https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/column-why-are-newbuild-psvs-struggling-and-why-is-nobody-building-large-ahts-offshore-accounts https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/29lfle5x/Untitled-November-24-2025-at-09.11.06.jpeg https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/import/wp-content/uploads/Achiever_at_Perdido_3.jpg A Hornbeck supply vessel https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/vkwztqfq/Bourbon-Explorer-506-MarineTraffic-com-Piotr-Sliwinski.jpg Bourbon Explorer 506 https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/zlcjyosg/AURORA-SALTFJORD-Anchor-Handling-Tug-Supply-Vessel1.jpg Aurota Saltfjord https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/import/wp-content/uploads/source-tidewater-900.jpg A Tidewater supply vessel https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-03-06/46r6gsb7/CL-Spec-Lisa-SInopacific-Engineering-and-Contracting1.jpg CL Spec Lisa https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-19/1b54ky17/edffc9b3_bdd9_4998_9c99_e64d82b280d1.jpg A Union Vega Offshore vessel https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-07/zzbkivey/FS-Hercules-Cyan-Sentinel-View-Tran-Dinh-Trung1.jpg FS Hercules bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T07:57:00.000Z COLUMN | Why are newbuild PSVs struggling? And why is nobody building large AHTS? [Offshore Accounts] North America, United States, Hornbeck Offshore Services, Seacor Marine, Europe, North Sea, Bourbon Explorer 506 (vessel), Aurora Saltfjord, Aurora Sandefjord, Solstad Offshore, Norway, DOF, Sea1 Offshore, Tidewater, Africa, Nigeria, Asia, Sinopacific Engineering and Contracting, CL Spec Lisa, CL Spec Dandy (vessel), CL Spec Linda, CL Spec Paulina (vessel), Lady Nelo (vessel), Afalina (vessel), Vietnam, Seahorse Marine and Energy, MENA, United Arab Emirates, Union Vega Offshore, United Kingdom, China, Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Breeze Ship Design, FS Hercules (vessel), Saipem, Italy, Fletcher Shipping, Ace Aristotelis (vessel) https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ferry/kanaklata-barua-hybrid-electric-review https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/05wmtv0l/Kanaklata-Barua-Cochin-Shipyard-main-21.jpg Kanaklata Barua https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/qoau3ouy/Kanaklata-Barua-Cochin-Shipyard-21.jpg Kanaklata Barua https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/h2nzscaq/Kanaklata-Barua-Hooghly-Cochin-Shipyard-21.jpg Kanaklata Barua bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T07:56:00.000Z VESSEL REVIEW | Kanaklata Barua – Hybrid-electric catamaran river ferry for West Bengal, India Asia, India, Inland Waterways Authority of India, Kanaklata Barua (vessel), Hooghly Cochin Shipyard, Cochin Shipyard, Indian Register of Shipping https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/exploration-development/offshore-construction/windpiper-vessel-review-rock-installation https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/xtwhgq4f/Windpiper-Boskalis-main1.jpg Windpiper https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/n3wasq6c/Windpiper-Boskalis-31.jpg Windpiper https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/mlj8dqfj/Windpiper-Boskalis-deck1.jpg One of the vessel's excavators https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/2vxh1mih/Windpiper-Boskalis1.jpg Windpiper https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/7mpd6nyn/Windpiper-Boskalis-41.jpg Windpiper https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/qkk9ylzy/subsea-rock-installation-vessel-equipmentsheetrockpiper11052023-images-11.jpg bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T07:55:00.000Z VESSEL CONVERSION | Windpiper – Former deep-sea mining ship rebuilt for rock installation work Europe, Windpiper, Asia, China, Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding, Boskalis Group (Royal Boskalis Westminster), Bureau Veritas, Cyprus, Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam https://www.bairdmaritime.com/marine-projects/dredging/irtysh-2503-bucket-dredger-review https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/qd1x1i5t/bairdmaritime2026-09-14iquq3blhIrtysh-25031.jpg Irtysh-2503 https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/0juapg3o/Screenshot26-10-2026122150slplus.pro.jpg Close-up of forward section showing the control cabin and the bucket ladder https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/2dtgdl1b/Screenshot26-10-2026122129slplus.pro.jpg Close-up of stern bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T07:54:00.000Z VESSEL REVIEW | Irtysh-2503 – Inland multi-bucket dredger for Kazakhstan's state waterways enterprise Europe, Russia, Irtysh 2503 (vessel), Russian Classification Society, Project FPDR1, Flotproekt, Kazakhstan Su Zholdary, Kazakhstan, Asia, Stroyliderplus https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/accidents/mein-schiff-3-collision-bremerhaven https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/pzitqdu9/73b5947b_075e_469a_ab38_f98a1e288e1d.jpg Mein Schiff 3 bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T07:09:39.516Z Cruise ship collides with two container vessels in Bremerhaven incidents, Europe, Port of Bremerhaven, TUI Cruises, Mein Schiff 3 (vessel), Germany, MSC Victorine (vessel) https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-ships/navantia-launches-seventh-saudi-corvette https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/tbupy4yl/7f3df204_d5c2_4373_92b1_d79fb8167844.jpg Launch of the future Neom, a new Avante 2200 corvette of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T06:50:06.809Z Spanish yard launches new corvette for Royal Saudi Naval Forces Europe, MENA, Spain, Navantia, Avante 2200, Royal Saudi Naval Forces, Saudi Arabia https://www.bairdmaritime.com/tugs/harbour-tugs-and-operation/rimorchiatori-riuniti-adds-genoa-tugs https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/bhmwokmp/dc2befe4_5ab4_4378_a82d_5ced019cd35c.jpg VB Marte bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T06:34:53.967Z Italy's Rimorchiatori Riuniti names two new harbour tugs Europe, Italy, Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group, VB Marte (vessel), VB Insignia (vessel), MENA, Turkey, Med Marine, Port of Genoa, Boluda Towage Europe https://www.bairdmaritime.com/marine-projects/dredging/mcfarland-dredge-enters-pierside-standby https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/zzxazgdq/634952e3_73b7_488f_8230_1398a9417fc5.jpg US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District Commander Lieutenant Colonel Ryan A. Baum speaks during a farewell ceremony for the dredger McFarland at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia, October 23, 2026. The ceremony marked the completion of McFarland’s final operational mission and recognised nearly six decades of service supporting navigation, emergency, response and national defence missions. bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T06:09:35.696Z USACE dredger McFarland placed in standby after final mission as replacement is built North America, United States, US Army Corps of Engineers, McFarland, Donnelly, Mississippi River https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/research-environment-training/waigaoqiao-to-build-research-platform https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/l8sobzyf/3bd44639_a5c7_4172_912e_f61c8c12e420.jpg Rendering of the semi-submersible research platform bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T05:49:24.197Z China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University taps local builder for semi-submersible research platform Asia, China, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, Shanghai Jiao Tong University https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/dry-cargo/bulkers/sierra-leone-launches-shipping-company https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/roez3uzn/e50a1233_313e_4fbb_9c87_34dfbc2b4e66.jpg The Chinese-owned bulk carrier XH Explorer, which has been operating between Sierra Leone and Asia bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T05:25:20.103Z Sierra Leone launches Chinese-majority shipping company with plans for 50-vessel fleet Sierra Leone, Africa, Asia, China, Zhejiang Xiehai Group, Sierra Leone Ocean Shipping Company, Sierra Leone National Shipping Agency https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/cruise/italian-cruise-ports-plan-upgrades https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/0wu3463z/Cruise-ship-visiting-Naples-Pexels-SamFoll-SF1.jpg Cruise ship visiting Naples bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T01:53:12.349Z Italian cruise ports plan €1.05b in upgrades as 2027 traffic forecast to hit 16 million Europe, Italy https://www.bairdmaritime.com/marine-projects/dredging/xin-hai-jing-1-dredger https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/i3tsvxh1/f170d07e_8552_44f6_bb89_674ef1f7aa63.jpg Xinhaijing 1 bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T01:33:13.308Z China Communications Construction welcomes new hopper dredger to fleet Asia, China, China Communications Construction Company, Shanghai Dredging, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, 708 Research Institute, Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ro-pax/eckero-operating-profit-falls-2026 https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-03-01/4w4hmb1m/msfinlandialaiva1000x1000.jpg Finlandia bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T01:15:16.161Z Eckero Q3 operating profit falls 37 per cent on higher fuel and emissions costs Europe, Eckerö, Finland, Finlandia (vessel), business news, financial results https://www.bairdmaritime.com/marine-projects/marine-infrastructure/port-turku-rebuilds-fregatti-quay https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/t8xvyw10/1941bf43_aa89_4bc6_a270_abcb5a14e7a4.jpg The S2 quay at the Port of Turku in Finland bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T00:58:33.508Z Finland's Turku Port begins 220-metre quay rebuild for Viking Line at Fregatti terminal Europe, Finland, Port of Turku, Viking Line, Tallink Silja https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ro-pax/spirit-of-tasmania-ferry-loss https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-08-24/kpdjbep8/TT-Line-Company1.jpg Spirit of Tasmania IV arriving in Devonport bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T00:41:59.344Z Australian operator TT-Line reports $508m loss after ferry and terminal write-downs Australia, Oceania, Finland, Rauma Marine Constructions, Tasmania, Spirit of Tasmania IV, TT Line Company, Spirit of Tasmania I, Spirit of Tasmania II, Spirit of Tasmania V, business news, financial results https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/accidents/prospector-5-sinks-offshore-gabon https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-10-26/w11a2rq8/d62b2cf7_f56f_4a11_a3ca_b6a9f8db9df8.jpg Prospector 5 bairdmaritime en 2026-10-26T00:22:54.023Z One dead, four missing after jackup drilling rig sinks off Gabon Gabon, incidents, Borr Drilling, Prospector 5 (vessel), BW Energy, Africa