Focus on Offshore Oil, Gas and Renewables Operations
We at Baird Maritime once again highlight the important offshore industry and the vessels and technology that comprise the industry. Interestingly, all but one of this week’s reviewed vessels were built and are being operated in Asia, indicating that this region is also a hive of offshore activity similar to Europe, the Middle East, and South America.
OSVs • Exploration • Extraction • Processing • Construction • Storage • Operations • Renewables
The lineup of reviewed workboats covers the construction and maintenance sectors of the industry. China is placing new crewboats into service, and this number includes a vessel with a notable SWATH design for greater operational flexibility. Japan has meanwhile introduced a new jackup vessel with a significant transport and installation capacity, making it ideal for windfarm construction even in the extreme conditions of the Pacific.
Continue to visit Baird Maritime as we look into some of the key developments happening within the global offshore industry.
Vessel Reviews:
- Yu Feng Zhe 001 – Windfarm support crewboat for China’s Goldsea Marine
- Sanxia Yun Wei 001 – China Three Gorges Group puts new SWATH crewboat into service
- Voltaire – Large turbine installation vessel joins Jan De Nul fleet
- Qin Hanggong 5000 – Chinese-built crane vessel with 4,000-tonne lifting capacity
- Pulong – New cable protection vessel for China’s inland waters
- Blue Wind – Versatile installation jackup for Shimizu Corporation
- Brouwersgracht – Netherlands’ Spliethoff welcomes heavy-lift ship pair for offshore and project cargo transport
- National Energy Resilience – Tug to support offshore exploration in southern Caribbean
- VESSEL REFIT | Amazon – McDermott construction vessel upgraded to perform hex joint subsea installation
- Stanford Pelican – UAE operator adds crewboat pair to oil and gas support fleet
- VESSEL REFIT | Anita Garibaldi MV33 – MODEC deploys sixth floating storage vessel in Brazil’s Campos Basin
- VESSEL REFIT | Ile de Molene – Ex-platform supplier to take on Atlantic subsea cable maintenance
- Guohai Taihe – Self-sustaining drilling rig to support China’s offshore wind construction projects
News and Gear:
- GEAR | Edda Wind orders all-electric gangway for service vessel
- LETTERS | CPD: buy the box then get the prize at the bottom?
- Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for March/April 2023
- Rovco launches new site characterisation division
- Marine Projects Vessel News Roundup | April 26 – Chinese installation vessels, UK-built unmanned survey craft and more
- Offshore Vessel News Roundup | April 21 – New Dutch crewboat plus installation vessels to serve Asian and European markets
- Eneti, Transocean to form offshore wind installation joint venture
- Offshore Vessel Charters News Roundup | April 12 – Norwegian AHTS, PSV and construction vessel deployments
Recent Important Features:
– “Let’s hope stability can finally be achieved and the oil and gas riches benefit the whole nation – not just consultancies, pop stars, and the high life of the ruling family.”
– by Hieronymus Bosch, Baird Maritime‘s anonymous insider in the world of offshore oil and gas operations
Remember to come back every day to see the latest news, opinion and vessel reviews!
Call for content!
Any news or views about the global offshore industry? Send it through to [email protected] ASAP (between now and May 5), so we can add it to this current edition of Offshore Week!
We are after:
- Vessels – Orders, new deliveries, under construction
- Gear – Latest innovations and technology in the offshore vessel sector
- Interviews – Owners, operators, designers, builders etc.
- Reminiscences – Do you have any exciting, amusing or downright dangerous anecdotes from your time in the offshore world? (example here)
- Other – Any other relevant news
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