COLUMN | Has seafaring lost its charm? [Grey Power]
Nobody, surely, can be surprised that seafarers are in rather short supply these days, with shipping getting back to normal (whatever normal was) after...
Nobody, surely, can be surprised that seafarers are in rather short supply these days, with shipping getting back to normal (whatever normal was) after...
Regular readers of Baird Maritime will be quick to notice that the news stories, feature articles, and vessel reviews posted on our site regularly mention...
Two weeks ago (here), we ran a piece on the sham of flags of convenience, and how the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has allowed secrecy...
Some of my best friends design ships for a living, but in their quest to devise dramatic solutions to the problems of decarbonising the shipping industry,...
Mike Wall needs no introduction to readers of Baird Maritime. He is undoubtedly the world’s-best known marine surveyor. He has written most of the books...
Last week (here) we looked at the impact of the horrific Russian invasion of Ukraine. Brent crude closed on Friday at US$118 per barrel. Russian artillery...
It is not often that you read a genuine “good news story” these days, but one that warmed the winter hearts in the UK was the tale of a dog that was...
If you refuse to carry cargo that you disapprove of, are you being responsible and ethical, or, in the words of the old saying, cutting off your nose...
There are some problems that never seem to go away and one is the perennial difficulties in providing a safe way of getting pilots on and off a ship....
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