• PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK
    VESSEL REVIEW | Moby Fantasy – Large ferry for Moby’s Livorno-Sardinia sailings

    VESSEL REVIEW | Moby Fantasy – Large ferry for Moby’s Livorno-Sardinia sailings

  • PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK
    VESSEL REVIEW | Ryukyu Express 7 – Large Japanese vehicle carrier to operate on Tokyo-Okinawa routes

    VESSEL REVIEW | Ryukyu Express 7 – Large Japanese vehicle carrier to operate on Tokyo-Okinawa routes

  • OPINION | The UN High Seas Treaty: maintaining biodiversity?

    OPINION | The UN High Seas Treaty: maintaining biodiversity?

  • OPINION | The misplaced fury around sound: time to put the record straight on seismic surveys

    OPINION | The misplaced fury around sound: time to put the record straight on seismic surveys

  • PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK
    VESSEL REVIEW | MyStar – LNG-fuelled Baltic Sea shuttle ferry for Estonia’s Tallink Grupp

    VESSEL REVIEW | MyStar – LNG-fuelled Baltic Sea shuttle ferry for Estonia’s Tallink Grupp

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Moby Fantasy – Large ferry for Moby’s Livorno-Sardinia sailings
  • VESSEL REVIEW | Ryukyu Express 7 – Large Japanese vehicle carrier to operate on Tokyo-Okinawa routes
  • OPINION | The UN High Seas Treaty: maintaining biodiversity?
  • OPINION | The misplaced fury around sound: time to put the record straight on seismic surveys
  • VESSEL REVIEW | MyStar – LNG-fuelled Baltic Sea shuttle ferry for Estonia’s Tallink Grupp
OPINION | The UN High Seas Treaty: maintaining biodiversity?

OPINION | The UN High Seas Treaty: maintaining biodiversity?

By Ken Sumanik

The December 7-19, 2022, UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP 15) in Montreal, Quebec, led to an agreement to protect 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030 and an international framework to prosecute it. Forty-three days later on March 3, 2023, the UN Ambassador for Oceans and President of the UN Biodiversity ..

OPINION | The misplaced fury around sound: time to put the record straight on seismic surveys

OPINION | The misplaced fury around sound: time to put the record straight on seismic surveys

By NJ Ayuk

Climate activists are making more than noise about 3D seismic studies being used to delineate oil and gas reserves offshore Africa. They’ve proceeded with legal action that may force Shell to pull the plug permanently on its search for hydrocarbons along South Africa’s Wild Coast, the country’s poorest ..

BAIRD MARITIME AWARDS
AWARDS 2022 | Best OSV – Logistics Craft – Sora 1 – Lita Ocean

AWARDS 2022 | Best OSV – Logistics Craft – Sora 1 – Lita Ocean

By Baird Maritime

Best OSV – Logistics Craft – Sora 1 – Lita Ocean Lita Ocean of Singapore has built seemingly hundreds of crew supply, patrol, and harbour vessels. Slated for a Qatari owner, this vessel is an excellent example of the refinement that comes from many years of building such craft. “It is a heavy-duty, ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK
FEATURE | Norwegian firm to introduce autonomous electric commuter ferries

FEATURE | Norwegian firm to introduce autonomous electric commuter ferries

By Baird Maritime

Norwegian engineering company the Eker Group has begun work on a project that seeks to introduce a fleet of autonomous electric ferries for providing commuter services in some of the world’s largest cities. The Hyke project came about in response to what the Eker Group realised was a need for an effective inner city ..

BAIRD MARITIME AWARDS
AWARDS 2022 | Best Landing Craft – Offshore – Ros Aine – Chartwell Marine

AWARDS 2022 | Best Landing Craft – Offshore – Ros Aine – Chartwell Marine

By Baird Maritime

Best Landing Craft – Offshore – Ros Aine – Chartwell Marine Chartwell Marine is rapidly becoming known globally for its innovative and imaginative workboats. This landing craft is no exception. A multi-purpose boat, she can do amazing things. She is an all-aluminium, diesel outboard-powered landing craft with ..

OPINION | How will Australia pay for the AUKUS submarines?

OPINION | How will Australia pay for the AUKUS submarines?

By Matthew Newman

Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet is going to be expensive. Not only will the initial production cost run into the tens of billions, but there will be significant ongoing outlays for platform sustainment, operational use and shore-based infrastructure. Australia’s share of the cost of the “SSN ..

Focus on Passenger Vessels

Focus on Passenger Vessels

Baird Maritime resumes its regular feature weeks by focusing on the steadily growing, global passenger vessel sector. We will review recently delivered large ferries in E ..