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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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September 17, 2021

US Navy awards US$500 million design contract for modernisation of shipyards in Hawaii, Washington

Written by Baird Maritime on September 17, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Ship Repair & Recycling.

The US Navy, through the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), has awarded a US$500 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) architecture-e ..

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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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June 24, 2021

Blast kills one, injures three at Chattogram shipbreaking yard

Written by Baird Maritime on June 24, 2021. Posted in Search and Rescue, Ship Repair & Recycling.

Bangladeshi media reports that an explosion at a shipbreaking yard in Chattogram over the weekend has left one person dead and three others critically injured. The incide ..

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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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March 24, 2021

UK MOD issues notice on potential sale of ex-Royal Navy minehunter

Written by Baird Maritime on March 24, 2021. Posted in Ship Repair & Recycling, Ships (Naval).

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), through the Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), is inviting expressions of interest for the sale of the decommissioned Royal Navy ..

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Future US Navy destroyer to be named after decorated Filipino sailor
Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security

Future US Navy destroyer to be named after decorated Filipino sailor

By Baird Maritime
US Army Corps of Engineers awards contract to dredge Toledo Harbor, Maumee River
Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects
MARINE PROJECTS WEEK

US Army Corps of Engineers awards contract to dredge Toledo Harbor, Maumee River

By Baird Maritime
Royal Navy retires two Trafalgar-class submarines
Submersibles (Naval)

Royal Navy retires two Trafalgar-class submarines

By Baird Maritime
Dredging completed on North Carolina’s Lake Adger
Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects
MARINE PROJECTS WEEK

Dredging completed on North Carolina’s Lake Adger

By Baird Maritime
VESSEL REVIEW | Saam Halcon III – Canadian-Turkish partnership delivers newbuild to Chilean towage operator
Harbour Tugs and Operation
TUG AND SALVAGE WEEK

VESSEL REVIEW | Saam Halcon III – Canadian-Turkish partnership delivers newbuild to Chilean towage operator

By Baird Maritime
COLUMN | Quick updates: DOF’s survival; Cadeler’s new foundation vessel; Wind turbine woes and protectionism in Europe; The Metals Company’s coming cash crunch [Offshore Accounts]
Anchor Handling
MARINE PROJECTS WEEK

COLUMN | Quick updates: DOF’s survival; Cadeler’s new foundation vessel; Wind turbine woes and protectionism in Europe; The Metals Company’s coming cash crunch [Offshore Accounts]

By Hieronymus Bosch

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