Offshore Tugs and Operations Archives

April 15, 2021

MPV Everest returns safely to Fremantle after engine room fire

Written by Baird Maritime on April 15, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Marine Research and Training, Offshore Tugs and Operations.

The Dutch-flagged, Australian-chartered Antarctic resupply ship MPV Everest safely berthed in the Port of Fremantle at 17:30 local time on Tuesday, April 13, following a ..

March 30, 2021

Future Russian Navy rescue tug to honour decorated WWII salvage officer

Written by Baird Maritime on March 30, 2021. Posted in Dive Support, Firefighting, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Inland Tug Operations, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue, Subsea Surveying.

United Shipbuilding Corporation’s (USC) Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant has laid the keel of a new Project 22870 rescue tug slated for the Russian Navy. The vessel, the sev ..

February 22, 2021

Kim Heng forms offshore business JV with Malaysian company

Written by Baird Maritime on February 22, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Offshore Tugs and Operations.

Singapore-based Kim Heng Offshore and Marine, through newly incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary Bridgewater Offshore (BWOSB), has entered into an agreement to form a ne ..

April 1, 2021

Repairs underway on disabled containership off Alaska

Written by Baird Maritime on April 1, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Salvage Operations.

Global shipping company Maersk has confirmed that one of its vessels has become stranded in the Pacific approximately 1,050 kilometres off Alaska after it developed engin ..

In Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, public investment by petro-states is increasingly focused on squeezing out private sector businesses in oilfield services, especially ..

February 22, 2021

Crowley integrates Jensen Maritime into new engineering services group

Written by Baird Maritime on February 22, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Inland Tug Operations, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Tanker World.

Crowley Maritime Corporation has fully integrated Seattle-based naval architecture firm Jensen Maritime Consultants into the Crowley Engineering Services group. Crowley s ..

March 31, 2021

Acta Marine to get new low-emission workboat in summer 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on March 31, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Inland Tug Operations, Offshore Tugs and Operations.

Dutch offshore services provider Acta Marine will take delivery of a new hybrid multi-purpose workboat in the summer of 2021, the company said on Monday, March 29. The DP ..

March 12, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – March 12, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on March 12, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Crew Transfer, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore Wind, Offshore World.

The latest succession of offshore vessel charters to be awarded indicate continuing activity in the UK offshore wind market. However, the recent awards show work is also ..

February 4, 2021

Ports of Jersey orders multi-purpose tug

Written by Baird Maritime on February 4, 2021. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore Wind.

Damen Shipyards Group has won a competitive tender process for the supply of a new multi-purpose tug for the marine services department of the Ports of Jersey. The tug wi ..