Heroic Idun

COLUMN | Lowered expectations: Saudi Arabia’s oil production; Nigeria’s currency; SBM’s whistleblower; Falkland Islands’ FPSO [Offshore Accounts]

The novelist Jodi Picoult once said that, “there are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.” Changing the world for the better is hard, but there have been a lot of expectations lowered in the offshore industry this week. Unfortunately, these reduced expectations seem to have produced little joy in […]

The post COLUMN | Lowered expectations: Saudi Arabia’s oil production; Nigeria’s currency; SBM’s whistleblower; Falkland Islands’ FPSO [Offshore Accounts] appeared...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-lowered-expectations-saudi-arabias-oil-production-nigerias-currency-sbms-whistleblower-falkland-islands-fpso-offshore-accounts/

COLUMN | 2024 by the numbers: Cableships; methanol; the Nigerian Navy; BP and Equinor’s wind woes; Noble in Suriname and Colombia [Offshore Accounts]

We’ve passed Twelfth Night, so let’s look at some key numbers for the year ahead. This week’s lucky lottery numbers are 4, 10, 29, 177, and 470,000. Who is feeling lucky? Four newbuilds for wind: #1 Toyo Nature abhors a vacuum, and as Global Marine Systems, for two decades the former cablelay market leader, sinks […]

The post COLUMN | 2024 by the numbers: Cableships; methanol; the Nigerian Navy; BP and Equinor’s wind woes; Noble in Suriname and Colombia [Offshore Accounts] appeared first on Baird...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-2024-by-the-numbers-cableships-methanol-the-nigerian-navy-bp-and-equinors-wind-woes-noble-in-suriname-and-colombia-offshore-accounts/

COLUMN | More hostages of fortune: Equatorial Guinea convicts SBM workers as Toxic Teddy’s revenge for another yacht arrest [Offshore Accounts]

When we covered the gross injustice of the case of Heroic Idun, where the 26-strong crew of a tanker were detained in Nigeria for many months on trumped up charges until ..

The post COLUMN | More hostages of fortune: Equatorial Guinea convicts SBM workers as Toxic Teddy’s revenge for another yacht...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-more-hostages-of-fortune-equatorial-guinea-convicts-sbm-workers-as-toxic-teddys-revenge-for-another-yacht-arrest-offshore-accounts/

COLUMN | Updates on offshore wind orders from Cyan, Havfram, Edda Wind, North Star Shipping etc. Also news on Heroic Idun ̶s̶h̶a̶k̶e̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ restitution [Offshore Accounts]

The money is still pouring into new wind vessels, even as the wider orderbook for new vessels to work in offshore oil and gas remains at zero, and has been for the best p ..

The post COLUMN | Updates on offshore wind orders from Cyan, Havfram, Edda Wind, North Star Shipping etc. Also news on Heroic...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-updates-on-offshore-wind-orders-from-cyan-havfram-edda-wind-north-star-shipping-etc-also-news-on-heroic-idun-shakedown-restitut/

COLUMN | Venezuela’s tanker woes, the Gabonese registry’s quality problems and Belarus’ bad debt [Offshore Accounts]

Sometimes you wonder whether a country that has hit rock-bottom can fall any further. In the case of Venezuela, it seems there is always worse to come. The death of the i ..

The post COLUMN | Venezuela’s tanker woes, the Gabonese registry’s quality problems and Belarus’ bad debt [Offshore Accounts]...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-venezuelas-tanker-woes-the-gabonese-registrys-quality-problems-and-belarus-bad-debt-offshore-accounts/

COLUMN | Heroic Idun seafarers acquitted in Nigeria – Sing Hallelujah! [Offshore Accounts]

We were going to do a deep dive into corruption in Venezuela and Congo this week, but on Friday, finally, some good news from Abuja. Stop the press! The lengthy and unjus ..

The post COLUMN | Heroic Idun seafarers acquitted in Nigeria – Sing Hallelujah! [Offshore Accounts] appeared first on Baird...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/tanker-world/column-heroic-idun-seafarers-acquitted-in-nigeria-sing-hallelujah-offshore-accounts/

COLUMN | Namcor’s woes as chair arrested for drugs and managing director suspended over Angolan deal: will Namibia emulate Nigeria or Norway? [Offshore Accounts]

This Easter, after looking at three companies that experienced miracles last week, we move to an entire country that stands on the cusp of a miraculous transformation: Na ..

The post COLUMN | Namcor’s woes as chair arrested for drugs and managing director suspended over Angolan deal: will Namibia...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-namcors-woes-as-chair-arrested-for-drugs-and-managing-director-suspended-over-angolan-deal-will-namibia-emulate-nigeria-or-norway-offshore-accounts/

COLUMN | Calm down: Nigeria goes to the polls as Heroic Idun crew face delays; asset flippers are back, literally; PX121s change hands at higher prices; Telford and Smit Lamnalco sold; Bourbon and Horizon tie up [Offshore Accounts]

Nigerian singer-songwriter Rema is currently soaring high in the charts with his smash song Calm Down (here). Since last weekend was Nigerian presidential election weeken ..

The post COLUMN | Calm down: Nigeria goes to the polls as Heroic Idun crew face delays; asset flippers are back, literally;...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-calm-down-nigeria-goes-to-the-polls-as-heroic-idun-crew-face-delays-asset-flippers-are-back-literally-px121s-change-hands-at-higher-prices-telford-and-smit-lamnalco-sold-bourbon-and-hor/

COLUMN | Action for the Heroic Idun crew: Nigeria should fire its corrupt naval leadership, Modi should grow a backbone, and Abuja should free the detained crew now! [Offshore Accounts]

A reader once criticised this column as “a bit ranty”. He should close his browser now and avert his eyes. This week’s column is not going to be a bit ranty; it is ..

The post COLUMN | Action for the Heroic Idun crew: Nigeria should fire its corrupt naval leadership, Modi should grow a backbone, and...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/column-action-for-the-heroic-idun-crew-nigeria-should-fire-its-corrupt-naval-leadership-modi-should-grow-a-backbone-and-abuja-should-free-the-detained-crew-now-offshore-accounts/

Join Our Newsletter
Enter your email to receive a weekly round-up of shipping news.
icon
By subscribing, you agree with our privacy policy and our terms of service.