Offshore Tugs and Operations Archives

July 29, 2021

VESSEL REVIEW | Brutus – Shallow-draught workhorse for Dutch offshore contractor

Written by Baird Maritime on July 29, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Dutch marine contractor Herman Senior recently took delivery of a new shallow-draught, multi-purpose tug built by Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld. The Bureau Veritas-classed ..

July 7, 2021

Design work completed on future Smit Lamnalco multi-purpose vessel

Written by Baird Maritime on July 7, 2021. Posted in Crew Transfer, Dive Support, Firefighting, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Pilotage, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Standby, Rescue & Emergency Services.

Netherlands-based OSD-IMT recently completed the design of a new multi-purpose vessel for operator Smit Lamnalco. The vessel will have a DP2 system, a working deck area o ..

June 25, 2021

Nine rescued from sinking tug in Bay of Bengal

Written by Baird Maritime on June 25, 2021. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Offshore Tugs and Operations, Search and Rescue.

The Indian Coast Guard successfully rescued all nine crewmembers of a tug that suffered water ingress while sailing in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, June 23. Two coast ..

July 19, 2021

COLUMN | Luxembourg’s report on Bourbon Rhode: Bourbon, class and the flag state could do better; Nigeria too [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on July 19, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore World, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.

Better late than never. Luxembourg’s flag state report on the sinking of the RAmpage 5000 design anchor handling tug Bourbon Rhode on September 26, 2019, was finally is ..

July 5, 2021

COLUMN | Hunger Pangs: Pacific Radiance and ENAV; Ezion update [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on July 5, 2021. Posted in Dive Support, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

Two heavily indebted, Singapore-based companies, Pacific Radiance and Ezion Holdings, both announced progress with their restructurings last month, and both have committe ..

POLLUTION CONTROL WEEK

June 18, 2021

French prosecutors launch probe into massive oil spill off Corsica

Written by Baird Maritime on June 18, 2021. Posted in Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Offshore Tugs and Operations, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup.

French government prosecutors are currently investigating an oil spill incident believed to have occurred only recently off the east coast of Corsica. The slick, which ex ..

July 13, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – July 13, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on July 13, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Crew Transfer, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore Wind, Offshore World.

Newbuild deliveries of offshore vessels continue at a steady pace, particularly in the operations and maintenance segments supporting clients in Europe, the Middle East, ..

June 29, 2021

One dead following engine room fire on boxship off Sri Lanka

Written by Baird Maritime on June 29, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Firefighting, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Salvage Operations.

Indian Coast Guard officials have confirmed that one person was killed after a fire ignited in the engine room of a containership while underway in the Indian Ocean off t ..

TUG AND SALVAGE WEEK

June 16, 2021

VESSEL REVIEW | Selene & Helios – Ice-capable workhorses for Finnish Baltic Sea operator

Written by Baird Maritime on June 16, 2021. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Icebreaking, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Salvage Operations, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards has delivered two new ASD icebreaking and escort tugs in a series to Finnish operator Alfons Hakans. The Robert Allan Ltd-designed, Bureau Ver ..