Mike Wall, Author at Baird Maritime

September 28, 2021

COLUMN | Salvage! (or alternative employment for a rig supply vessel) [The Wet Detective]

Written by Mike Wall on September 28, 2021. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

In 1976, Offshore Marine’s 699GT Scotian Shore had spent over a year on charter to various companies around the Red Sea and South West Indian Ocean. Early in July t ..

July 10, 2020

COLUMN | Time to drop the pilot? [The Wet Detective]

Written by Mike Wall on July 10, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Pilotage, Port World, Work Boat World Features.

The term pilot is defined as, “a person who is qualified and usually licensed to conduct a ship into and out of a port or in specified waters.” The Merchant Shipping ..

April 2, 2020

COLUMN | The ubiquitous marine surveyor [The Wet Detective]

Written by Mike Wall on April 2, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine, Boxship World, Commercial Mariner, Dry Cargo World, Offshore World, Port World, Regulation & Enforcement, Ro-Pax World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

Some twenty years ago it was suggested to the UK Government that marine surveying should be a recognised profession and that they should help fund apprenticeships. A meet ..

February 8, 2021

COLUMN | “No crew change” clauses [The Wet Detective]

Written by Mike Wall on February 8, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Cruise, Dry Cargo World, Offshore World, Ro-Pax World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

Many in the international shipping community appear to be outraged by the recent demands by charterers that charterparties should include a “no crew change” c ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

June 30, 2020

COLUMN | Improving ferry safety in South East Asia [The Wet Detective]

Written by Mike Wall on June 30, 2020. Posted in Ferries, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.

Southeast Asia has many islands, with Indonesia having the most at around 17,000. The Republic of the Philippines has 7,641 islands with only 2,000 being inhabited, most ..

January 5, 2021

COLUMN | Container losses [The Wet Detective]

Written by Mike Wall on January 5, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

More than 80 per cent of goods traded worldwide travel on one of the more than 90,000 cargo vessels plying the world’s oceans. At the heart of it all is the freight con ..

April 28, 2020

COLUMN | International Safety Management Code failures [The Wet Detective]

Written by Mike Wall on April 28, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Dry Cargo World, Offshore World, Passenger Vessel World, Port World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

It is 30 years since the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster hastened the introduction of the ISM Code, which was adopted in 1993 by resolution A.741(18) at the IMO and en ..