• COLUMN | Quick updates: PSVs changing hands; subsea newbuilds; Guyana booming; rigs fixing higher [Offshore Accounts]

    COLUMN | Quick updates: PSVs changing hands; subsea newbuilds; Guyana booming; rigs fixing higher [Offshore Accounts]

  • OPINION | Former defence minister: there’s broad support in the region for Australian submarines

    OPINION | Former defence minister: there’s broad support in the region for Australian submarines

  • OPINION | Punishing the dragon—it’s not about Tomahawk missiles from SSNs

    OPINION | Punishing the dragon—it’s not about Tomahawk missiles from SSNs

  • OPINION | Australia and deterrence: Dazed and confused

    OPINION | Australia and deterrence: Dazed and confused

  • OPINION | Port regulation upheld in NT; should be extended nationwide

    OPINION | Port regulation upheld in NT; should be extended nationwide

  • COLUMN | Quick updates: PSVs changing hands; subsea newbuilds; Guyana booming; rigs fixing higher [Offshore Accounts]
  • OPINION | Former defence minister: there’s broad support in the region for Australian submarines
  • OPINION | Punishing the dragon—it’s not about Tomahawk missiles from SSNs
  • OPINION | Australia and deterrence: Dazed and confused
  • OPINION | Port regulation upheld in NT; should be extended nationwide
BAIRD MARITIME AWARDS
AWARDS 2023 | Best Small Ferry – Talwurrapin – Norman R. Wright and Sons

AWARDS 2023 | Best Small Ferry – Talwurrapin – Norman R. Wright and Sons

By Baird Maritime

Best Small Ferry – Talwurrapin – Norman R. Wright and Sons One of the best known names in the Australian ferry business delivered this impressively practical small ferry in 2023. Norman R. Wright and Sons has been designing and building first-rate vessels for well over a century and joins the fleet of one of the most ..

COLUMN | Quick updates: PSVs changing hands; subsea newbuilds; Guyana booming; rigs fixing higher [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | Quick updates: PSVs changing hands; subsea newbuilds; Guyana booming; rigs fixing higher [Offshore Accounts]

By Hieronymus Bosch

Money is being made in offshore once again, but tragically lives are also being lost unnecessarily.

New fast catamaran joins San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet

New fast catamaran joins San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet

By Baird Maritime

The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) of San Francisco, California has taken delivery of a new fast aluminium catamaran ferry for operation in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Two companies selected to build Australia’s first nuclear-powered submarines

Two companies selected to build Australia’s first nuclear-powered submarines

By Baird Maritime

The Australian government has selected UK defence firm BAE Systems and South Australia-based shipbuilder ASC for the construction of Australia’s new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the UK, and Australia.

OPINION | Former defence minister: there’s broad support in the region for Australian submarines

OPINION | Former defence minister: there’s broad support in the region for Australian submarines

By Brendan Nicholson

While helping negotiate the AUKUS agreement with the United States and Britain as defence minister in 2021, Peter Dutton regarded claims that Australia acquiring nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) would contribute to a regional arms race as “nonsensical”.

Vehicle Carrier Safety Forum publishes guidance on the presentation and loading of vehicles

Vehicle Carrier Safety Forum publishes guidance on the presentation and loading of vehicles

By Shipping Australia

The Vehicle Carrier Safety Forum (VCSF) has published its first industry good practice guidelines titled “Common Guidance on the loading and presentation of vehicles”.

Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

Baird Maritime once more highlights the ever important fishing and aquaculture sector by reviewing newbuild vessels entering service around the world.