One does not wish to provoke any sort of angry response from readers, but is it not time that the definition of piracy was updated? It was not that long ago that such was a crime punishable by ferocious penalties, even under quite liberal regimes, which were repealed only after somebody pointed out...
Harold Macmillan was supposedly once asked what the most troubling problem of his time as British Prime Minister was. “Events, my dear boy, events,” was his reply. I thought I had this week’s column nailed well in advance, but offshore is an industry especially susceptible to unexpected and hard to predict “events”. So, we must […]
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If there ever was a reason for people to stop whining about their taxes being spent on expensive warships, it is now, with the Red Sea piracy crisis (There is no other way to describe it.) stretching supply chains. But already there have been complaints about US warships being employed to defend...
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features about the offshore industry. Lovers of festive traditions get scrolling, as for the fourth year in a row, we […]
Hot on the back of Britoil buying Vroon’s fleet of 30 offshore support vessels (OSVs), and Golden Energy Offshore taking another five from the Dutch owner, last week’s big offshore deal was Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports buying the “eastern fleet” of ENAV. AD Ports has bought these ten vessels trading in...
Who said that August was a month for relaxing by the beach? No book reviews for your sun lounger this year. Instead, we plunge into the results reporting season and an analysis of some of the recent deals in the offshore sector. Valaris exercises bargain Korean options The drillers are in a sweet...
The US Navy’s Fifth Fleet has reported that Iran has seized a foreign-flagged commercial ship for the second time in one week. On Wednesday, May 3, at approximately ..
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Construction has been completed on a new oceanographic research vessel ordered by UAE operator Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD). Named Jaywun after a local variety of p ..
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Singapore shipbuilder Lita Ocean has delivered a new supply crewboat to Sora Marine Services, an offshore support provider based in Doha, Qatar. Designed by Jenjosh Marin ..
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The US Navy said it prevented a support ship from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) from capturing an unmanned surface vessel (USV) operated by the ..
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