• FISHING/AQUACULTURE WEEK
    VESSEL REVIEW | Mekhanik Sizov – Trawler/processor designed for Russian Far East waters

    VESSEL REVIEW | Mekhanik Sizov – Trawler/processor designed for Russian Far East waters

  • MEPS WEEK
    VESSEL REVIEW | Rebel Defender – UK operator acquires compact towing and maintenance workboat

    VESSEL REVIEW | Rebel Defender – UK operator acquires compact towing and maintenance workboat

  • COLUMN | Vroon, Vroon, Vroon: Britoil’s take-over marks closure, as Golden Energy flip shows ING’s folly [Offshore Accounts]

    COLUMN | Vroon, Vroon, Vroon: Britoil’s take-over marks closure, as Golden Energy flip shows ING’s folly [Offshore Accounts]

  • FISHING/AQUACULTURE WEEK
    Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

    Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

  • MEPS WEEK
    Focus on Marine Engines and Propulsion Systems

    Focus on Marine Engines and Propulsion Systems

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Mekhanik Sizov – Trawler/processor designed for Russian Far East waters
  • VESSEL REVIEW | Rebel Defender – UK operator acquires compact towing and maintenance workboat
  • COLUMN | Vroon, Vroon, Vroon: Britoil’s take-over marks closure, as Golden Energy flip shows ING’s folly [Offshore Accounts]
  • Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture
  • Focus on Marine Engines and Propulsion Systems
COLUMN | Vroon, Vroon, Vroon: Britoil’s take-over marks closure, as Golden Energy flip shows ING’s folly [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | Vroon, Vroon, Vroon: Britoil’s take-over marks closure, as Golden Energy flip shows ING’s folly [Offshore Accounts]

By Hieronymus Bosch

Finally, Singapore-headquartered Britoil announced last week that it had completed the purchase of most of the offshore fleet of Vroon, the Dutch ship-owner.

FISHING/AQUACULTURE WEEK
Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

By Baird Maritime

We are pleased to once again highlight the global fishing and aquaculture industries by reviewing new vessels entering service worldwide. Some of this week’s inclusions are tuna vessels for Omani and Chinese owners, a trawler for operation in Russia’s Far East, and an electric crewboat that will serve fish farms in ..

MEPS WEEK
Focus on Marine Engines and Propulsion Systems

Focus on Marine Engines and Propulsion Systems

By Baird Maritime

Our focus on marine propulsion systems once again includes a lineup of reviewed vessels boasting an assortment of propulsion configurations, from conventional engines to batteries. In addition to the newbuild fishing and aquaculture vessels being featured this week, we also look at a Chinese-developed unmanned demonstrator ..

OPINION | With delay of fleet review, RAN must be prepared to fight with what it has now

OPINION | With delay of fleet review, RAN must be prepared to fight with what it has now

By Jennifer Parker

Defence Minister Richard Marles has announced that decisions on the surface combatant fleet review will not be made public until 2024. This analysis was an outcome of the defence strategic review, which recommended that the government direct “an independent analysis of navy’s surface combatant fleet capability to ..

COLUMN | Asymmetrical warfare drives shift in dynamic of sea combat off Ukraine [Naval Gazing]

COLUMN | Asymmetrical warfare drives shift in dynamic of sea combat off Ukraine [Naval Gazing]

By Trevor Hollingsbee

Offshore aspects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict have brought into sharp focus the rising profile of asymmetrical naval warfare, with uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) assuming a dominant role. Russia has deployed warships of its Black Sea Fleet in support of a three-pronged maritime strategy, focused on offshore blockade ..

OPINION | Australia and India should cooperate in undersea search and rescue

OPINION | Australia and India should cooperate in undersea search and rescue

By Prakash Panneerselvam

India and Australia have an interest in addressing subsurface challenges in their shared maritime domain. As they and other countries in the region grow their submarine fleets, there’s a critical need to develop underwater search and rescue capabilities and considerable scope to work together. In the coming years, there ..

Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

We are pleased to once again highlight the global fishing and aquaculture industries by reviewing new vessels entering service worldwide. Some of this week’s inclusions are tuna vessels for Omani and Chinese owners, a trawler for operation in Russia’s Far East, and an electric crewboat that will serve fish farms in ..