Fiji Archives - Baird Maritime

July 18, 2022

COLUMN | Surprise, surprise! Saipem, Borr Drilling, The Metals Company, Impossible Mining and Olympic [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on July 18, 2022. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Seabed Mining, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Last week was a rollercoaster week for the offshore market. The North Sea spot market continued to sizzle, with Tidewater fixing the 235-tonne bollard pull anchor handler ..

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October 21, 2021

OPINION | The case for CAUKUS and CANZUS – Where are the Canucks?

Written by Steve Raaymakers on October 21, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

The announcement of the ground-breaking trilateral AUKUS security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States on September 16, 2021, naturall ..

March 16, 2020

Neptune Pacific acquires Pacific Direct Line

Written by Baird Maritime on March 16, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Dry Cargo World.

Neptune Pacific Line has acquired Pacific Direct Line (PDL) from Singapore-based parent holding company Pacific International Lines (PIL). Neptune claims that the acquisi ..

July 8, 2022

New Australasia-US submarine cable network successfully commissioned

Written by Baird Maritime on July 8, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Marine Projects, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore Construction.

Southern Cross Cables has launched a new submarine cable network service that spans more than 15,840 kilometres and connects Australasia with the United States. Southern ..

April 8, 2021

OPINION | Beware the bear in the Pacific

Written by Steve Raaymakers on April 8, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

In 2007, I was invited by the United Nations to address a regional conference on multilateral cooperation in Pacific Rim ocean governance. The conference was hosted by th ..

March 8, 2020

Austal delivers sixth Guardian-class patrol boat

Written by Baird Maritime on March 8, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

Austal handed over the sixth Guardian-class patrol boat to the Australian Department of Defence in a ceremony on Friday, March 6. The 39-metre vessel was then formally gi ..

May 24, 2022

New Zealand Defence Force locates two boats initially reported as missing near Kiribati

Written by Baird Maritime on May 24, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue.

Crew on a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion have found two missing boats within 10 nautical miles of each other, dropping survival kits with water and locator beaco ..

March 15, 2021

Fiji police launch probe into ferry operator’s alleged abuse of Filipino crews

Written by Baird Maritime on March 15, 2021. Posted in Ferries.

Fijian police officials have launched an investigation into reports of ongoing abusive treatment by a local shipping line against its own personnel. The probe comes after ..

March 5, 2020

Singapore Convention on Mediation ratified by two more states

Written by Baird Maritime on March 5, 2020. Posted in Boxship World, Dry Cargo World, Tanker World.

The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation now draws closer to entry into force, which shall take place six months afte ..