- PASSENGER VESSEL WEEKJuly 26, 2019
Focus on Passenger Vessels
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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 ..
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COLUMN | The Indonesian Navy: large and quite well-equipped, but with problems to face [Naval Gazing]
Indonesia is a country of 17,500 islands with 80,000 kilometres of coastline. It is therefore a nation that needs to place considerable emphasis upon maritime security. The navy of this former Dutch colony was founded in 1945, in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The service’s initial inventory was dominated by ..
BOOK REVIEW | A Practical Guide to Salvage and Places of Refuge (For Shipboard Use)
Presented in its usual very high quality – indeed almost waterproof – style, the renowned Scottish maritime publishing house Witherbys, which does not credit an author or editor, has produced a particularly valuable guide book for practical “shipboard use”. It covers a very important subject and should be carefully ..
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COLUMN | Fighting over the pie: Shell, Svitzer and the Maritime Union of Australia, Solstad and DOF [Offshore Accounts]
In past columns we have looked at the battle of the subsea robots (here) and the struggle to win subsidies to fund future fuel initiatives (here). This week we look at fights over pie, not at the dinner table, but in the boardroom and the courts. The economist Alex Edmans has argued that there are two ways to look at the ..
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 5, 2022
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 ..
- December 2, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | MO6 & MO7 – Versatile SWATH windfarm support vessels for UK’s Mainprize Offshore
UK-based offshore renewables services provider Mainprize Offshore has placed a new series of aluminium windfarm support vessels (WFSVs) into service. Designed by Walker M ..
- December 1, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Eaimer & Tebaurua – Taiwanese-built patrol RIBs donated to Nauru Police Force
The Taiwanese Embassy to Nauru recently handed over two new rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) to the government of Nauru for operation by the Maritime Unit of the country’s ..
- PASSENGER VESSEL WEEKDecember 5, 2022
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 ..
- December 2, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | MO6 & MO7 – Versatile SWATH windfarm support vessels for UK’s Mainprize Offshore
UK-based offshore renewables services provider Mainprize Offshore has placed a new series of aluminium windfarm support vessels (WFSVs) into service. Designed by Walker M ..
- December 1, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Eaimer & Tebaurua – Taiwanese-built patrol RIBs donated to Nauru Police Force
The Taiwanese Embassy to Nauru recently handed over two new rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) to the government of Nauru for operation by the Maritime Unit of the country’s ..
- 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 1, 2022
Consortium trials new fish delousing technology using sound
A new anti-sea lice treatment concept under development with the aim of helping make aquaculture more sustainable has successfully completed environmental safety trials i ..
- November 23, 2022
Fishing Vessel News Roundup | November 23 – Norwegian and French newbuilds, Falklands squid trawler and Scotland farming support boat orders
Recent deliveries include a new Norwegian-owned wellboat for operation in Scotland and a French-owned longliner designed for the English Channel. Orders meanwhile include ..
- November 11, 2022
VESSEL REVIEW | Akraberg – Shrimp and whitefish factory trawler for Faroese operator
Norwegian shipyard Vard has handed over a new factory trawler to Faroe Islands-based fishing company Framherji. Akraberg has an LOA of 84 metres, a moulded beam of 16.7 m ..
- 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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