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Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | October 18 – Deliveries to Scotland and Kuwait, electric-powered newbuildings for Canada, US Navy salvage vessel construction

Written by Baird Maritime on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Firefighting, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue.

Tug deliveries have been completed to Kuwait’s Shuwaikh Port and the Orkney Islands as construction is underway on a future salvage and rescue ship for the US Navy. A C ..

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Research and Training Vessel News Roundup | January 17 – Deliveries in China and UAE, Russian survey vessel launch and future US Navy oceanographic ship

Written by Baird Maritime on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Marine Research and Training, Regulation & Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval).

A Chinese science institute has taken delivery of a large mothership for unmanned craft that is itself capable of autonomous sailings while a UAE operator welcomes a newb ..

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COLUMN | Quick updates: Arabian Drilling and Schlumberger, Noble takes Maersk whilst Tullow is jilted by Capricorn for NewMed [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Amid all the excitement of ADES (100 per cent owned by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia) buying over twenty jackup rigs for charter to Saudi Aramco, and with AR ..

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COLUMN | Saudi Aramco surpasses Apple – and hires 26 more jackup drilling rigs and dozens of extra offshore vessels! [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

This month Saudi Arabian state oil company Saudi Aramco surpassed Apple as the world’s most valuable company. The world’s biggest oil producer is now the world’s bi ..

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COLUMN | There’s a price to be paid: ADES, Seadrill, and Icon jackup rigs; Sapura; Adnoc Drilling, Aban and others; Saipem and Lukoil [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Eighteen months ago, we highlighted (here) the transformation of the Middle Eastern oilfield services market as big, state-owned players in Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, an ..

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COLUMN | What goes around comes around: Mermaid Maritime grows, Ultra Deep Solutions shrinks, whilst ADES and Tidewater close purchases [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on . Posted in Anchor Handling, Dive Support, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS), the Singapore based commercial diving company, formerly boasted of operating five of the shiniest and most prestigious dive support vessels (D ..

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