Focus on Offshore Oil, Gas and Renewables Operations

The offshore energy industry is once again the focus on Baird Maritime, and we are delighted to continue featuring the vessels, technology, and other aspects within this industry.

Our lineup of reviewed vessels for this week includes installation vessels in China and the Netherlands and crewboats for offshore wind operations in Japan and wellhead maintenance activities in the Middle East.

OSVs • Exploration • Extraction • Processing • Construction • Storage • Operations • Renewables

Our very own anonymous insider Hieronymus Bosch will also grace this week with his regular Offshore Accounts column detailing some of the latest happenings in the global offshore market.

Continue to visit Baird Maritime and be updated on some of the key developments in the global offshore industry.

Vessel Reviews:

• Haifeng 1001 & Haifeng 1002 – Long-endurance jackups for offshore wind installation duties
• Calypso – Hybrid cable-layer joins Van Oord's installation fleet
  
• Rera As – Durable crewboat to support Japanese offshore wind operations
• NSW Al Yamama – Wellhead maintenance crewboat for Qatari owner

Features and Opinion:

COLUMN | Quick Updates: Atlantica buys DOF's supply vessel flip; Maersk sells anchor handlers; battery power drive gains momentum in UK and Norway; Ocean Infinity wins grant; more cable layers ordered [Offshore Accounts]

– "These big-ticket vessels show that where there are opportunities, shipping investors and vessel owners will step up to exploit them with innovative and highly capital-intensive newbuildings."

– by Hieronymus Bosch, Baird Maritime's anonymous insider in the world of offshore oil and gas operations

News and Gear:

• Offshore Vessel News Roundup | October 10 – A new Japanese installation ship, a Chinese cable transport barge and more
• Offshore Vessel News Roundup | September 12 – Norwegian and Dutch cable-layers, UK hybrid crewboat and a recyclable workboat
• Offshore Vessel News Roundup | August 17 – French cable-layer, Norwegian unmanned craft order plus US and Qatari crewboat construction
• One dead, three missing after drilling rig capsizes in Nigeria's Delta state
• Marine Projects Vessel News Roundup | August 2 – New Chinese offshore wind crane ship, Russian inland dredger orders and more
• Offshore Vessel News Roundup | July 14 – Taiwanese wind installation vessel, SOV conversion in US and more

Recent Important Features:

COLUMN | Vroon, Vroon, Vroon: Britoil's take-over marks closure, as Golden Energy flip shows ING's folly [Offshore Accounts]

– "The restructuring departments of banks make terrible, terrible shipowners."

– 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 editor@bairdmaritime.com ASAP (between now and October 13), 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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