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September 3, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | Decision in the Atlantic: The Allies and the Longest Campaign of the Second World War

Written by Neil Baird on September 3, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

Similar in format and approach to the recently reviewed The Sea and the Second World War, this excellent book is similarly interesting and thought provoking. Comprising a ..

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August 13, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | The Sea and the Second World War: Maritime Aspects of a Global Conflict

Written by Neil Baird on August 13, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

This excellent book comprises a fascinating collection of ten high-quality essays that brilliantly describe some of the lesser known aspects of the naval side of World ..

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August 4, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | “A Passion for Exploring New Countries”: Matthew Flinders & George Bass

Written by Neil Baird on August 4, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Work Boat World Features.

On opening this book your reviewer thought, “Ho hum, yet another dreary rehash of the Bass and Flinders story”. Fortunately, he was wrong, very wrong. It takes a ..

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August 28, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | Nelson’s Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation 1793-1815

Written by Neil Baird on August 28, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

Like its subject, this book is not to be trifled with. It is massive and heavy and not for the weak. Comprising 350 large format, thick pages, it must be read on a desk ..

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August 11, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | Leyte 1944: The Soldiers’ Battle

Written by Neil Baird on August 11, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

Most readers of this review would have read at least one of the many books that have been published to describe the huge and very important World War II Battle of Leyte ..

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July 29, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, November 1942 – March 1943

Written by Neil Baird on July 29, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

This is naval history at its best. The author has an unusually sardonic style that sees him inject impressively and amusingly appropriate comments throughout his text. ..

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August 19, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | For They Were Fishers: The History of the Fishing Industry in South Australia

Written by Neil Baird on August 19, 2020. Posted in Aquaculture World, Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Fishing and Aquaculture, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Work Boat World Features.

There have been several histories of individual fisheries reviewed here over the years. Normally, they focus on a particular species or a region. Most are written from a ..

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August 6, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | The Ship Valuer’s Handbook

Written by Neil Baird on August 6, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Work Boat World Features.

Valuing anything in these hyper-litigious times is surely a very dangerous business. Given the intensely cyclical nature of the shipping business, it would seem that ..

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July 28, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | Warship 2020

Written by Neil Baird on July 28, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

Not having seen a copy of this excellent but somewhat idiosyncratic annual publication for a decade, it has been a pleasure to re-make its acquaintance. With a ..

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OPINION | South Korea aims to build aircraft carrier the country doesn’t need
Ships (Naval)

OPINION | South Korea aims to build aircraft carrier the country doesn’t need

By Bradley Perrett
FEATURE | Dutch-US partnership collaborates on unmanned nearshore surveys
Commercial Mariner - Featured

FEATURE | Dutch-US partnership collaborates on unmanned nearshore surveys

By Baird Maritime
MSC to open container depot in North Sea Port
Boxship World

MSC to open container depot in North Sea Port

By Baird Maritime
Netherlands’ Symphony Shipping orders project cargo vessels from local yard
Dry Cargo World

Netherlands’ Symphony Shipping orders project cargo vessels from local yard

By Baird Maritime
SAL Heavy Lift to form JV with Jumbo
Dry Cargo World

SAL Heavy Lift to form JV with Jumbo

By Baird Maritime
DP World inks 50-year terminal lease agreement with BC’s Nanaimo Port
Boxship World

DP World inks 50-year terminal lease agreement with BC’s Nanaimo Port

By Baird Maritime

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