A reader once criticised this column as “a bit ranty”. He should close his browser now and avert his eyes. This week’s column is not going to be a bit ranty; it is ..
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A reader once criticised this column as “a bit ranty”. He should close his browser now and avert his eyes. This week’s column is not going to be a bit ranty; it is ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.
Last week the Swiss-headquartered and UK-listed mining company and trading house Glencore was sentenced in the UK for seven counts of bribery. Glencore pleaded guilty to ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Crew Transfer, Offshore Construction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.
The Ukraine war rumbles on, with Russian seafarers and oilfield workers now in danger of being drafted into president Putin’s meat-grinder of death and mayhem in Donbas ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.
Last week, we looked at Europe’s rush to build floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) to import liquified natural gas (LNG) into Europe (here). Of course, Eu ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Ferries, Naval, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.
For all of my lifetime, if you had asked which country was the largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa, the answer would have been Nigeria. For five decades, the count ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Ferries, Naval, Offshore World, Piracy, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.
As the out of office messages continue to ping back, and the summer holiday season draws on, it’s time to share a few more ideas for poolside reading or beachside liste ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.
Merry Christmas! On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping and so on, all the way bac ..
Written by Baird Maritime on . Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Accommodation, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.
China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard has delivered a new self-elevating accommodation platform for UK energy company BP. Designated a quarters and utilities (QU) facili ..
Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.
Last month, US President Joe Biden slammed ExxonMobil, complaining that the energy company made “more money than God”. “We’re gonna make sure that everybo ..
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