Without naval architects the world’s ships and boats would be less safe, less economical, more expensive, more polluting and uglier. Naval architects are an essential ..
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.
This is a second excellent “operational history” of an arm of the Nazi Kriegsmarine from the same diligent author. His Schnellboote history was reviewed here ..
This reviewer is firmly of the opinion that many of the best histories are written by journalists or former journalists. This book is no exception. The author is a ..
While it may be inappropriate to say so in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism remains one of the world’s largest and most important industries. In many places ..
This is a fascinating and very valuable history for anyone interested in the smaller end of the warship world and for those interested in the development of speed at sea. ..
So much happens, seemingly on a monthly basis, in the global marine engine and propulsion system market that it is difficult to remember it all. Currently, there seems to ..
A big, thick, glossy and beautifully illustrated book in the usual DK (Dorling Kindersley) mould, this offers an excellent overview of almost five millennia of maritime ..
Even in the depths of the current Covid-19 and oil glut caused global depression, we still learn of the occasional order for or launching of new offshore service vessels ..
Clearly a labour of love and great passion, this book is extensively researched, carefully written, brilliantly illustrated (mostly by the author), and beautifully ..
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