After last week’s Quick Updates (here) we turn our attention to one of the biggest and most important players in the North Sea and Brazil: Solstad Offshore. Solstad jus ..
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COLUMN | The wheels on the bus fall off? James Fisher and The Metals Company [Offshore Accounts]
The wheels on the bus go round and round. Until they fall off. James Fisher and Sons’ share price now languishes below where it stood at the start of 2013, an eight-yea ..
COLUMN | More offshore deals in Brazil: Oceanpact vs Grupo CBO [Offshore Accounts]
Last week we looked here at how the higher oil price, the growth of offshore wind energy, and abundant funds have driven deal-making in offshore in the usually quiet summ ..
COLUMN | The deals are on! – Rigs, boats and jackups start to change hands [Offshore Accounts]
Summer is usually a quiet time for deals, when investment bankers retreat to their villas in the south of France, Norwegian shipowners retire to their family chalets for ..
COLUMN | Private equity: can the billionaire factory save the offshore industry? [Offshore Accounts]
Question: What do the Formula One motor racing franchise, Heinz tomato ketchup, British supermarket chain Asda, and the North Sea safety standby companies North Star Ship ..
COLUMN | Luxembourg’s report on Bourbon Rhode: Bourbon, class and the flag state could do better; Nigeria too
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 ..
COLUMN | Prosafe and Floatel International: restructured but not safe yet? [Offshore Accounts]
Last week, Norwegian floating accommodation provider Prosafe finally announced (here) some good news, albeit not for its shareholders, who are about to be wiped out. Like ..
COLUMN | Holland (and Belgium)’s glory: how the low countries are winning in offshore wind [Offshore Accounts]
Holland’s Glorie is a novel published in 1940 by the Dutch writer Jan de Hartog. The novel glorified the life of the pre-war salvage master. In English, it was publishe ..
COLUMN | More mistakes? Velesto, Shearwater, PXGEO and Polarcus, P&O Maritime Logistics, Bourbon Oceanteam and Boskalis, and James Fisher Subtech [Offshore Accounts]
Last week we looked at mistakes – mistakes from lenders in Singapore to Swiber and KrisEnergy (here), and a terrible error of judgement that led to the capsizing and si ..
Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – January 29, 2021
The latest succession of offshore vessel charters are mainly for construction, supply, and maintenance projects with various clients in the North Sea, Africa, South ..