Yemen Archives - Baird Maritime

February 20, 2023

COLUMN | Pointless? BP, Equinor and Net Zero; Vestas and a huge loss; Capricorn and NewMed split; Isabel dos Santos enjoys luxurious impunity; Yemen’s rial rises, even as Safer corrodes! [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on February 20, 2023. Posted in Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Salvage Operations, Work Boat World Features.

Last month, Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi topped the UK charts with his excellent ballad Pointless. “Everything is pointless without you,” the Brit-award winning arti ..

November 22, 2022

US Navy, Coast Guard intercept explosive material bound for Yemen

Written by Baird Maritime on November 22, 2022. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Ships (Naval).

Vessels of the US Navy and the US Coast Guard intercepted a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman smuggling lethal aid, including a large quantity of explosive material, fro ..

September 8, 2022

Canada to contribute CA$2.5 million to UN-led salvage effort on FSO off Yemen

Written by Baird Maritime on September 8, 2022. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Salvage Operations.

Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, has confirmed that the Canadian go ..

January 11, 2023

US Navy intercepts vessel carrying over 2,000 assault rifles bound for Yemen

Written by Baird Maritime on January 11, 2023. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

Vessels of the US Navy Fifth Fleet operating in the Middle East have intercepted and seized a stateless vessel carrying over 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles destined for Houth ..

October 31, 2022

COLUMN | Biggest and still the best? ExxonMobil, Shell, TotalEnergies and Chevron (and the rest) boom [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on October 31, 2022. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

One of the joys of writing this column is that you can receive unvarnished feedback from readers, unaware of exactly who writes the pieces. This week, however, I am unlik ..

August 8, 2022

COLUMN | Holiday Shorts Part Two: books and music [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on August 8, 2022. Posted in Ferries, Naval, Offshore World, Piracy, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

As the out of office messages continue to ping back, and the summer holiday season draws on, it’s time to share a few more ideas for poolside reading or beachside liste ..

December 6, 2022

US Navy seizes over one million rounds of ammunition, other illegal weapons on stateless vessel in Gulf of Oman

Written by Baird Maritime on December 6, 2022. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval), Trawling World.

US naval forces in the Middle East have intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling more than 50 tons (45 tonnes) of ammunition rounds, fuses, and propellants for rockets in ..

October 27, 2022

Greek shipowner reports failed drone attack on tanker in Yemen

Written by Baird Maritime on October 27, 2022. Posted in Maritime Security World, Tanker World.

Athens-based shipping company Okeanis Eco Tankers has reported that one of its tankers is safe following a failed attack by explosives-laden drones while it was in Yemeni ..

February 24, 2022

EU-funded project to strengthen maritime security in Red Sea

Written by Baird Maritime on February 24, 2022. Posted in Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Piracy.

A new regional maritime security project that will focus on the Red Sea area and some of its surrounding countries was launched in Djibouti earlier this month. The Region ..