Boat and rig prices fall. Oil and gas producers buy boats and rigs because they are so cheap. Oil and gas producers own and operate the cheap boats and rigs themselves ..
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COLUMN | Battle of the batteries: OSVs go plug in [Offshore Accounts]
“Batteries not included” are words that have ruined a million Christmases. Increasingly, however, containerised, lithium-ion battery packs are now included on OSVs to ..
COLUMN | Bourbon Rhode update: so many questions about fatal sinking [Offshore Accounts]
On September 26, 2019, the anchor handling tug Bourbon Rhode sank whilst sailing through the middle of Hurricane Lorenzo in the Atlantic whilst en route from a drydocking ..
COLUMN | Sale of the century: DOF, Vroon, Swire, Maersk and POSH shrink too – Part two [Offshore Accounts]
In Part One (here) we looked at how the biggest names in the offshore sector, Tidewater and Bourbon have drastically shrunk their fleets in the face of pressure from ..
COLUMN | Sale of the century: Tidewater and Bourbon shrink, Hermitage auctioned? – Part one [Offshore Accounts]
King Julien, the Lemur leader in the cartoon franchise Madagascar, would be delighted. The ring-tailed primate famously liked to “move it, move it” (here). At last, ..
COLUMN | Forbear with me – MMA Offshore, Siem Offshore and Hermitage Offshore – Part 1 [Offshore Accounts]
As the oil price continued its recovery above the key US$40 per barrel price, many offshore players have been busy adopting the age-old strategy of “extend and ..
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Even in the depths of the current Covid-19 and oil glut caused global depression, we still learn of the occasional order for or launching of new offshore service vessels ..
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/welcome-to-offshore-week-06-2020/
Offshore tug sinks in hurricane, three rescued, 11 missing
A rescue operation involving Bourbon Offshore’s tug/supply vessel Bourbon Rhode that was caught in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean has recovered a lifeboat with three crewmembers on board, the lifeboat having been identified by a Falcon 50 aircraft especially equipped for this type of mission and sent by the French Navy. The three crewmembers are currently under the care of the medical staff of a cargo ship (possibly the SSI Excellent) that reached the tug’s last known site on Friday.
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https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/offshore-tug-sinks-hurricane-three-rescued-11-missing/