North Sea Archives - Baird Maritime

June 17, 2021

Russia’s BFC acquires bunkering ship to serve Baltic, North Sea customers

Written by Baird Maritime on June 17, 2021. Posted in Tanker World.

Russian operator Baltic Fuel Company (BFC) has acquired a bunkering and supply tanker that will be used to serve customers operating in the Baltic and North Seas. The 200 ..

June 7, 2021

COLUMN | Prosafe and Floatel International: restructured but not safe yet? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on June 7, 2021. Posted in Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Well Intervention, Work Boat World Features.

Last week, Norwegian floating accommodation provider Prosafe finally announced (here) some good news, albeit not for its shareholders, who are about to be wiped out. Like ..

June 3, 2021

West Flemish volunteer lifeboat service to expand fleet

Written by Baird Maritime on June 3, 2021. Posted in Search and Rescue.

A new all-weather, self-righting lifeboat is presently being developed for future use by the Blankenberge Volunteer Sea Rescue Service (Vrijwillige Blankenbergse Zeereddi ..

June 16, 2021

Acceptance trials begin for future Polish Navy minehunter

Written by Baird Maritime on June 16, 2021. Posted in Ships (Naval).

Remontowa Shipbuilding in Gdansk has begun conducting acceptance trials of the second of three new Project 258 mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels that the company will su ..

June 4, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – June 4, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on June 4, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Crew Transfer, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Well Intervention.

Danish and UK drilling specialists have been awarded new contracts and extensions covering drilling and well intervention in South America and the Asia-Pacific as well as ..

June 1, 2021

Dutch-built beam trawler delivered to Belgium’s Rederij Nathalie

Written by Baird Maritime on June 1, 2021. Posted in Trawling World.

Dutch builder Padmos has delivered a new beam trawler to Belgian family-owned fishing company Rederij Nathalie. Jasmine has an LOA of 37.95 metres, a beam of 8.5 metres, ..

UNITED KINGDOM WEEK

June 15, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – June 15, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on June 15, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying.

Recently awarded offshore project contracts are for surveys and installation work in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. As regards completed and ongoing projects ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

June 3, 2021

New catamaran ferry delivered to Ems

Written by Baird Maritime on June 3, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ferries.

A new catamaran ferry has been delivered to German operator Ems by Singapore-based Penguin International. Nordlicht II was designed by Australian naval architects Incat C ..

May 31, 2021

COLUMN | Target zero: Shell, China, Friends of the Earth, and Saudi Arabia [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on May 31, 2021. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Last week saw a legal ruling against Royal Dutch Shell in the district court in The Hague regarding the company’s efforts to reduce its carbon emissions. Shell must red ..