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- PASSENGER VESSEL WEEKJuly 26, 2019
REMINISCENCES | Building a luxury day boat for the navy
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REMINISCENCES | Building a luxury day boat for the navy
Early in the year 1992, a tender arrived on my desk from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). This looked exciting. I opened the tender documents to see what sort of naval vessel we would be required to build. On reading the requirements I found the vessel was for a new “admiral’s barge” that was to be built to replace an ..
OPINION | Islands of opportunity: Australia and India’s chance to collaborate
As maritime neighbours, India and Australia form the bookends of the Indian Ocean region. At a time of “big power muscle movement”, as Australia’s Navy Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Jonathan Earley put it recently during a visit to India, cooperation between the two countries is an opportunity to foster regional ..
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COLUMN | The first twelve days of Christmas 2022: Sonangol, PwC and Isabel dos Santos; Windcat, Damen and CMB; LNG in East Timor, Mozambique and Tanzania [Offshore Accounts]
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features on the offshore industry. Lovers of yuletide traditions – and even those of you who are mildly observant – will note that ..
Focus on Passenger Vessels
Baird Maritime resumes its regular vessel feature weeks for this year by focusing once more on the ever-expanding passenger vessel sector. This week’s lineup of reviewed vessels include a cruise ship for Caribbean sailings, a ferry for a US transport company, a coastal cruise ship and a ferry for operation in Norway, and ..
BOOK REVIEW | The Ship’s Parrot
Kent Stewart is an old favourite of Baird Maritime readers. His occasional columns on matters maritime have been popular for years. They distil his very extensive experience and great wisdom as a marine engineer of long standing. Most of the chapters/anecdotes in the book have been seen before on the Baird Maritime website ..
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COLUMN | Something fishy at Pelagic Partners, whilst GC Rieber, Edda Wind, Cadeler, Prysmian and Cecon order big [Offshore Accounts]
It has been a frenzied few weeks in the wind and subsea markets, with newbuild orders piling up. The last month has seen over one billion US dollars committed to vessels for the offshore wind industry. This was also the month that Ocean Infinity’s two new builds finally sailed (here), with crew and under the Singapore ..
Focus on Passenger Vessels
Baird Maritime resumes its regular vessel feature weeks for this year by focusing once more on the ever-expanding passenger vessel sector. This week’s lineup of reviewe ..
- PASSENGER VESSEL WEEKDecember 7, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Carnival Celebration – New Caribbean cruise ship with 5,200-guest capacity
Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line has taken delivery of its second Excel-class cruise ship following construction at Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku. Like its earlier siste ..
- December 6, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Sandborn – New hopper dredger to support Sibelco’s operations in Denmark
Netherlands-based Neptune Marine has completed construction of a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ordered by Antwerp-based mining company the Sibelco Group for ..
- December 5, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Ghanim-1 – Multi-role tugs to serve Kuwait’s Shuwaikh Port
UAE-based Grandweld Shipyards has delivered four new tugs in a series to Specialities Construction for General Trading and Contracting Company, a marine services company ..
- PASSENGER VESSEL WEEKDecember 7, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Carnival Celebration – New Caribbean cruise ship with 5,200-guest capacity
Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line has taken delivery of its second Excel-class cruise ship following construction at Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku. Like its earlier siste ..
- December 6, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Sandborn – New hopper dredger to support Sibelco’s operations in Denmark
Netherlands-based Neptune Marine has completed construction of a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ordered by Antwerp-based mining company the Sibelco Group for ..
- December 5, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Ghanim-1 – Multi-role tugs to serve Kuwait’s Shuwaikh Port
UAE-based Grandweld Shipyards has delivered four new tugs in a series to Specialities Construction for General Trading and Contracting Company, a marine services company ..
- December 1, 2022
BOOK REVIEW | The Ship’s Parrot
Kent Stewart is an old favourite of Baird Maritime readers. His occasional columns on matters maritime have been popular for years. They distil his very extensive experie ..
- November 21, 2022
Suriname River deepening contract awarded to Dutch partnership
A joint venture between Dutch marine projects companies the Boskalis Group and Dutch Dredging has been awarded a contract to further deepen a 68-kilometre-long stretch of ..
- November 16, 2022
Missing Indonesian cargo ship and crew found drifting at sea
Indonesian authorities have confirmed that a locally-owned cargo vessel that was initially reported missing along with its entire crew has been found drifting in the Araf ..
- December 6, 2022
New joint strategy covers fisheries surveys in US offshore wind development areas
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (NOAA Fisheries) have crafted a joint strategy to addres ..
- November 28, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Euroclydon – Scottish-designed vivier crabber delivered to Devon owner
Macduff Ship Design of Scotland has confirmed the recent completion and delivery of a new crab fishing vessel to owner Stuart MacDougall of Devon-based fishing company Eu ..
- November 14, 2022
Turkish sailors claim fishing vessel damaged by mine detonation in Black Sea
A Turkish fishing vessel has suffered blast damage that its crew believe was caused by the detonation of a floating mine in the south-western Black Sea on Wednesday, Nove ..
- November 23, 2022
Ship fires, inflation cited as key trends driving marine insurance claims activity
Fire and explosion incidents cause the most expensive insurance claims in the marine industry, while at a time of rising exposures and inflation, cargo damage is the most ..
- November 1, 2022
Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for September/October 2022
WORK BOAT WORLD: Baltimore-based marine equipment supplier VETUS Maxwell has appointed Tieren R. Ebbitt as Applications Engineer. A professional yacht captain and former ..
- MEPS WEEKOctober 3, 2022
Focus on Marine Engines and Propulsion Systems
This week, Baird Maritime looks at an interesting lineup of reviewed vessels featuring a selection of marine propulsion types, from conventional diesel engines to batteri ..
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