Tasmania Archives - Baird Maritime

April 14, 2020

Australian researchers confirm identity of 1850s-era shipwreck off Rye, Victoria

Written by Baird Maritime on April 14, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Marine Projects, Maritime Archaeology.

Flinders University’s maritime archaeology researchers have helped reveal some more of the history of an early Australian-made timber shipwreck in Victoria. ..

February 13, 2020

VESSEL REVIEW | Ecklonia – Eight-metre diving/patrol RHIB for south-east Australian parks department

Written by Baird Maritime on February 13, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Fishing Boat World Vessel Reviews, Marine Research and Training, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Regulation & Enforcement, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Tasmania’s PFG Group successfully tendered for the design, construction and supply of a rigid hull collared patrol and dive boat for Parks Victoria for Marine Science ..

PILOTAGE WEEK

September 9, 2019

EDITORIAL | Fast changing pilotage sector

Written by Neil Baird on September 9, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Pilotage, Port World, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

Baird Maritime/Work Boat World this week launches an ongoing weekly series featuring all the vessel type and geographic sectors of the maritime world. We chose to launch ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

March 26, 2020

WORKBOATS AT WORK | Safety, sustainability and self reliance in World Heritage Tasmania

Written by Peter Strachan on March 26, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Maritime Tourism, Work Boat World Features.

Operating in one of the most remote areas of Australia’s southern-most state, battered by the relentless winds of the roaring forties, two local operators recognise ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

October 15, 2019

FEATURE | A new ferry network for Tasmania’s Derwent River?

Written by Baird Maritime on October 15, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ferries, Maritime Tourism, Work Boat World Features.

“Sail the Derwent Highway” is the catchphrase promoting a ferry service for the waterways of Australia’s southernmost state capital, Hobart. A first draft proposal ..

May 6, 2019

VESSEL REVIEW | Freya – “Evil billionaire’s lair” on the water

Written by Baird Maritime on May 6, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Ferries, Maritime Tourism, Work Boat World Vessel Reviews.

Richardson Devine Marine Constructions was selected through a competitive tender process to build Mona Roma II (MR-2) – formally named ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

March 25, 2020

Incat Tasmania awarded catamaran newbuilding contract by Seaworld Express Ferry

Written by Baird Maritime on March 25, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Ro-Pax World.

Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has received an order for a new high-speed vessel from South Korean coastal passenger transport company Seaworld Express Ferry. The ..

PASSENGER VESSEL WEEK

October 9, 2019

REMINISCENCES | Bridges too far – The manifest virtues of ferries

Written by Michael Grey on October 9, 2019. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Passenger Vessels, Ferries, Maritime Infrastructure Development, Ro-Pax World, Work Boat World Features.

We should build a bridge, urges the Prime Minister of the UK, across the North Channel that divides Scotland from Northern Ireland. He might, of course, be speaking ..

February 27, 2019

World’s largest live fish carrier arrives at Havyard for completion

Written by Baird Maritime on February 27, 2019. Posted in Aquaculture World, Ausmarine - Fishing and Aquaculture, Transport & Processing.

Ronja Storm, the world’s largest live fish carrier, has arrived at Havyard’s facility in Leirvik, Norway, to undergo the final stages of its construction ..