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 here at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features on the offshore industry. Lovers of yuletide traditions – and even those of you who are checking your phone […]
Azerbaijan
AD Ports’ Safeen joines forces with Azerbaijan’s Socar
Safeen Group, a shipping unit of Abu Dhabi-based ports and logistics giant AD Ports, has teamed up with Azeri national oil company Socar to deliver a range of services aimed at elevating the shipping and energy landscape in Azerbaijan. A memorandum of understanding between the parties covers...
https://splash247.com/ad-ports-safeen-joines-forces-with-azerbaijans-socar/
KCA Deutag Azerbaijan venture lands $300m contract extension
Turan Drilling & Engineering, a joint venture between drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag and drilling and integrated well services company, SOCAR AQS, has secured a contract extension in Azerbaijan worth $300m. The two-year extension, effective from April 2024, will see Turan continue...
https://splash247.com/kca-deutag-azerbaijan-venture-lands-300m-contract-extension/
World Court Directs Azerbaijan To Ensure Free Movement To Nagorno-Karabakh
The World Court ordered Azerbaijan to ensure free movement through the Lachin corridor to and from the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, as an intermediate step in ongoing legal disputes with neighboring Armenia. The Lachin corridor, the only land route giving Armenia direct access to Nagorno-Karabakh, has been blocked since Dec. 12.
Ethnic CleansingArmenia last month told judges at the World Court, formally known as the International Court of Justice,...
https://mfame.guru/world-court-directs-azerbaijan-to-ensure-free-movement-to-nagorno-karabakh/
Azerbaijan’s BTC Exports Continue, Storing Crude at Quake-Damaged Port
- No damage ‘as of now’ to strategic South Caucasus pipeline
- Ceyhan loadings suspended after ‘small leakage’ at terminal
- Storage facilities being used during loading suspension
Exports of Azerbaijan’s flagship crude oil via the 1,770 km BTC pipeline are continuing, despite a huge earthquake in southern Turkey early Feb. 6, with the crude being stored in the Turkish port of Ceyhan due to loadings being temporarily suspended following a leak, BP said, reports SP...
https://mfame.guru/azerbaijans-btc-exports-continue-storing-crude-at-quake-damaged-port/
KBR and Socar joint venture to work on BP’s unmanned platform project off Azerbaijan
A joint venture between US services giant KBR and Azerbaijan’s state oil company Socar has been awarded an optimisation stage engineering services contract by BP for the delivery of an unmanned compression platform in Azerbaijan. The deal is for the Shah Deniz compression project in the Azerbaijan...
VESSEL REVIEW | Zarifa Aliyeva – Azerbaijan’s newest large-capacity rail ferry built for Caspian Sea sailings
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) recently took delivery of the second vessel in a series of two locally-built Ro-Pax ferries that are also capable of transporti ..
COLUMN | José Eduardo dos Santos: the former president of Angola and his not-so-positive legacy [Offshore Accounts]
Last Friday, July 8, will forever be remembered as the date on which former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated at an election rally in the city of Nara. ..
Georgia’s Batumi International Container Terminal welcomes new Asia-Europe multimodal service
Batumi International Container Terminal (BICT), International Container Terminal Services’ (ICTSI) business unit in Georgia, recently welcomed ADY Container’s new ..
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Azerbaijan offshore wind roadmap shows potential for 7 GW by 2040
Azerbaijan has the potential to install 7 GW of offshore wind power by 2040, with the right long-term vision, infrastructure development, investment, and policies, according to a new roadmap released by the country’s Ministry of Energy, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation...
https://splash247.com/azerbaijan-offshore-wind-roadmap-shows-potential-for-7-gw-by-2040/