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January 31, 2022

COLUMN | The news that wasn’t news: Siemens Gamesa and Vestas; Rosneft and BP; Aker BP and Lundin; Shell, Greenpeace and Shearwater in South Africa; Shell’s FLNG woes; container owner madness [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 31, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Boxship World, Offshore Construction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

This week we revisit some developments to our favourite stories, featuring all the usual suspects – crashing share prices for troubled European wind turbine players aga ..

January 20, 2020

Pilot boat sinks after being struck by containership in Gioia Tauro, Italy

Written by Baird Maritime on January 20, 2020. Posted in Boxship World, Pilotage.

A moored pilot boat sank after sustaining heavy damage after it was struck by a cargo vessel at the Port of Gioia Tauro at the southern tip of mainland Italy on Saturday, ..

July 5, 2019

Samsung Heavy Industries delivers world’s largest containership to MSC

Written by Baird Maritime on July 5, 2019. Posted in Boxship World.

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has delivered the world's largest containership to MSC.
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June 29, 2021

One dead following engine room fire on boxship off Sri Lanka

Written by Baird Maritime on June 29, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Firefighting, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Salvage Operations.

Indian Coast Guard officials have confirmed that one person was killed after a fire ignited in the engine room of a containership while underway in the Indian Ocean off t ..

November 14, 2019

MSC, Chantiers de l’Atlantique to equip cruise ship with solid oxide fuel cells

Written by Baird Maritime on November 14, 2019. Posted in Cruise.

MSC and Chantiers de l’Atlantique are set to collaborate on the integration of a new solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology demonstrator on board the first of MSC& ..

June 21, 2019

Around US$1 billion in drugs seized on MSC ship in Philadelphia

Written by Baird Maritime on June 21, 2019. Posted in Boxship World, Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

An estimated US$1 billion in illegal narcotics was discovered on board a cargo vessel docked in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 18.
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March 24, 2020

Seven abducted from containership off Gabon

Written by Baird Maritime on March 24, 2020. Posted in Boxship World, Piracy.

A group of pirates boarded an MSC-operated containership in the Gulf of Guinea off Gabon and abducted seven of its crew on Sunday, March 22. Security consultancy firm Dry ..

July 15, 2019

Capital Product Partners secures MSC long-term charters for two containerships

Written by Baird Maritime on July 15, 2019. Posted in Boxship World.

Athens-based shipowner Capital Product Partners has entered into long-term charters with MSC for the containerships Agamemnon (pictured) and Archimidis. ..

June 11, 2019

Arsonist arrested in raid on MSC vessel in Haifa

Written by Baird Maritime on June 11, 2019. Posted in Boxship World, Maritime Security World.

A stowaway has been apprehended and taken into custody by Israeli authorities after he attempted to start a fire on an MSC containership anchored off Haifa on Sunday, Jun ..