Work Boat World Features Archives

April 8, 2021

OPINION | Beware the bear in the Pacific

Written by Steve Raaymakers on April 8, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Naval, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

In 2007, I was invited by the United Nations to address a regional conference on multilateral cooperation in Pacific Rim ocean governance. The conference was hosted by ..

April 1, 2021

OPINION | What does the UK’s integrated review mean for the Indo-Pacific?

Written by James Rogers on April 1, 2021. Posted in Naval, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

“In the decade ahead, the UK will deepen our engagement in the Indo-Pacific, establishing a greater and more persistent presence than any other European ..

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 ..

April 6, 2021

COLUMN | Ocean Mining: DeepGreen to list and become The Metals Company as major car makers and WWF press for moratorium on seabed mineral extraction [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on April 6, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Seabed Mining, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

The day after Good Friday – Saturday, April 3 – was a good day for DeepGreen Metals, the company that plans to mine polymetallic nodules from the deep abyssal plain ..

March 31, 2021

COLUMN | Quick updates: Eni acquittal on corruption charges, SBM whistleblower, Fisher fatalities, Pacific Drilling/Noble merger, Scottish windfarm windfall, and Golar/Perenco FLNG dispute [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 31, 2021. Posted in Dive Support, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

For the end of the quarter, we feature a six-pack of updates on stories we covered recently. Eni (and Shell) acquitted over US$1 billion Nigerian corruption (for now) One ..

March 29, 2021

COLUMN | Notes from an essential service provider [Tug Times]

Written by Alan Loynd on March 29, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Dry Cargo World, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Work Boat World Features.

I was delighted recently to be informed I was considered an essential service provider as part of Hong Kong’s salvage response team and could get a priority booking for ..

April 2, 2021

REMINISCENCES | The big ditch

Written by Michael Grey on April 2, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Dry Cargo World, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

The recent pictures of the gigantic Evergreen containership sitting forlornly across the Suez Canal, bow and stern hard aground on the sand, with a diminutive digger ..

March 30, 2021

COLUMN | Argentina’s once-proud navy struggles to survive [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on March 30, 2021. Posted in Ships (Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Argentina’s naval force, the Armada de la Republica Argentina (ARA) has a long and proud history. For many years the ARA vied with the navies of Brazil and Chile for ..

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 ..