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  • WSB update: FPSO Fluminense is underway to MARS

    WSB update: FPSO Fluminense is underway to MARS

    By Alexandre Vilela

    FPSO Fluminense is underway to MARS (Modern American Recycling Services, Inc). in Denmark, after successful disconnection from the Bijupirá & Salema fields concluded earlier this month, with the assistance of Boskalis vessels Falcon and Centre.

    The unit is being towed also by Boskalis’ Summit, Glacier and Manta, in a project that counted with a full fleet from the Dutch specialized company.

    More on our participation on this project will be shared on our social media and next issue of One Energy Magazine.

    Stay tuned! WSB Advisors.

  • Explaining the Boskalis move on ALP

    Explaining the Boskalis move on ALP

    Shipyards are full and rates are rapidly picking up, and Boskalis sets a strategy to grow organically through acquisitions. The recent full take over of ALP Maritime makes a lot of sense. Boskalis eyes the long-distance ocean towage market, specifically the FPSOs and even more so the box-shaped hulls. Consider the future Equinor Brasil unit for instance, the FPSO for Bacalhau. Possibly three vessels of 300 tonnes bollard pull would be required for a wet tow since state-of-the-art Boka Vanguard for instance might not have the capacity to undertake a dry tow. What we see emerging is a second-to-none contractor capacity for long distance ocean towage. This is the opinion of our Managing Director Alexandre Vilela.