Kuwait Archives - Baird Maritime

December 11, 2019

FEATURE | Naval operations around the Strait of Hormuz intensify

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on December 11, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

Amid simmering regional tensions, multi-national warship activity in and around the Strait of Hormuz continues to intensify. Much media reporting has been poorly ..

September 16, 2019

Uzmar cuts steel for oil spill recovery tug for KOC

Written by Baird Maritime on September 16, 2019. Posted in Firefighting, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Search and Rescue.

Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard has cut the first steel for a new offshore support tug for Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). Uzmar will build the 60-metre vessel to a Robert Allan ..

April 21, 2019

Crew boat quartet delivered to Kuwait Oil Company

Written by Baird Maritime on April 21, 2019. Posted in Crew Transfer.

UAE-based Grandweld Shipyards has delivered four new crew boats in a series to Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

October 4, 2019

MetalCraft to build new firefighting boat for Kuwait

Written by Baird Maritime on October 4, 2019. Posted in Firefighting.

Canada’s MetalCraft Marine has been selected to build a new firefighting catamaran for an unnamed customer in Kuwait. Designed by Walker Marine Design, the vessel ..

September 10, 2019

Grandweld delivers final one of 10-vessel order to Kuwait Petroleum

Written by Baird Maritime on September 10, 2019. Posted in Crew Transfer, Pilotage.

Grandweld Shipyards has delivered the final unit of an order for six pilot boats and four crewboats placed in May 2017 by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) subsidiary ..

February 14, 2019

Seacontractors acquires 2001-built anchor handler

Written by Baird Maritime on February 14, 2019. Posted in Anchor Handling.

Netherlands-based Seacontractors has acquired Diamond, a 2001-built anchor handling tug.

September 17, 2019

COLUMN | What do the Saudi Arabian drone attacks mean for the offshore industry? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on September 17, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Offshore World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

Monday opened with the most significant spike in the oil price since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, with Brent crude shooting up 20 per cent to over US$70 per ..

July 18, 2019

Freire launches fisheries patrol boat for Kuwait

Written by Baird Maritime on July 18, 2019. Posted in Regulation & Enforcement, Search and Rescue.

Spain's Freire Shipyards has launched a new patrol vessel being built for the Marine Surveillance Department of Kuwait's Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish ..