Iraq Archives - Baird Maritime

March 29, 2021

COLUMN | Mozambique misery deepens: dozens killed by Islamic extremists in Palma bloodbath [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 29, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Dive Support, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Editor’s Note: The earlier version of this article mentioned the participation of 1) offshore services provider Bibby Marine and 2) Afon Menai, a towing vessel oper ..

October 13, 2020

COLUMN | SBM, Sonangol and Unaoil: oil industry corruption goes on and on and on [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on October 13, 2020. Posted in Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Last week saw another big win in the Serious Fraud Office’s efforts to bring yet another perpetrator to justice in the UK as part of the prosecutions in the Unaoil scan ..

March 22, 2020

Capital Ship Management tanker released from arrest in Singapore

Written by Baird Maritime on March 22, 2020. Posted in Tanker World.

Athens-based Capital Ship Management Corporation has confirmed that the crude oil tanker Andronikos (ex-Anbar) was promptly released from arrest in Singapore after the ow ..

February 19, 2021

OPINION | The power of example: America’s presence in Diego Garcia

Written by Blake Herzinger on February 19, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

In remarks delivered at the US State Department in early February, President Joe Biden championed the rule of law as part of “America’s abiding advantage” and spell ..

July 28, 2020

Colombo Dockyard launches buoy tender for Iraqi operator

Written by Baird Maritime on July 28, 2020. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Pilotage.

Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard launched a new buoy tender vessel into the water on Wednesday, July 22. The vessel is being built in fulfillment of an order place ..

March 12, 2020

COLUMN | It’s happening all over again: Oil price crash hits Tullow, Premier, Cairn hard – Part 2 [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 12, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

When we wrote our first piece on the circular nature of events in the offshore industry, less than three weeks ago (here), we never expected that we’d be revisiting the ..

December 23, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | Mosul: Australia’s Secret War Inside the ISIS Caliphate

Written by Neil Baird on December 23, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Work Boat World Features.

When this book first arrived from the publisher, your reviewer was tempted to bin it. Its rather “sensationalist” cover reminded him of the avalanche of books about t ..

July 22, 2020

COLUMN | SBM Offshore’s staff and agents in the dock again (twice) [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on July 22, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Bribery scandals in Brazil and Iraq connected with SBM Offshore claimed more scalps this month. We previously covered here how SBM’s former CEO Tony Mace had been sente ..

November 6, 2019

Damen hands over 13 vessels to UAE operator

Written by Baird Maritime on November 6, 2019. Posted in Anchor Handling, Harbour Tugs and Operation.

A hand-over ceremony was recently held at Albwardy Damen to mark the delivery of 13 newbuild vessels to UAE operator Jawar Al Khaleej Shipping. The vessels will be operat ..