Vietnam Archives - Baird Maritime

January 7, 2022

BOOK REVIEW | The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War

Written by Neil Baird on January 7, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Naval, Work Boat World Features.

Reading this first-rate book soon after the United States of America withdrew ignominiously, after 20 wasted years, from Afghanistan, it was more than ever difficult to u ..

December 20, 2021

New RIBs delivered to Vietnam Navy, Coast Guard

Written by Baird Maritime on December 20, 2021. Posted in Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), RIBs and RHIBs.

British Columbia-based Titan Boats has handed over six new rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) to the Vietnamese government for use by the country’s navy and coast guard. ..

November 22, 2021

New 42m patrol vessel delivered to Jamaica Defence Force

Written by Baird Maritime on November 22, 2021. Posted in Non-Naval (Maritime Security).

The Damen Shipyards Group, through Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, has delivered a new patrol vessel to the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF). The 42-metre vessel will be o ..

January 3, 2022

COLUMN | Battle of the s̶u̶b̶s̶e̶a̶ subsidy robots? Eidesvik, Fortescue, Fugro, Maersk, Ocean Infinity, XOcean [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on January 3, 2022. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Ausmarine Vessel Reviews, Crew Transfer, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval), Work Boat World Features.

Every child knows that it is best if their parents pay for stuff. Even big, grown-up companies like it when governments play mum and dad, and hand them cash. This week we ..

December 13, 2021

COLUMN | The First Four Days of Christmas 2021: Cairn/Capricorn, Vantage Drilling, North Star and Vard, Shearwater and Shell [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on December 13, 2021. Posted in Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Maintenance, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Last year we took an offshore take to the familiar Twelve Days of Christmas carol (here) and (here). So, now it is time to revisit the first four festive players, and cat ..

November 12, 2021

Vietnamese patrol boat crew, Good Samaritans rescue two adrift fishermen off Spratlys

Written by Baird Maritime on November 12, 2021. Posted in Catching, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Regulation & Enforcement, Search and Rescue.

Patrol boat crews of the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (VFRS) and residents of a Vietnamese-occupied island in the northern Spratlys have rescued two fishermen ..

December 20, 2021

The Ocean Cleanup deploys rubbish-collecting barge for operational tests in Vietnam

Written by Baird Maritime on December 20, 2021. Posted in Pollution/Rubbish Cleanup.

Interceptor 003, the newest pollution-collecting barge in the fleet of Netherlands-based non-profit The Ocean Cleanup, has begun undergoing a series of tests in Vietnam t ..

EMERGENCY SERVICES WEEK

December 3, 2021

One missing, 17 rescued after cargo ship disappears in Sea of Japan

Written by Baird Maritime on December 3, 2021. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue.

Japanese officials have reported that a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship has gone missing while underway in the Sea of Japan earlier this week. Officials said the unnamed ve ..

OFFSHORE WEEK

November 12, 2021

Construction begins on new SOVs, daughter craft for North Star Renewables

Written by Baird Maritime on November 12, 2021. Posted in Offshore Maintenance, Standby, Rescue & Emergency Services.

UK-based North Star Renewables has confirmed that construction is underway on six new hybrid-powered vessels that it will operate at the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm of ..