In my last column I criticised the manning of a tug – not because the crew were female, but because there were only two of them.
“Fix the balance sheet before you fix the business.” This was the sage advice we gave two weeks ago when we compared Tidewater to its moribund and indebted competitors.
Today marks 12 months since the release of the “optimal pathway” Australia needed to follow to acquire a force of nuclear-powered and conventionally-armed attack submarines (SSNs) under the AUKUS agreement with the United States and the UK.
Don’t be fooled by the word “pictorial” in its title. While it does include some first-rate pictures, this book is much more than that.
The Yemeni Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on shipping in the Red Sea serve as a reminder that global supply chains remain highly vulnerable to disruption. Moreover, it highlights how food insecurity can simultaneously be an effect and cause of conflict.
Two Asia-Pacific flashpoints – the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait – stand at a critical juncture, but their connection is not always well understood.
Baird Maritime once more highlights the ever important fishing and aquaculture sector by reviewing newbuild vessels entering service around the world.
WINDEA CTV, a partnership of Hornblower Wind and MidOcean Wind, has taken delivery of the first two vessels in a series of five windfarm crewboats.
Indian shipbuilder Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has laid the keel of a new training vessel ordered by the Indian Navy.
US defence shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently unveiled a new variant of an existing series of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
WINDEA CTV, a partnership of Hornblower Wind and MidOcean Wind, has taken delivery of the first two vessels in a series of five windfarm crewboats.
Indian shipbuilder Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has laid the keel of a new training vessel ordered by the Indian Navy.
US defence shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) recently unveiled a new variant of an existing series of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
The Indian Navy has successfully gained control of a foreign-flagged cargo vessel that was held captive by Somali pirates for months following its hijacking in the Arabian Sea late last year.
Three people were killed as a result of a missile attack on a cargo vessel in the Red Sea off Yemen on Wednesday, March 6.
WORK BOAT WORLD: Philip Malone has joined UK-based maritime nuclear energy company Core Power as its new Vice President of Engineering.
Taiwanese news outlets RTI and CNA report that two people were killed and another two have gone missing after a Chinese fishing vessel capsized and sank near Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands on Thursday, March 14.
Best Small Trawler – Copious – Macduff Ship Design This fine little ship will work for its experienced owners in the bleak, windy and cold waters to the north of Scotland. Macduff Ship Design knows those waters well and this very imaginative new trawler will work very safely, efficiently and effectively there. ..
The Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, Washington, has entered into a strategic partnership with Anchorage, Alaska-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Coastwise Corporation wherein the latter will become a new division under EBDG.
Schottel is expanding its rudder propeller factory in Dörth by adding a logistics centre with a total area of approximately 4,000 square metres.
The popular and highly regarded conference programme for Seawork 2024 will be focussed on The Future Fuel Matrix and OPEX Reduction.
The 25th edition of Seawork, Europe’s largest commercial marine and workboat exhibition, will be held concurrently with the 30th anniversary celebration of the Workboat Association in 2024.
WINDEA CTV, a partnership of Hornblower Wind and MidOcean Wind, has taken delivery of the first two vessels in a series of five windfarm crewboats.
The US Navy and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) formally named the future nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Idaho in a ceremony at GDEB’s facilities in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday, March 16.
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