South China Sea Archives - Baird Maritime

March 15, 2023

Two missing after cargo ship sinks off south-eastern Vietnam

Written by Baird Maritime on March 15, 2023. Posted in Catching, Dry Cargo World, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue.

Authorities in Vietnam have confirmed the disappearance of two crewmembers of a cargo vessel after it sank in the South China Sea off the country’s south-eastern co ..

February 7, 2023

OPINION | Global energy scarcity and the South China Sea

Written by Suryaputra Wijaksana on February 7, 2023. Posted in Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Offshore Construction, Offshore Exploration, Work Boat World Features.

Last month, the Indonesian government approved natural gas exploration in the Tuna gas bloc, part of the largest untapped natural gas deposit in the world. The developmen ..

January 17, 2023

Beijing ratchets up the pressure in the South China Sea

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on January 17, 2023. Posted in Catching, Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Regulation & Enforcement.

Taking advantage of the West’s focus on the war in Ukraine, China is rapidly bolstering its already dominant position in the South China Sea. Recent reports from Asian ..

February 27, 2023

COLUMN | Heading for a showdown in the South China Sea? [Naval Gazing]

Written by Trevor Hollingsbee on February 27, 2023. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Ships (Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Tensions around the Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea (SCS) have been on a rising curve since China’s de facto annexation of Mischief Reef in 1995. The ..

January 25, 2023

OPINION | Japan and ASEAN: 50 years of maritime strategy

Written by Thu Nguyen Hoang Anh on January 25, 2023. Posted in Fishing Boat World Features, Fishing Boat World Vessel Reviews, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Piracy, Regulation & Enforcement, Seining World, Work Boat World Features.

In a partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that now spans 50 years, Japan has played an important role in addressing the non-traditional mar ..

January 16, 2023

OPINION | How China’s maritime militia takes advantage of the grey zone

Written by Masaaki Yatsuzuka on January 16, 2023. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Catching, Fishing Boat World Features, Fishing Boat World Vessel Reviews, Marine Research and Training, Naval, Naval auxiliary/support vessels, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Regulation & Enforcement, Work Boat World Features.

At the end of last year, Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies released the 2023 edition of its annual China security report, which focuses on China’s quest ..

February 13, 2023

OPINION | China-Philippine relations sail on calmer seas–for now

Written by Nick Danby on February 13, 2023. Posted in Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Work Boat World Features.

On January 4, Chinese President Xi Jinping clasped hands with his Philippine counterpart under very different circumstances from the last time he welcomed a Philippine le ..

January 25, 2023

US, Philippines discussing possibility of joint maritime patrols

Written by Baird Maritime on January 25, 2023. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

Philippine media outlet GMA News reports that the governments of the United States and the Philippines are discussing the possibility of conducting joint maritime patrols ..

December 27, 2022

COLUMN | The wind and the walruses [Tug Times]

Written by Alan Loynd on December 27, 2022. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Salvage Operations, Search and Rescue, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

Where I live, ‘tis the season for tug people to be jolly. The northeast monsoon is firmly established and ships are once again coming to grief and asking for help. Why ..