Discounting much of the self-serving twaddle from the retired admirals and military industrial complex executives who contributed to it, this report from the Australian ..
Co-founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Baird Maritime and Work Boat World magazine, Neil has travelled the length and breadth of this planet in over 40 years in the business. He knows the global work boat industry better than anyone.
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Book Reviews, Submersibles (Naval), Work Boat World Features.
Discounting much of the self-serving twaddle from the retired admirals and military industrial complex executives who contributed to it, this report from the Australian ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Book Reviews, Naval, Work Boat World Features.
Another fine little book from the prolific Osprey Publishing, this time, however, under the trademark of Shire Publications. Whatever the reason for that, it is very much ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Work Boat World.
When it came time to decide the winners for this year, we again turned to the blueprint originally devised in 2012. With only minor tweaks and improvements, the judging ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Book Reviews, Deck Equipment, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
Mike Wall, who produces a very interesting and practical column for Baird Maritime, is a widely experienced British born and trained marine engineer. For the latter half ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Ferries, Maritime Tourism, Ro-Pax World, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.
Thanks very largely to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 had the least number of fatal ferry accidents and fatalities since our records commenced in 1966, ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Book Reviews, Naval, Work Boat World Features.
This is an excellent book that is excitingly written and brilliantly explained by way of historical facts and technical, political and geographic details. One of the best ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Book Reviews, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.
This long overdue “bible” on the perils of the sea and salvage should not just be required reading and compulsory digestion for ship masters but for all ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Education & Training, Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Work Boat World Features.
I have again been saddened by the recent loss of another of my Filipino friends. This time it was Commodore Dante La. Jimenez, who died last week of an aortic aneurysm. ..
Written by Neil Baird on . Posted in Book Reviews, Naval, Work Boat World Features.
This excellent book is one of the new breed of World War II histories that incorporate substantial comment from some of the few remaining participants in that war. It ..
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