The lineup of vessel reviews as part of this month's focus on the offshore industry includes crewboats, a standby vessel, and a general support workboat. One of the crewboats uses the ever-familiar catamaran hull designs while the other is a wave-piercing monohull with a significant carrying capacity and an advanced transfer system suitable for use under even challenging offshore conditions.
Meanwhile, an operator in the UK recently expanded its fleet of vessels with the acquisition of a Dutch-designed newbuild optimised for renewables support duties off the south-west English coast.
The last vessel to be reviewed is a Chinese-built standby vessel for a Scotland-based operator. It is the final one in a series of three that are also designed for other roles including dry bulk transport, oil recovery, firefighting, and rescue towing.
– "One per cent of something with value is a lot better than thirty per cent of a company worth nothing."
– by Hieronymus Bosch, Baird Maritime's anonymous insider in the world of offshore oil and gas operations
– "Rising profits in the offshore sector this year will have very little to do with the genius of the management teams involved, and everything to do with the market."
– by Hieronymus Bosch, Baird Maritime's anonymous insider in the world of offshore oil and gas operations
– "All that has happened is that yards slowed down work and kept nearly finished vessels in suspended animation, rather than deliver them into a depressed market with no buyers."
– by Hieronymus Bosch, Baird Maritime's anonymous insider in the world of offshore oil and gas operations
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