Many of the world’s great cities are built on rivers. Most have developed fleets of cross-river ferries, but few have developed a commuter fleet that takes people up an ..
Alan Roderick Haig-Brown is a Canadian novelist and non-fiction writer. He specialises in commercial marine and commercial fishing writing and photography. He is a regular contributor to a number of marine publications.
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Many of the world’s great cities are built on rivers. Most have developed fleets of cross-river ferries, but few have developed a commuter fleet that takes people up an ..
Written by Alan Haig-Brown on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.
The San Francisco Bay area is one of the world’s finest ports. Ships from around the world enter the Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge. Depending on their destination, t ..
Written by Alan Haig-Brown on . Posted in Firefighting, Harbour Tugs and Operation.
The concept of “hybrid tug” is getting a whole new definition with an innovative new tug under construction at Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard for the Danish Port o ..
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When I was a young boy, I had a big book of ships that included cut-away images of some of the vessels. The British Atlantic passenger ship Queen Mary was one. I was fasc ..
Written by Alan Haig-Brown on . Posted in Fishing Boat World Vessel Reviews, Potting World, Trawling World, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.
The Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government, an indigenous Canadian community on Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula, has accepted delivery of its new 19.81- by 7.31-metre combination crab ..
Written by Alan Haig-Brown on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Marine Research and Training, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.
Ocean science is in high demand by scientists studying ocean acidification, wave energy, seabed composition, changing water temperatures, fish populations and dozens of o ..
Written by Alan Haig-Brown on . Posted in Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Pilotage, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.
In the 65 years since Roy Breaux, Sr. founded Breaux’s Bay Craft and on down through three generations, the yard has built over 1,700 hulls. Through the regular expansi ..
Written by Alan Haig-Brown on . Posted in Potting World, Trawling World.
With the regulated catch quotas of contemporary fisheries, design versatility for a fishing boat can be important. A new 19.81- by 7.31-metre combination crab trap and gr ..
Written by Alan Haig-Brown on . Posted in Fishing Boat World Vessel Reviews, Trawling World, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.
Successful fishermen have long demonstrated a respect for tradition and a willingness to test new water and new technologies. Mr. Richard Hards and Mr. George Jacks, of P ..
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