This month's focus on the offshore sector includes reviews of vessels in the extraction and maintenance sectors. A new diamond mining vessel begins operations in Namibia as China places a large-capacity jackup drilling rig into service in home waters. Maintenance support newbuilds meanwhile include a Chinese platform supply vessel (PSV), a Norwegian-owned service operation vessel (SOV), and a crewboat for deployment in Taiwan.
We also have a scheduled feature on an innovative project in Australia wherein energy from ocean waves can be utilised as an alternative source of electricity for commercial use. Similar technologies are also undergoing development in other countries. However, this will be among the first applications of wave energy besides installation on seagoing vessels.
– "The technology produces clean, sustainable electricity without the use of any oil or other contaminants or moving parts in the water."
– "Ocean Infinity has embarked on an ambitious public relations campaign to emphasise its claims to be transforming the entire marine industry, and a drive to collect yet more government subsidies."
– by Hieronymus Bosch, Baird Maritime's anonymous insider in the world of offshore oil and gas operations
– "As usual, whistle-blowers put their lives on the line to expose the truth, and as usual, they were threatened and abused, and worse."
– by Hieronymus Bosch, Baird Maritime's anonymous insider in the world of offshore oil and gas operations
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