Despite the financial and geopolitical turmoil of the past decade, the tug and salvage sector has steamed on relentlessly. New, innovative and ever more powerful and ..
Author: Neil Baird
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.
When I was at school, and even university, steam power was still common, if not still dominant. Most engines and propulsion systems were still difficult, dirty and, ..
It seems as though there has been a continuous boom in the maritime security sector ever since the New York Twin Towers terrorist attacks in September 2001. While it was ..
Very commendably, last month’s excellent Interferry 2019 Conference in London featured a session on “The Drive Toward Zero Emission Ferries”. I recall remarking to ..
Australia: It could be said that the only thing keeping the New South Wales Liberal/National coalition state government in power is the even greater incompetence of its ..
By William Dalrymple In his introduction, the author thanks his Cambridge University lecturer for inspiring his interest in the history of the Indian sub-continent. That ..
By Carlo Cestra There is a lot to be learnt from the books of this series. While originally intended for naval nerds and ship modellers, the very detailed drawings, some ..
Edited by Damian Majsak These interesting Polish publications of well-illustrated naval history are of considerable value. They show the reader which twentieth century ..
No matter how many roads and freeways are widened and improved, traffic congestion in major, or even minor, cities seems to worsen remorselessly. A practical antidote to ..
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