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COLUMN | What life was like before MARPOL [Grey Power]
Fifty years have passed since the Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, thankfully abbreviated to MARPOL, emerged from the IMO after...
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Focus on Marine Engines and Propulsion Systems
Our focus on marine propulsion systems once again includes a lineup of reviewed vessels boasting an assortment of propulsion configurations, from conventional...
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Excessive speed led to 2022 tug grounding in Corpus Christi Ship Channel, NTSB report reveals
Excessive speed during a bow-to-bow harbour-assist manoeuvre led to the grounding of a tug in Texas’ Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the...
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Australian Transport Safety Bureau cites misunderstanding, poor communication behind fatal pilot transfer mishap
Managers of the two vessels involved in a fatal crew transfer accident off Brisbane, Australia, had not ensured personnel had a common and complete...
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BOOK REVIEW | Girt by Sea: An Unreliable History of Australian Shipping
As one of our occasional columnists here on Baird Maritime, leading and long-experienced Australian marine engineer Kent Stewart is well known to and...
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Cargo ship catches fire while undergoing repairs in Taiwan
A foreign-flagged cargo vessel caught fire while undergoing repairs at the Taiwanese port of Kaohsiung on Wednesday, September 13. The Cameroon-registered,...
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COLUMN | Going from triumph to disaster [Grey Power]
It is probably a function of age and cynicism, but one sometimes wonders whether anyone in charge of pretty well anything, from countries to companies,...
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Expansion works completed at Scotland’s Aberdeen South Harbour
Quayside construction is complete at Aberdeen South Harbour and the expanded port now offers its customers and port users eight kilometres of quayside,...
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OPINION | The sticky case of Indonesia, a seized Iranian oil tanker, and legal jurisdiction
The two giant freighters floated “dark” in the open ocean not far from Indonesia. Their positioning transponders switched off, neither tanker displayed...
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