Kent Stewart is an old favourite of Baird Maritime readers. His occasional columns on matters maritime have been popular for years. They distil his very extensive experie ..
Regulation, as the lucky passengers of Titanic might have reflected as they sat in their freezing lifeboats, takes some time to catch up with reality. It is not particula ..
Indonesian authorities have begun conducting a search operation to attempt to locate a cargo vessel that disappeared in the Arafura Sea off Western New Guinea late last w ..
Fire and explosion incidents cause the most expensive insurance claims in the marine industry, while at a time of rising exposures and inflation, cargo damage is the most ..
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released its investigation report regarding a fire incident that occurred aboard a bulk carrier near Windsor, Ontario ..
I was reading some remarks written recently by a very senior pilot who clearly has boarded an awful lot of ships in his long career. He is increasingly concerned about th ..
In past columns we have looked at the battle of the subsea robots (here) and the struggle to win subsidies to fund future fuel initiatives (here). This week we look at fi ..
Indonesian authorities have confirmed that a locally-owned cargo vessel that was initially reported missing along with its entire crew has been found drifting in the Araf ..
Between 2017 and 2021, an average of 25 people died each year worldwide in maritime accidents involving EU-registered ships, the EU’s Eurostat statistical office sa ..
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