Inside the Red-Hot Offshore Wind Energy Market
As the traditional offshore oil and gas markets continue to struggle, the renewable offshore wind market is hot and getting hotter.As the cumulative maritime, offshore, port and logistics marketplace gears up for offshore wind energy on a huge scale, World Energy Reports (WER), in its report “2021 The Year When Offshore Wind Takes Off in the United States,” shows the anticipated growth trajectory. Service Operations Vessels (SOVs), which can commission and/or maintain turbines…
Wilhelm Wilhelmsen Dies at 82
Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, the fourth-generation owner of the maritime industry group Wilhelmsen group, died on February 22 at the age of 82.Wilhelmsen, born June 8, 1937, was a very well-respected business leader and spokesperson for Norwegian shipping and the maritime industry at large. Wilhelmsen group was established by his great grandfather in Tønsberg, Norway in 1861.Wilhelm Wilhelmsen said it was instrumental in developing the Wilhelmsen group from a traditional liner company with trades all over the world to one of the largest maritime industry groups with almost 15 000 employees in more than 70 countries."His extensive network and business relationships in Norway and internationally have been essential in building the company the past almost 60 years…
Global Shipping Forces Converge in NY
Globalization of shipping will be the theme of the 11th annual Hellenic-American and Norwegian-American annual conference. Entitled “Shipping without Borders: Has National Identity Become Irrelevant?”, the conference will be held on Thursday, February 10th at the New York Helmsley Hotel starting at 0815 with conference registration.. The conference will explore developments and shifts in the international maritime community, and how they relate to doing business in America. Comparative Greek and Norwegian perspectives on identity…
Saga Petroleum Chair Quits
The chairman of Saga Petroleum abruptly quit on Monday to protest at parliamentary plans to keep Hydro under state control. Wilhelm Wilhelmsen also will reportedly sell the shares he held as a private individual to France’s Elf Aquitaine, which has made a rival takeover offer to Hydro and Statoil
