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April 7, 2021

MSC Cruises, Total ink LNG bunkering agreement

Written by Baird Maritime on April 7, 2021. Posted in Cruise, Gas Tanker World.

MSC Cruises and Total have entered into an agreement for the supply of LNG to MSC Cruises’ upcoming LNG-powered cruise ships. The agreement calls for Total to ..

In Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, public investment by petro-states is increasingly focused on squeezing out private sector businesses in oilfield services, especially ..

February 22, 2021

COLUMN | BP buys big in offshore wind — Part One [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on February 22, 2021. Posted in Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

The Queen of England emerged as the unlikely big winner from the latest auction of offshore windfarm acreage in the UK, potentially raking in over eight billion pounds ..

March 29, 2021

COLUMN | Mozambique misery deepens: dozens killed by Islamic extremists in Palma bloodbath [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 29, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Dive Support, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Editor’s Note: The earlier version of this article mentioned the participation of 1) offshore services provider Bibby Marine and 2) Afon Menai, a towing vessel ..

March 1, 2021

COLUMN | Myanmar violence puts Woodside in a difficult position [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 1, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Sunday bloody Sunday in Yangon, whilst Woodside CEO puts his foot in his mouth Yesterday was one of the most brutal days in the recent history of Myanmar as police and ..

January 18, 2021

SCF Group takes delivery of LNG carrier for Shell charter

Written by Baird Maritime on January 18, 2021. Posted in Gas Tanker World.

Russia’s SCF Group took delivery of a new LNG carrier from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries on Friday, January 15. The same day that it was delivered, the ..

March 26, 2021

OPINION | The Mozambique Channel is the next security hotspot

Written by David Brewster on March 26, 2021. Posted in Naval, Piracy, Work Boat World Features.

The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Mozambique that the government seems ..

February 23, 2021

COLUMN | BP buys big in offshore wind as SBM and BW jump in too — Part Two [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on February 23, 2021. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

In Part One (here), we examined how BP paid 65 per cent more than its nearest rival to scoop two leases for new windfarms off England and Wales, paying the Queen hundreds ..

January 13, 2021

COLUMN | Dive in diving: Boskalis, Rever Offshore, James Fisher, Mozambique [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 13, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Dive Support, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Boskalis buys Rever Boskalis announced here it has purchased beleaguered North Sea diving outfit Rever Offshore from Rever’s private equity owners Fara Holdco on ..