Vanuatu Archives - Baird Maritime

January 26, 2023

Turkish-owned cargo ships damaged in missile attack on Ukraine’s Kherson Port

Written by Baird Maritime on January 26, 2023. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Maritime Security World.

Turkish media reports that a Turkish-owned cargo vessel suffered damage as a result of a missile attack on the Port of Kherson in Ukraine on Tuesday, January 24. Fires ig ..

January 7, 2021

COLUMN | False economy: remote-controlled autonomous ships? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 7, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Marine Projects, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.

The news that the bulk carrier Wakashio grounded off Mauritius and broke in two in August last year because the crew were navigating dangerously close to the shore in ord ..

July 21, 2017

UNICEF and Vanuatu Government trial drone vaccine delivery

Written by Baird Maritime on July 21, 2017. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Unmanned Naval Systems.

UNICEF and the Vanuatu Government have commissioned a trial to test drone capability for vaccine delivery across the island nation, which will take place on Efate Islan ..

August 2, 2021

New Guardian-class patrol boat handed over to Vanuatu Police

Written by Baird Maritime on August 2, 2021. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue.

Austal Australia delivered a new Guardian-class patrol boat to the Australia Department of Defence (DOD) on Thursday, July 30. RVS Takuare was then formally handed over t ..

March 19, 2019

FEATURE | Not one, but two new points of tension for France in the Pacific

Written by Alexandre Dayant on March 19, 2019. Posted in Maritime Security World.

Two tiny and uninhabited islands in the middle of the Pacific that have, to date, appeared relatively uninteresting have revived deep tensions between France and Vanuatu. ..

March 4, 2021

EU to join North Pacific Fisheries Commission

Written by Baird Maritime on March 4, 2021. Posted in Regulation & Enforcement.

The European Union will become the newest member of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission, the European Commission said in a recent statement. Membership in the NPFC wil ..

September 13, 2018

FEATURE | The pointy end for the Melanesian Spearhead Group

Written by Luke Dawes on September 13, 2018. Posted in Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Offshore World, Ship World.

The biggest diplomatic row between Fiji and Vanuatu in modern times was not over climate change, good governance, or Chinese investment in the South Pacific, but biscuits ..