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OBITUARY | John Kerin, Australia’s former Minister of Transport and of Primary Industries
The Hon John Kerin AO died earlier this week. He was undoubtedly Australia’s best ever minister of agriculture and fisheries. He was a well-educated chicken farmer who became a thoughtful and highly competent minister in the Hawke/Keating Labor governments from 1983 to 1996. While John served in several ministries, ..
FEATURE | International alliance conducts deep-sea research mission in Maldives
An alliance of international partners has completed a systematic survey of ocean life in the Maldives, covering an area between the surface of the Indian Ocean to depths of as much as 1,000 metres. The University of Oxford said the effort will enable the Maldivian government to develop conservation and sustainable ..
OPINION | Planning for Australia’s nuclear submarine “supergroup”
Bureaucracy is boring. But it also matters. Complex public projects don’t just happen—they demand the dedication of public servants and effective organisational structures. With the nuclear-powered submarines to be acquired under the AUKUS partnership, Australia has set itself perhaps the most ambitious ..
AWARDS 2022 | Best RIB Patrol Boat – Hunter – Ultimate Boats
Best RIB Patrol Boat – Hunter – Ultimate Boats A very high-specification, composite-hulled police patrol and search and rescue (SAR) boat, she is simple, capable, light, and efficient. Ultimate Boats has done a first rate job with this very impressive boat. “It is a truly unique and extraordinary ..
AWARDS 2022 | Best Medium Fish Farm Support Vessel – Geraldine Mary – Macduff Ship Design & Macduff Shipyards
Best Medium Fish Farm Support Vessel – Geraldine Mary – Macduff Ship Design & Macduff Shipyards An unusual looking but exceptionally practical aquaculture support vessel designed by naval architects Macduff Ship Design and built by Macduff Shipyards for a very successful local fish farming business. The climatic ..
FEATURE | New Zealand to put up advanced research station in Antarctica
The New Zealand government, through the Antarctica New Zealand institute, is set to establish a new research station on Antarctica in January 2027, 70 years after the original station commenced operations in 1957 during Sir Edmund Hillary’s expedition to the frozen continent. The prefabricated facility will replace the ..
Focus on Research and Training
This week, we look at newly delivered research and survey vessels in service around the world, from the cold northern waters of Russia to the warmer environments of the M ..
- RESEARCH & TRAINING WEEKMarch 31, 2023
VESSEL REVIEW | Jaywun – Arabian Gulf oceanographic research vessel for UAE operator
Construction has been completed on a new oceanographic research vessel ordered by UAE operator Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD). Named Jaywun after a local variety of p ..
- March 30, 2023
Two ex-US Navy patrol ships transferred to Philippines
Two decommissioned US Navy patrol vessels were formally handed over to the Philippine government in a ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, March 28. The Cyclone-class ..
- BAIRD MARITIME AWARDSMarch 29, 2023
AWARDS 2022 | Best RIB Patrol Boat – Hunter – Ultimate Boats
Best RIB Patrol Boat – Hunter – Ultimate Boats A very high-specification, composite-hulled police patrol and search and rescue (SAR) boat, she is simple, capable, lig ..
- RESEARCH & TRAINING WEEKMarch 31, 2023
VESSEL REVIEW | Jaywun – Arabian Gulf oceanographic research vessel for UAE operator
Construction has been completed on a new oceanographic research vessel ordered by UAE operator Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD). Named Jaywun after a local variety of p ..
- March 30, 2023
Two ex-US Navy patrol ships transferred to Philippines
Two decommissioned US Navy patrol vessels were formally handed over to the Philippine government in a ceremony in Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday, March 28. The Cyclone-class ..
- BAIRD MARITIME AWARDSMarch 29, 2023
AWARDS 2022 | Best RIB Patrol Boat – Hunter – Ultimate Boats
Best RIB Patrol Boat – Hunter – Ultimate Boats A very high-specification, composite-hulled police patrol and search and rescue (SAR) boat, she is simple, capable, lig ..
- March 27, 2023
Inadequate bridge resource management training cited in collision that sank two tugs in Devonport, Australia
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s (ATSB) investigation into a bulk carrier’s collision with two tugs in Tasmania last year highlights the importance of bri ..
- March 12, 2023
One dead following tug sinking in central Philippines
One person was killed after a tug pulling a cargo vessel sank off Cebu province in the central Philippines on Friday, March 10. The tug Nagasaka was towing the cargo vess ..
- March 1, 2023
Canada’s Port of Vancouver wraps up container terminal expansion
Construction on the Centerm Expansion Project at the Port of Vancouver is now complete, Canada’s Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) has confirmed. The expansion ..
- March 30, 2023
OBITUARY | John Kerin, Australia’s former Minister of Transport and of Primary Industries
The Hon John Kerin AO died earlier this week. He was undoubtedly Australia’s best ever minister of agriculture and fisheries. He was a well-educated chicken farmer ..
- BAIRD MARITIME AWARDSMarch 17, 2023
AWARDS 2022 | Best Small Fish Farm Support Vessel – Grønarók – MEST Shipyard
Best Small Fish Farm Support Vessel – Grønarók – MEST Shipyard This Faroe Islands-built, all-electric aquaculture support boat is highly functional and very efficie ..
- March 8, 2023
Iceland imposes bottom trawling ban in additional areas
Icelandic Minister of Food Svandís Svavarsdóttir has confirmed a regulation on protection measures for vulnerable marine areas and bottom ecosystems. The regulation def ..
- PASSENGER VESSEL WEEKMarch 21, 2023
Marine Propulsion News Roundup | March 21 – Electric retrofit for Michigan Lake Huron ferry, cruise ship fuel cells and more
Royal Caribbean Group joins project to develop new fuel cells for cruise ships Cruise company the Royal Caribbean Group, German shipyard Meyer Werft, and technology compa ..
- BAIRD MARITIME AWARDSMarch 8, 2023
AWARDS 2022 | Best Helm Seating Supplier – Norsap
Best Helm Seating Supplier – Norsap Until two or three decades ago the importance of helm seats was far too often ignored in terms of comfort and safety. The modern stu ..
- January 24, 2023
Decommissioned aircraft carrier languishes off Brazil as dispute with scrappers continues
A decommissioned aircraft carrier is once again under the ownership of the Brazilian Navy after the Turkish company that had earlier purchased the vessel for recycling re ..
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