Newcastle Archives - Baird Maritime

April 8, 2020

First container retrieval from YM Efficiency

Written by Baird Maritime on April 8, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Boxship World, Salvage Operations.

Retrieval work has begun with the first of 60 shipping containers lost from the container ship YM Efficiency successfully lifted from the seabed off the coast of ..

February 8, 2018

CMPort to buy 50 per cent stake in Newcastle port

Written by Baird Maritime on February 8, 2018. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Port World.

Hong Kong’s China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) has announced plans to expand its global footprint by acquiring a 50 per cent stake in Australia’s coal-mining port ..

March 20, 2020

REMINISCENCES | The Dockers of Australia

Written by Kent Stewart on March 20, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Port World, Work Boat World Features.

No history of Australian shipping would be complete without mention of one of its most notorious and colourful species, the ships painters and dockers. Formally known as ..

November 28, 2017

Newcastle unveils cruise terminal design

Written by Baird Maritime on November 28, 2017. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Cruise, Maritime Infrastructure Development.

The government of the state of New South Wales in Australia has revealed the design of the new AU$12.7 million (US$9.6 million) Newcastle Cruise Terminal.

October 16, 2019

REMINISCENCES | The amazing adventures of HMAS Jeparit

Written by Kent Stewart on October 16, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Dry Cargo World, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Work Boat World Features.

For most of the last century Australia was involved in war. In the two world wars alone, Australia committed over forty merchant ships as troop carriers, hospital ships ..