Trevor Hollingsbee, Author at Baird Maritime

October 26, 2020

COLUMN | Maritime forces respond to surge in drug trafficking by sea [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on October 26, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Naval, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Ships (Naval), Work Boat World Features, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Intelligence reports indicate that the Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound effect upon the international trade in illegal narcotics. The radical reduction in airline ..

MARITIME SECURITY WEEK

July 29, 2020

New fast patrol craft for Gibraltar

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on July 29, 2020. Posted in Naval.

Late July saw the long-awaited announcement of the award of a contract to build replacement fast patrol craft (FPC) for the Gibraltar Squadron of the British Royal Navy ..

May 29, 2020

COLUMN | PLA Navy in the vanguard of China’s advance [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on May 29, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Work Boat World Features.

In his determination to boost the PRC‘s status as world power, Chinese President Xi Jinping is proving to be an adept player of his maritime cards. Little is seen of ..

September 30, 2020

COLUMN | China’s navy now the world’s largest – but is it a viable force? [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on September 30, 2020. Posted in Naval, Work Boat World Features.

In its annual report submitted to the US Congress, the Pentagon very recently confirmed that the People’s Republic of China now has the largest navy in the world, ..

MARITIME SECURITY WEEK

July 28, 2020

COLUMN | Naval operations in Asian waters intensifying – edging towards conflict? [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on July 28, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

Asia’s seaways have become a focus for what some analysts are describing as a new Cold War, namely the economic and military rivalry between Beijing and Washington. The ..

MARITIME SECURITY WEEK

April 23, 2020

COLUMN | Covid 19 pandemic impacting upon the naval sector [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on April 23, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Work Boat World Features.

The Covid 19 pandemic is impacting upon many areas of activity, and the naval sector is no exception. The internal spaces of warships, frequently crowded, warm and humid, ..

August 25, 2020

COLUMN | Naval confrontations as tensions build up in the Mediterranean [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on August 25, 2020. Posted in Naval, Work Boat World Features.

Civil war in Libya, and a complex web of contested, oil and gas prospecting-linked, maritime territorial claims, encompassing EEZs, maritime zones and continental ..

June 24, 2020

COLUMN | Unmanned naval systems poised for operational service [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on June 24, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Unmanned Naval Systems, Work Boat World Features.

Unmanned maritime systems are relatively cheap to operate, offer high endurance, with only modest manpower requirements, and have the potential to drastically reduce ..

March 30, 2020

COLUMN | Israel emerging as a maritime power [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on March 30, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Submersibles (Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Since its formation in 1948, using a motley collection of old vessels, the Israeli Navy (IN) has developed into a technologically advanced and ruthlessly efficient force. ..