• PILOTAGE WEEK
    VESSEL REVIEW | Pilot 61 – Ice-capable pilot boat for Poland’s Swinoujscie and Szczecin harbours

    VESSEL REVIEW | Pilot 61 – Ice-capable pilot boat for Poland’s Swinoujscie and Szczecin harbours

  • PILOTAGE WEEK
    VESSEL REVIEW | Petrel – First of a compact trio of pilot boats for the greater Melbourne area

    VESSEL REVIEW | Petrel – First of a compact trio of pilot boats for the greater Melbourne area

  • VESSEL REVIEW | SST Grizzly and SST Orca – Escort tug beasts for British Columbia

    VESSEL REVIEW | SST Grizzly and SST Orca – Escort tug beasts for British Columbia

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Harald – Flexible landing craft for Stockholm archipelago

    VESSEL REVIEW | Harald – Flexible landing craft for Stockholm archipelago

  • VESSEL REVIEW | PSA Thor and PSA Hulk – PSA Marine’s two new superhero tugs

    VESSEL REVIEW | PSA Thor and PSA Hulk – PSA Marine’s two new superhero tugs

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Pilot 61 – Ice-capable pilot boat for Poland’s Swinoujscie and Szczecin harbours
  • VESSEL REVIEW | Petrel – First of a compact trio of pilot boats for the greater Melbourne area
  • VESSEL REVIEW | SST Grizzly and SST Orca – Escort tug beasts for British Columbia
  • VESSEL REVIEW | Harald – Flexible landing craft for Stockholm archipelago
  • VESSEL REVIEW | PSA Thor and PSA Hulk – PSA Marine’s two new superhero tugs
    PILOTAGE WEEK
    REMINISCENCES | The pilot’s progress

    REMINISCENCES | The pilot’s progress

    By Michael Grey

    It was a picture of a brand new pilot boat in Work Boat World that got me thinking; a beautiful and powerful craft, clearly built for heavy weather and the efficient delivery of the pilot. It probably cost about as much as a 10,000-tonne ship did sixty years ago. The weather, as we came slowly up to the pilot station off ..

    FEATURE | Low growth persists amid trade tensions and a slowdown in global manufacturing

    FEATURE | Low growth persists amid trade tensions and a slowdown in global manufacturing

    By Baird Maritime

    Global economic growth continues to slow with recession warnings sounding in many corners of the world, none of which points to high global trade volume growth for the time being, according to BIMCO. The Global Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Manager’s Index) reported by IHS Markit, has been under the threshold level of 50 ..

    COLUMN | What do the Saudi Arabian drone attacks mean for the offshore industry? [Offshore Accounts]

    COLUMN | What do the Saudi Arabian drone attacks mean for the offshore industry? [Offshore Accounts]

    By Hieronymus Bosch

    Monday opened with the most significant spike in the oil price since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, with Brent crude shooting up 20 per cent to over US$70 per barrel. The drone strike on Aramco’s Abqaiq crude treatment facility and a simultaneous attack on the onshore Kurais oilfield potentially knocks out five ..

    PILOTAGE WEEK
    OPINION | Pilot boarding – the bigger picture

    OPINION | Pilot boarding – the bigger picture

    By Hugh O'Neill

    There are many factors within the whole process of pilot embarkation. There remains an excellent focus on ships’ rigging of pilot ladders – to minimise their movement and to improve their integrity. However, the fact that pilots are still falling (even when ladders are legally compliant) suggests that we need to ..

    FEATURE | Shipping associations look to the future

    FEATURE | Shipping associations look to the future

    By Baird Maritime

    Major shipping industry trade associations BIMCO, ICS, Intercargo and Intertanko met in London yesterday to consider the transformational issues affecting the sector. Top of the agenda were the preparations for the implementation of the 2020 Global Sulphur Limit. With less than four months to go until the introduction of ..

    PILOTAGE WEEK
    FEATURE | Modern pilotage: new regulations to improve services, add costs

    FEATURE | Modern pilotage: new regulations to improve services, add costs

    By George Livingstone

    For thousands of years ships have sailed the oceans, through most of recorded history. Most of those centuries saw little change regarding sea transport, wooden vessels propelled by oars or sail. At times tectonic change did come to the very tradition bound business. The movement from sail to steam was one, as we approach ..

    Welcome to Pilotage Week!

    Welcome to Pilotage Week!

    Hello and welcome to BairdMaritime.com’s inaugural Pilot Boat Week! We have a huge amount of fantastic content over the next two weeks, covering all the important ..

    Pella Shipyard launches second Project 03095 trawler-processor

    Pella Shipyard launches second Project 03095 trawler-processor

    By Baird Maritime

    Russia’s Pella Shipyard held a launching ceremony for Kastor, the second trawler-processor under Project 03095, on Monday, September 16. The vessel is the second of ..

    UK MoD selects design of Type 31 frigates

    UK MoD selects design of Type 31 frigates

    By Baird Maritime

    The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected a warship design developed by a consortium of defence firms Babcock and Thales as the design for the country’s future ..

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