Mauritania Archives - Baird Maritime

October 28, 2020

COLUMN | Prelude FLNG woes spell problems for Shell, Australia and neighbours too [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on October 28, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

In any analysis of which oil and gas player was the most technically competent and cutting-edge, Shell would have to rank near the top, if not number one. Indeed, the ..

April 15, 2020

COLUMN | Norwegian update: Havila and Boa seek salvation – Part 2 [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on April 15, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Clearly, Norwegian restructurings of offshore companies are like buses: you wait for ages and suddenly three come along at once. Last week we covered the US$1 billion ..

July 25, 2019

Ivan Golubets death toll now at two as fire-ravaged trawler sinks

Written by Baird Maritime on July 25, 2019. Posted in Search and Rescue, Trawling World.

A Georgian-flagged fishing vessel that caught fire in the waters off West Africa last week finally sank two days after the incident began.

September 3, 2020

Shearwater GeoServices receives Mauritania 3D exploration award from Total

Written by Baird Maritime on September 3, 2020. Posted in Offshore Exploration, Subsea Surveying.

Shearwater GeoServices has received an award for a large towed streamer 3D acquisition and fast track processing project by Total E&P Mauritania. The exploration ..

February 28, 2020

Maersk Decom wins Tullow Oil contract

Written by Baird Maritime on February 28, 2020. Posted in Offshore Decommissioning.

Maersk Decom, a 50:50 joint venture between Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service, has been awarded a contract to provide an end-to-end plugging and abandonment ..

July 22, 2019

One feared dead in trawler fire off Mauritania

Written by Baird Maritime on July 22, 2019. Posted in Search and Rescue, Trawling World.

One person is presumed to have perished after a fire broke out on a Georgian-flagged fishing vessel off the coast of Mauritania on Friday, July 19.

July 17, 2020

Asis Boats taps Defact Response as West Africa distributor

Written by Baird Maritime on July 17, 2020. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), RIBs and RHIBs, Ships (Naval).

UAE-based rigid inflatable boat (RIB) builder Asis Boats has selected Defact Response to be its official distributor for the West Africa region. Based in Senegal, Defact ..

October 24, 2019

Jan De Nul begins dredging of Nouadhibou port in Mauritania

Written by Baird Maritime on October 24, 2019. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation.

Jan De Nul has commenced the deepening and widening of the inner port channel and turning basin of the large ore export port of Nouadhibou in Mauritania. Jan De ..

July 3, 2019

EMGS to carry out proprietary acquisition for BP

Written by Baird Maritime on July 3, 2019. Posted in Subsea Surveying.

Norway's Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has been awarded a contract from BP for a proprietary controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey offshore Senegal and ..