MODEC Archives - Baird Maritime

November 12, 2021

VESSEL CONVERSION | Guanabara MV31 – Ex-VLCC undergoes comprehensive refit for FPSO duties

Written by Baird Maritime on November 12, 2021. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has completed conversion work on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel on behalf of Japanese design and e ..

April 6, 2021

Conversion work begins on future Woodside FPSO

Written by Baird Maritime on April 6, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Processing & Storage, Tanker World.

A 323-metre very large crude carrier (VLCC) owned by Australia’s Woodside Energy recently arrived in China to begin undergoing conversion works that will see it reb ..

July 21, 2020

Keppel secures FPSO contracts worth SG$73 million from MODEC

Written by Baird Maritime on July 21, 2020. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage.

Keppel Offshore and Marine (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in Singapore and Brazil, has secured two contracts worth a combined value of about SG$7 ..

August 30, 2021

COLUMN | Mirror on the wall, which is the biggest deal of them all? Woodside/BHP for me! [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on August 30, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

People often ask me what is the most significant recent development in offshore. Singapore’s two biggest yards, SembMarine and Keppel O&M, announcing merger talks ( ..

February 5, 2021

COLUMN | The power and the plight of the whistle-blower [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on February 5, 2021. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

“I assure you they are nothing more than criminals engaging in criminal stock market manipulation,” thundered a recent correspondent to Baird, following up on one of ..

February 6, 2020

MODEC awarded contract by Equinor to supply Brazil’s largest FPSO

Written by Baird Maritime on February 6, 2020. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage.

MODEC has entered into a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Equinor Brasil Energia, a subsidiary of Equinor, to supply a floating production storage and offloading ( ..

August 17, 2021

ABS leads working group to address safety issues on aging FPSOs

Written by Baird Maritime on August 17, 2021. Posted in Classification, Commercial Mariner - Gear & Services, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore Processing & Storage.

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has brought together leading companies in the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) sector to address the safety challen ..

December 21, 2020

COLUMN | The twelve days of offshore Christmas: Cairn Energy, Vantage Drilling, Esvagt, Shearwater, Swire and Seacor! – Part One [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on December 21, 2020. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Crew Transfer, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Forget the partridge in the pear tree, the two turtle doves, and the five gold rings. Instead, the twelve days of this Christmas for the offshore sector have been packed ..

January 15, 2020

MODEC awarded FPSO purchase contract for Sangomar Field offshore Senegal

Written by Baird Maritime on January 15, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Processing & Storage.

MODEC has entered into an agreement with Woodside Energy to supply a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Sangomar (formerly SNE) Field Develo ..