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May 18, 2022

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – May 18, 2022

Written by Baird Maritime on May 18, 2022. Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Crew Transfer, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply.

New charters are underway in support of oil and gas clients in Western Europe and Brazil while windfarm maintenance vessel contracts in Germany and the United States are ..

October 7, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – October 7, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on October 7, 2021. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Standby, Rescue & Emergency Services, Subsea Surveying.

Newly awarded charters and extensions cover a broad scope across Northern and Western Europe, the Indian Ocean region, and South America. Activities focus on maintenance, ..

June 21, 2021

COLUMN | Maersk and the offshore drilling industry: at the crossroads? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on June 21, 2021. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Well Intervention, Work Boat World Features.

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” American baseball star Yogi Berra once said. Maersk Drilling now admits that it stands at a crossroads, as per the tit ..

April 11, 2022

COLUMN | Mind the gap: Europe’s LNG shortage provides opportunity [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on April 11, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

Following Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, Europe is trying desperately to reduce dependence on Russian hydrocarbons. Sending Vladimir Putin billions of dollars for ..

July 29, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – July 29, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on July 29, 2021. Posted in Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval).

Installation and survey projects have been recently added in the pipeline to support mostly oil and gas clients in Western Europe, North America, and even South-East Asia ..

April 2, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – April 2, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on April 2, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Dive Support, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Standby, Rescue & Emergency Services, Subsea Surveying.

Much of the spotlight is on drilling vessels in this latest roundup of offshore charters. Interestingly, the newly awarded charters for such vessels has extended beyond E ..

January 31, 2022

COLUMN | The news that wasn’t news: Siemens Gamesa and Vestas; Rosneft and BP; Aker BP and Lundin; Shell, Greenpeace and Shearwater in South Africa; Shell’s FLNG woes; container owner madness [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 31, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Boxship World, Offshore Construction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

This week we revisit some developments to our favourite stories, featuring all the usual suspects – crashing share prices for troubled European wind turbine players aga ..

July 28, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – July 28, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on July 28, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying.

European-operated OSVs are securing new charters in support of drilling and subsea installation activities close to home and in West Africa, and even as far away as Austr ..

February 25, 2021

Shearwater GeoServices awarded Norwegian Sea OBS 4D survey by Aker BP

Written by Baird Maritime on February 25, 2021. Posted in Subsea Surveying.

Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded an ocean bottom seismic (OBS) 4D survey by Aker BP at the Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian North Sea. The survey will commence in ..