Norway Archives - Baird Maritime

January 12, 2022

Wilhelmsen Ship Management acquires stake in Ahrenkiel Tankers

Written by Baird Maritime on January 12, 2022. Posted in Tanker World.

Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Hamburg-based Ahrenkiel Tankers. The transaction will result in WSM taking o ..

January 7, 2022

Norway’s Rostein orders locally-built wellboat

Written by Baird Maritime on January 7, 2022. Posted in Transport & Processing.

Norwegian seafood company Rostein has awarded local shipbuilder Larsnes Mek Verksted a contract for the construction of a new wellboat. The Skipskompetanse-designed vesse ..

January 3, 2022

Royal Greenland takes delivery of 82m Arctic shrimp trawler

Written by Baird Maritime on January 3, 2022. Posted in Transport & Processing, Trawling World.

Royal Greenland has taken delivery of a new Arctic shrimp freezer trawler from Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Murueta. The DNV-classed, Skipsteknisk-designed Nataarnaq re ..

January 11, 2022

Norway’s Karmsund Port to feature shore charging for cruise ships

Written by Baird Maritime on January 11, 2022. Posted in Cruise, Port World.

A high-voltage shore charging facility with a capacity of up to 16 MVA will be installed at the Port of Karmsund in Haugesund in southern Norway. The new quayside facilit ..

January 6, 2022

UECC’s third battery hybrid PCTC launched in China

Written by Baird Maritime on January 6, 2022. Posted in PCTC World.

Jiangnan Shipyard in China has launched the final ship in a series of three pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs) ordered by United European Car Carriers (UECC). Like its e ..

December 30, 2021

Danish yard to build 88m seiner/trawler for Faroese owner

Written by Baird Maritime on December 30, 2021. Posted in Seining World, Trawling World.

Danish builder Karstensens Skibsværft has been awarded a contract for the construction of a new purse seiner/pelagic trawler for Faroe Islands-based fishing company Kros ..

January 10, 2022

COLUMN | Drilling Update: Borr, Vantage/ADES, Stena/Samsung, Adnoc Drilling, Maersk, and Standard not Drilling [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 10, 2022. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Time for a six pack of updates on the biggest offshore drilling stories of the last few weeks. Whilst three autonomous marine survey companies and one of Australia’s la ..

January 3, 2022

COLUMN | Battle of the s̶u̶b̶s̶e̶a̶ subsidy robots? Eidesvik, Fortescue, Fugro, Maersk, Ocean Infinity, XOcean [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 3, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Crew Transfer, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Every child knows that it is best if their parents pay for stuff. Even big, grown-up companies like it when governments play mum and dad, and hand them cash. This week we ..

December 29, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – December 29, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on December 29, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply.

Norwegian platform supply vessel (PSV) operators have secured for themselves a considerable chunk of the recent succession of awarded charters. The contracted deployments ..