• VESSEL REVIEW | Zero – Swedish-designed electric commuter hydrofoil prototype

    VESSEL REVIEW | Zero – Swedish-designed electric commuter hydrofoil prototype

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Huaxi 1600 – Large-capacity turbine installation vessel enters service in China

    VESSEL REVIEW | Huaxi 1600 – Large-capacity turbine installation vessel enters service in China

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Waddenstroom – Catamaran workboat for Dutch renewables support company

    VESSEL REVIEW | Waddenstroom – Catamaran workboat for Dutch renewables support company

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Bolder – Small electric mooring tug for Royal Netherlands Navy

    VESSEL REVIEW | Bolder – Small electric mooring tug for Royal Netherlands Navy

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Erin Bruce II – Wanchese Argentina adds scallop trawler to fleet

    VESSEL REVIEW | Erin Bruce II – Wanchese Argentina adds scallop trawler to fleet

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Zero – Swedish-designed electric commuter hydrofoil prototype
  • VESSEL REVIEW | Huaxi 1600 – Large-capacity turbine installation vessel enters service in China
  • VESSEL REVIEW | Waddenstroom – Catamaran workboat for Dutch renewables support company
  • VESSEL REVIEW | Bolder – Small electric mooring tug for Royal Netherlands Navy
  • VESSEL REVIEW | Erin Bruce II – Wanchese Argentina adds scallop trawler to fleet
BOOK REVIEW | Dead Man’s Chest & Citizen Science in Maritime Archaeology

BOOK REVIEW | Dead Man’s Chest & Citizen Science in Maritime Archaeology

By Neil Baird

These two specialised but nevertheless very interesting books should be read successively, as their subjects, but not their foci, are closely related and their ideas are closely linked.

COLUMN | Attack of the killer sheep [Tug Times]

COLUMN | Attack of the killer sheep [Tug Times]

By Alan Loynd

Hard at his labour Suddenly he reels Death came behind him And struck up his heels – Unknown author The above rhyme was not found in a Christmas cracker, but can be seen on a gravestone in the village of my birth.

COLUMN | Chinese paramilitary forces to the fore as Beijing ramps up territorial claims [Naval Gazing]

COLUMN | Chinese paramilitary forces to the fore as Beijing ramps up territorial claims [Naval Gazing]

By Trevor Hollingsbee

Although collisions, confrontations, and harassment in the South China Sea (SCS) often make the headlines these days, the reach and depth of China’s strategy of intrusive patrolling as Beijing seeks to establish a persistent and dominant presence in the sea are not widely understood.

COLUMN | Is it them, again? Argentina and Nigeria, and Vietnam’s got a maritime video star! [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | Is it them, again? Argentina and Nigeria, and Vietnam’s got a maritime video star! [Offshore Accounts]

By Hieronymus Bosch

Rarely in life do you get a second chance. But since we are almost Back to December, it is time to revisit that vintage Taylor Swift classic, where the singer describes how she messed up a relationship and begs for another chance.

OPINION | China’s sonar pulse poses another test of Australia’s will

OPINION | China’s sonar pulse poses another test of Australia’s will

By Sam Roggeveen

China’s harassment of the Australian warship HMAS Toowoomba off the coast of Japan, which reportedly caused minor injuries to naval divers attempting to clear a fishing net from the frigate, is the latest in a string of provocations by China’s military against Australian, American, and Canadian ships and aircraft ..

COLUMN | Get the PSVs to the Greek; get the drillships to the Belgian; get the sunken treasure to the Briton: Standard Supply, Vantage Drilling and Ocean Infinity [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | Get the PSVs to the Greek; get the drillships to the Belgian; get the sunken treasure to the Briton: Standard Supply, Vantage Drilling and Ocean Infinity [Offshore Accounts]

By Hieronymus Bosch

According to his carefully edited Wikipedia entry, Evangelos Marinakis “is a Greek media mogul, shipowner, lyricist, and member of the Piraeus city council. He is the founder and owner of Capital Maritime and Trading Corporation and also the owner of the football clubs Olympiacos in Greece and Nottingham Forest in ..

Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

Baird Maritime once more highlights the ever important fishing and aquaculture sector by reviewing newbuild vessels entering service around the world.