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OPINION | Beijing’s plan for Taiwan challenges its offshore wind push
Military considerations are slowing China’s offshore wind energy deployment. The coastal province of Fujian, just opposite Taiwan, is critical to the...
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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | September 12 – Norwegian and Dutch cable-layers, UK hybrid crewboat and a recyclable workboat
Deliveries include a cable-lay vessel for a Dutch operator and two crewboats for separate customers in the UK. Construction has meanwhile begun on a...
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COLUMN | Changing course: McDermott restructures (again); Siemens Gamesa bleeds (again); UK wind auction fails [Offshore Accounts]
Sometimes the inevitable needs to happen before things can change. Failure can be a catalyst for action. At other times, it can just be part of a repetitive...
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COLUMN | Tension: Chevron in Cyprus; Ørsted’s woes; Maersk Supply Service restructures; Borr’s Mexican receivables [Offshore Accounts]
Kylie Minogue has a new pop single out this week, called Tension, which is most appropriate. There’s tension in the Eastern Mediterranean, tension across...
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COLUMN | The wheels of justice grind slowly: McDermott International’s multiple problems; Nigeria’s former oil minister charged with corruption in UK [Offshore Accounts]
In 1964, the American civil rights activist Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivered a sermon at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, closing by saying, “The...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Sophie Germain – France’s Orange Marine acquires cable-layer
French subsea company Orange Marine has taken delivery of a new cable-laying vessel built by Colombo Dockyard of Sri Lanka. The vessel has been named...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Haifeng 2001 – Chinese-built large crane ship enters service
Chinese shipbuilder Zhenhua Heavy Industry has delivered a new large crane vessel to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) for operation...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Hyundai Frontier – South Korean installation jackup delivered to owner
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Steel Industries, a 100 per cent-owned subsidiary of Hyundai Engineering and Construction (Hyundai E&C), has...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Green Jade – DEME to operate first wind installation vessel built in Taiwan
Belgian construction company the DEME Group recently expanded its offshore installation fleet with the acquisition of a newbuild vessel boasting a 4,000-tonne...
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