Kent Stewart, Author at Baird Maritime

January 24, 2023

COLUMN | Australia’s Ghost Shark AUV: the end of conventional manned submarines? [The Boroscope]

Written by Kent Stewart on January 24, 2023. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Submersibles (Naval), Unmanned Naval Systems, Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Ten years ago, drones were a novelty, out of reach for the technically or financially inept. They were in an embryo stage and only the tech-savvy could build one. These d ..

POLLUTION CONTROL WEEK

June 14, 2021

COLUMN | Oil on troubled waters [The Boroscope]

Written by Kent Stewart on June 14, 2021. Posted in Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

The Seven Stones Reef lies between the Scilly Isles and Lands End. It’s clearly shown on navigation charts surrounded by deep water. Fifty-three years ago, a Suezmax ta ..

December 30, 2020

REMINISCENCES | The best little shipyard in the world

Written by Kent Stewart on December 30, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Dry Cargo World, Ferries, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Icebreaking, Marine Research and Training, Ships (Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Carrington Slipways, “the best little shipyard in the world”. A phrase that I heard often from shipowners right through to the yard workers themselves. A family-owned ..

TUG AND SALVAGE WEEK

August 31, 2022

REMINISCENCES | Will it sail? The curious case of the patched-up ore carrier

Written by Kent Stewart on August 31, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Dry Cargo World, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

The ship was a 20-year-old OBO converted to carry heavy ore, registered and classed in Cyprus. The name was the most recent of a long list of names she had had since she ..

AUSTRALIA WEEK

June 9, 2021

COLUMN | Punching well above its weight [The Boroscope]

Written by Kent Stewart on June 9, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Boxship World, Dry Cargo World, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Ro-Ro World, Work Boat World Features.

Australians are an extraordinary lot. When one considers how small our population is, we have produced an inordinate number of world beaters. In sport, commerce and indus ..

August 27, 2020

REMINISCENCES | The ship’s parrot

Written by Kent Stewart on August 27, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

This is a true story about a sea-going parrot. His name was Rocky and he sailed on the ANL’s Yarra River on the Weipa to Gladstone run in the 1970s. Never one to ruffle ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

July 7, 2021

COLUMN | Shipbuilding in Australia: why would you do it? [The Boroscope]

Written by Kent Stewart on July 7, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ro-Pax World, Work Boat World Features.

As any shipowner knows, there is a huge advantage being close to the shipbuilder being entrusted with the construction of an asset that will last about 25 years. This int ..

April 13, 2021

COLUMN | Don’t look back [The Boroscope]

Written by Kent Stewart on April 13, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

A friend of mine, a pilot in Townsville, invited me to join him during an inbound pilotage of a car carrier back in the 1980s. The bridge is forward on car carriers and t ..

June 12, 2020

COLUMN | Running on empty [The Boroscope]

Written by Kent Stewart on June 12, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Tanker World.

What are a bunch of tankers doing anchored off Perth’s iconic Scarborough Beach? They’ve been out there for months. With my natural curiosity piqued, I started doing ..