COLUMN | Looking to the future: Petrobras newbuilds; James Fisher; Saudi Arabia’s NEOM plans; TotalEnergies and Sapura; wind bust timing [Offshore Accounts]

“Brazil is the country of the future,” goes the cliché that the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig declared in 1941 as the opening line of his book Brazil, Land of the Future. Zweig wrote in exile there, and a year later, he and his wife deliberately killed themselves with a drug overdose. Brazilians then began joking […]

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COLUMN | Where the wind blows, part 2: Shell, Cadeler, HEA Energy, Cyan Renewables, Edda Wind, Norwind and Norside [Offshore Accounts]

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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COLUMN | The First Three Days of Christmas 2023: ferry fiasco continues at Ferguson; CBM doubles down at Damen; MOL takes two; three Azerbaijani reporters jailed [Offshore Accounts]

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 […]

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | July 14 – Taiwanese wind installation vessel, SOV conversion in US and more

It’s all wind installation and support vessels for this week’s roundup as we cover deliveries to Taiwan, Japan, and the UK plus a refitting project on behalf of a US ..

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COLUMN | More, more, more! Purus adds to the wind orderbook… parent EnTrust increases green investment plus a Ferry Fiasco update from Scotland [Offshore Accounts]

No sooner had we written last week’s article on the stream of new building commissioning service offshore vessels (CSOVs) by Edda Wind and North Star Shipping than Puru ..

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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 ..

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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 ..

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VESSEL REVIEW | Armada 7801 – Large unmanned motherships for Ocean Infinity’s ROV operations

US-based Ocean Infinity has taken delivery of the first two units of a planned series of eight unmanned surface vessels (USVs) built by Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam. Sister v ..

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Offshore Vessel News Roundup | December 8 – Large unmanned motherships, hybrid crewboat orders and more

A US-based offshore survey and ocean exploration company acquires new robotic vessels while orders have been placed for a large shallow-draught workboat and three catamar ..

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COLUMN | Quick updates: historic corruption in Nigeria and fraud in India: The Metals Company pilot tests Hidden Gem; Ocean Infinity’s Armada at sea and Red Rock sold; Cadeler raises more cash [Offshore Accounts]

Time for a quick and dirty look at three of our favourite topics – corruption in oil and gas, new marine technology, and the wind industry. Just to be clear, there is n ..

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