Latin America Archives - Baird Maritime

April 1, 2020

COLUMN | Subsea survey war: Fugro versus Ocean Infinity [OFFSHORE ACOUNTS]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on April 1, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Marine Projects, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Operations & Maintenance, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Last week Dutch survey giant Fugro declared war. The battle will be fought by an armada of unmanned vessels operated by remote satellite telemetry in every ocean of the ..

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE WEEK

December 19, 2019

VESSEL REVIEW | Ferry Del Chaco – Unusual, shallow-draught Ro-Pax for Paraguay’s river network

Written by Alan Haig-Brown on December 19, 2019. Posted in Ro-Pax World, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

One of the most logical ways to deal with congestion issues is to get vehicles off the roads. A growing number of administrations are doing this by implementing Ro-Ro ..

OFFSHORE WEEK

December 11, 2019

Introduction | The offshore industry – the slow road to recovery

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on December 11, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Since the offshore market was plunged into crisis in late 2014, the industry has battled to survive. Hundreds of thousands have lost their jobs, hundreds of vessels have ..

March 10, 2020

SAAM Towage El Salvador orders Uzmar escort tug pair

Written by Baird Maritime on March 10, 2020. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Port World.

SAAM Towage El Salvador has signed a contract with Turkey’s Uzmar Shipyard to purchase two newbuild 32-metre escort tugs. The new Uzmar-built, Robert Allan Ltd-designed ..

OFFSHORE WEEK

December 13, 2019

COLUMN | Rich flags, poor reports… – Part 2 [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on December 13, 2019. Posted in Anchor Handling, Work Boat World Features.

The loss of the anchor handling tug Bourbon Rhode, which sank in a hurricane in the Atlantic whilst crossing from the Canary Islands to Guyana in September this year with ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

October 11, 2019

INTERVIEW | Adapting a commercial Ro-Pax design for disaster relief project

Written by Nelson E. Dela Cruz on October 11, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Marine Research and Training, Ro-Pax World, Search and Rescue.

Cammell Laird has been selected to construct a multi-purpose disaster relief and training vessel under a project led by registered charity Britannia Maritime Aid (BMA). ..

TUG & SALVAGE WEEK

March 2, 2020

COLUMN | Tackling unacceptable “customs of the port” [Grey Power]

Written by Michael Grey on March 2, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Port World, Ship World Features, Ship World Vessel Reviews, Tug and Salvage World, Work Boat World Features.

Some real progress is being made in the fight against corrupt practices in port; which range from the everlasting demand for bribes to provide services, to frightening ..

December 12, 2019

HISTORY | New Zealanders tested in Battle of River Plate

Written by Michael Wynd on December 12, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

At 6.18am on 13 December, 1939, cruisers HMS Ajax, Exeter and Achilles (the last of which was from the New Zealand Division) took on German armoured cruiser KMS Admiral ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

September 30, 2019

VESSEL REVIEW | Celebrity Flora – Innovative expedition cruise vessel for the Galapagos Islands

Written by Baird Maritime on September 30, 2019. Posted in Cruise, Maritime Tourism, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Dutch builder Shipyard De Hoop has recently completed successful sea trials with Celebrity Flora, a cruise ship for Celebrity Cruises, daughter company of Royal Caribbean ..