Following a very poor year for known ferry fatalities in 2021, the year 2022 saw a big improvement with the known death toll almost halved from 1,378 to 699. However, we ..
Tag: Madagascar
A total of 64 people were killed while 24 others have gone missing after a cargo vessel sank in rough seas off northeastern Madagascar on Monday, December 20. The vessel, ..
February this year was marked by heightened Russian naval activity in the Indian Ocean. Russian naval task groups drawn from the Baltic and Black Sea fleets took part in ..
Nine people were killed while several others have been reported as missing following a vessel collision incident in north-western Madagascar in the early evening (local t ..
In 1976, Offshore Marine’s 699GT Scotian Shore had spent over a year on charter to various companies around the Red Sea and South West Indian Ocean. Early in July t ..
Vietnamese shipbuilder Vuot Song Maritime has begun construction on the first of six ferries in a series ordered by an unnamed Madagascar operator. The vessel, which will ..
Following an excellent performance in 2020 when the global ferry fatality toll was the lowest since the Baird Maritime Passenger Vessel Accident database commenced in 196 ..
The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Mozambique that the government seems powerle ..
About Us
Baird Maritime, launched in 1978, is one of the world's premier maritime publishing houses.
The company produces the leading maritime new portal BairdMaritime.com, home of the world famous Work Boat World, Fishing Boat World, Ship World, Ausmarine, and Commercial Mariner sub-sites, and the industry-leading ship brokerage platforms WorkBoatWorld.com and ShipWorld.com.
Contact us: [email protected]