baird Maritime on January 6, 2022. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Maintenance, Ship Repair & Recycling.

Singapore-based vessel operator and shipbuilder Marco Polo Marine, through Indonesian subsidiary Marcopolo Shipyard, has ventured into the ship recycling industry followi ..

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January 24, 2023

Decommissioned aircraft carrier languishes off Brazil as dispute with scrappers continues

Written by Baird Maritime on January 24, 2023. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Ship Repair & Recycling, Ships (Naval).

A decommissioned aircraft carrier is once again under the ownership of the Brazilian Navy after the Turkish company that had earlier purchased the vessel for recycling re ..

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March 15, 2022

BW Offshore inks agreement with Indian firm for recycling of FPSO

Written by Baird Maritime on March 15, 2022. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Ship Repair & Recycling.

BW Offshore has entered into an agreement to recycle the floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Umuroa at Baijnath Melaram yard in Gujarat, India. The y ..

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October 11, 2021

COLUMN | What Solstad tells us about the future of offshore: scrapping and shrinkage, emissions and reactivation [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on October 11, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Ship Repair & Recycling, Work Boat World Features.

After last week’s Quick Updates (here) we turn our attention to one of the biggest and most important players in the North Sea and Brazil: Solstad Offshore. Solstad jus ..

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September 8, 2022

German start-up develops water-based process for recycling ships

Written by Baird Maritime on September 8, 2022. Posted in Boxship World, Cruise, Dry Cargo World, Ferries, Offshore Construction, Ship Repair & Recycling.

A recently established technology start-up company in Germany seeks to address some of the negative issues associated with ship recycling, particularly emissions, polluti ..

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January 24, 2022

Decommissioned US Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk departs for breaker’s yard

Written by Baird Maritime on January 24, 2022. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Gear & Services, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ship Repair & Recycling, Ships (Naval).

The decommissioned US Navy aircraft carrier ex-USS Kitty Hawk has departed the Puget Sound Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) at Bremerton, Washington, with ..

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October 11, 2021

US Navy sells two decommissioned aircraft carriers for scrapping

Written by Baird Maritime on October 11, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ship Repair & Recycling, Ships (Naval).

The US Navy, through the Naval Sea Systems Command, has sold two decommissioned aircraft carriers to a Texas shipbreaking firm for eventual scrapping. Sold to Internation ..

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Distractions caused 2022 vessel collision off Louisiana coast, NTSB report finds
Commercial Mariner - Offshore

Distractions caused 2022 vessel collision off Louisiana coast, NTSB report finds

By Baird Maritime
Unseaworthy foreign-flagged cargo ship banned from Australian waters
Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore

Unseaworthy foreign-flagged cargo ship banned from Australian waters

By Ausmarine
OPINION | US-China: A Cold War lesson to apply “rules of the road” at sea
Commercial Mariner - Featured

OPINION | US-China: A Cold War lesson to apply “rules of the road” at sea

By Donald R Rothwell
Goldman Sachs Asset Management to acquire 72 per cent stake in Norwegian aquaculture service company
Aquaculture World

Goldman Sachs Asset Management to acquire 72 per cent stake in Norwegian aquaculture service company

By Baird Maritime
Passenger Vessel News Roundup | June 7 – Russian and French Polynesian ferries, a hybrid European river cruise ship and more
Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels

Passenger Vessel News Roundup | June 7 – Russian and French Polynesian ferries, a hybrid European river cruise ship and more

By Baird Maritime
Over 60 evacuated following ferry fire in Glacier Bay, Alaska
Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security

Over 60 evacuated following ferry fire in Glacier Bay, Alaska

By Baird Maritime

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