Taiwan Archives - Baird Maritime

June 7, 2021

Yang Ming adds 12,690TEU newbuild to fleet

Written by Baird Maritime on June 7, 2021. Posted in Boxship World.

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation has taken delivery of one new container vessel. YM Tiptop will be deployed on Yang Ming’s SA3 service that connects Asia with ..

May 10, 2021

COLUMN | Holland (and Belgium)’s glory: how the low countries are winning in offshore wind [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on May 10, 2021. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation, Jackups/Liftboats, Maritime Infrastructure Development, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Salvage Operations, Work Boat World Features.

Holland’s Glorie is a novel published in 1940 by the Dutch writer Jan de Hartog. The novel glorified the life of the pre-war salvage master. In English, it was publishe ..

April 21, 2021

Future RoCN amphibious ship floated out

Written by Baird Maritime on April 21, 2021. Posted in Ships (Naval).

Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corporation has floated out a new 153-metre landing platform dock (LPD) slated for the Republic of China Navy (RoCN). The future RoCS Yushan wi ..

June 7, 2021

COLUMN | Prosafe and Floatel International: restructured but not safe yet? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on June 7, 2021. Posted in Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Construction, Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Well Intervention, Work Boat World Features.

Last week, Norwegian floating accommodation provider Prosafe finally announced (here) some good news, albeit not for its shareholders, who are about to be wiped out. Like ..

May 4, 2021

COLUMN | More mistakes? Velesto, Shearwater, PXGEO and Polarcus, P&O Maritime Logistics, Bourbon Oceanteam and Boskalis, and James Fisher Subtech [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on May 4, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Dive Support, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Last week we looked at mistakes – mistakes from lenders in Singapore to Swiber and KrisEnergy (here), and a terrible error of judgement that led to the capsizing and si ..

April 16, 2021

Ever Given impounded in Egypt amid US$916 million claims dispute

Written by Baird Maritime on April 16, 2021. Posted in Boxship World, Salvage Operations.

Evergreen Marine Corporation has confirmed that the containership Ever Given was arrested by an Egyptian court on Tuesday, April 13. Evergreen said in a statement that, i ..

May 14, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – May 14, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on May 14, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

The latest string of recently awarded and ongoing projects in the offshore sector covers mostly activities in support of wind farm installation. For the moment, the activ ..

April 21, 2021

MMA, Worley ink MOU to explore Asia Pacific offshore wind prospects

Written by Baird Maritime on April 21, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind.

Australian companies MMA Offshore and Worley have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly provide integrated services to the offshore wind market in T ..

April 14, 2021

Wisdom Marine takes delivery of Japanese-built Panamax bulker

Written by Baird Maritime on April 14, 2021. Posted in Dry Cargo World.

Taiwan’s Wisdom Marine Group recently took delivery of a new bulk carrier from Japan Marine United (JMU). The Panamax vessel Sakizaya Unicorn has an LOA of 229 metr ..