Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting...
In Part One last week, we looked at the paradox of offshore wind, a segment that is growing without profit for many players. This contrasts with offshore oil and gas, which has shrunk but has become intensely profitable for rig and vessel operators, and for the oil companies themselves. Whereas offshore oil and gas companies […]
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The Irish government is coming under pressure to rein in livestock exports, while in Cape Town one livestock carrier has kicked up a huge stink. Ethical Farming Ireland has written to the Irish agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue demanding changes to the way animals are exported by sea...
https://splash247.com/irish-government-comes-under-pressure-over-livestock-shipments/
Irish Commercial Charter Boats (ICCB) has selected UK-based Rockabill Marine Design to undertake design work on a new 14-metre crewboat. The vessel will be capable of transporting 12 technicians and up to one tonne of cargo. Two OXE outboard engines will enable sailings at speeds of up to 25 knots....
Ireland-based tanker firm Ardmore Shipping has initiated a fleet renewal with the disposal of its oldest MR, while bringing in a younger counterpart. The New York-listed player said it had agreed to offload the 2010-built 50,000 dwt Ardmore Seafarer for $27.1m. The Onomichi Dockyard-built unit was...
https://splash247.com/ardmore-replaces-oldest-mr-with-younger-model/
Irish builder Mooney Boats has handed over a new fishing vessel to local owner and skipper Donal O’Neill and his sons Alan and Kieran. Named Sparkling Star, the newbuild is designed for pelagic trawling but may also be configured for demersal trawling for whitefish. The vessel’s hull was built in...
Svitzer, through Moroccan subsidiary Svitzer Tanger Med, has begun operating a new pilot boat out of the Port of Tanger Med on Morocco’s Mediterranean coast. Svitzer Oued Laou was manufactured by Irish builder Safehaven Marine in compliance to Bureau Veritas class rules. The boat measures 14.9 by...
IKEA owner Ingka Investments has invested in an offshore wind project portfolio in Ireland and the UK with a 20% stake acquisition. The portfolio is managed by Source Galileo, a London and Dublin-based European renewable energy company, which is developing 10GW of offshore wind to electricity and...
https://splash247.com/ikea-owner-invests-in-source-galileo-offshore-wind-portfolio/
Seven individuals have been arrested in connection with a major cocaine seizure in the high seas off the coast of Ireland this week. A specialized unit of the Irish military…
https://gcaptain.com/more-arrests-made-in-high-seas-drug-bust-off-ireland-as-plot-thickens/
Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s Plenitude and HitecVision, has teamed up with Irish green electricity utility Energia Renewables to potentially deliver up to 1.8 GW of offshore wind projects in Ireland by 2030. The partnership will initially focus on Ireland’s south and east coasts, where...
https://splash247.com/vargronn-reveals-1-8-gw-irish-offshore-wind-partnership/