Maersk Archives - Baird Maritime

January 18, 2023

COLUMN | Future fuels: it’s anybody’s guess [Grey Power]

Written by Michael Grey on January 18, 2023. Posted in Boxship World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

As everyone raves on about “net zero” while lighting fires on the pavement outside the IMO building to keep the protesters warm (as the “Just stop oil” fanatics i ..

November 12, 2021

Maersk, Svitzer to develop methanol fuel cell-powered tug

Written by Baird Maritime on November 12, 2021. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation.

Svitzer, Maersk, and Canadian naval architects Robert Allan Ltd have entered into an agreement to develop a new harbour tug fitted with a methanol fuel cell. The 80 tonne ..

July 5, 2021

Future Maersk 2,100TEU feeder ship to be powered by methanol

Written by Baird Maritime on July 5, 2021. Posted in Boxship World.

Maersk has awarded Hyundai Mipo Dockyard of South Korea a contract for the construction of a feeder containership that will be equipped with a dual-fuel engine. The 172-m ..

January 19, 2022

COLUMN | Keeping the pilot safe [Grey Power]

Written by Michael Grey on January 19, 2022. Posted in Pilotage, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

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. Not every port can r ..

October 4, 2021

COLUMN | Quick updates: Van Oord gets big and green, Asian cables frenzy, next round of Battle of the Subsea Robots, Borr’s big green plan, anchor handlers change hands [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on October 4, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Work Boat World Features.

After our diversion into Harbour Energy’s Carbon Capture and Storage plans last week and the abandonment of its 500-million-barrel Sea Lion discovery in the Falklands ( ..

April 1, 2021

Repairs underway on disabled containership off Alaska

Written by Baird Maritime on April 1, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Tugs & Towage, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Salvage Operations.

Global shipping company Maersk has confirmed that one of its vessels has become stranded in the Pacific approximately 1,050 kilometres off Alaska after it developed engin ..

January 3, 2022

COLUMN | Battle of the s̶u̶b̶s̶e̶a̶ subsidy robots? Eidesvik, Fortescue, Fugro, Maersk, Ocean Infinity, XOcean [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 3, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Crew Transfer, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Every child knows that it is best if their parents pay for stuff. Even big, grown-up companies like it when governments play mum and dad, and hand them cash. This week we ..

August 2, 2021

COLUMN | Private equity: can the billionaire factory save the offshore industry? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on August 2, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Crew Transfer, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore World, Seabed Mining, Standby, Rescue & Emergency Services, Work Boat World Features.

Question: What do the Formula One motor racing franchise, Heinz tomato ketchup, British supermarket chain Asda, and the North Sea safety standby companies North Star Ship ..

February 19, 2021

Maersk reports loss of containers on Los Angeles-bound vessel

Written by Baird Maritime on February 19, 2021. Posted in Boxship World.

Maersk has confirmed that the containership Maersk Eindhoven faced an engine stop in heavy weather on Wednesday, February 17, while en route from Xiamen, China, to Los An ..