Ship World Archives - Baird Maritime

March 27, 2023

Inadequate bridge resource management training cited in collision that sank two tugs in Devonport, Australia

Written by Baird Maritime on March 27, 2023. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Dry Cargo World, Harbour Tugs and Operation.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s (ATSB) investigation into a bulk carrier’s collision with two tugs in Tasmania last year highlights the importance of bri ..

March 17, 2023

COLUMN | A long legacy of the “death ship” [Grey Power]

Written by Michael Grey on March 17, 2023. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Dry Cargo World, Ferries, Ship World Features, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Work Boat World Features.

It might be an unfortunate term, but the world is now busy conducting something of a “post-mortem” of the Covid pandemic, seeking to learn what was done right by the ..

March 10, 2023

COLUMN | Perennial paranoia in the port [Grey Power]

Written by Michael Grey on March 10, 2023. Posted in Port World, Ship World Features, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Work Boat World, Work Boat World Features.

It was some years ago that a friend, looking at a picture of a couple of giant ship-shore container cranes arriving in a port aboard a barge, observed that their sinister ..

March 23, 2023

33 injured after research ship topples while in drydock in Edinburgh, Scotland

Written by Baird Maritime on March 23, 2023. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ferries, Marine Research and Training, Maritime Archaeology, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Search and Rescue, Tanker World.

Authorities in Scotland have confirmed that 33 people suffered varying degrees of injury after a foreign-owned research vessel toppled over while in drydock in the capita ..

March 15, 2023

Two missing after cargo ship sinks off south-eastern Vietnam

Written by Baird Maritime on March 15, 2023. Posted in Catching, Dry Cargo World, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue.

Authorities in Vietnam have confirmed the disappearance of two crewmembers of a cargo vessel after it sank in the South China Sea off the country’s south-eastern co ..

March 8, 2023

DP World to expand container capacity at Brazil’s Santos Port

Written by Baird Maritime on March 8, 2023. Posted in Boxship World, Maritime Infrastructure Development, Port World.

DP World is set to invest US$35 million in 2023 to expand and modernise its facilities located on the left bank of Brazil’s Port of Santos. With the investment, the com ..

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March 20, 2023

COLUMN | A load of bollards: the US Coast Guard (and others) should get serious on testing mooring equipment! [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 20, 2023. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Passenger Vessels, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Commercial Mariner – Vessel Reviews, Cruise, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Dry Cargo World, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

After last week’s analysis of the dramatic purchase of Solstad’s fleet of 37 platform supply vessels (PSVs) by Tidewater, this week’s column deals with a drillship ..

March 12, 2023

One dead following tug sinking in central Philippines

Written by Baird Maritime on March 12, 2023. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup, Search and Rescue.

One person was killed after a tug pulling a cargo vessel sank off Cebu province in the central Philippines on Friday, March 10. The tug Nagasaka was towing the cargo vess ..

March 6, 2023

Oil spill reported following deadly cargo ship sinking in Black Sea

Written by Baird Maritime on March 6, 2023. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup.

Authorities in Russia have reported an oil spill resulting from a cargo vessel sinking that left one person dead off the country’s Black Sea coast late last month. ..