Yemen Archives - Baird Maritime

February 24, 2022

EU-funded project to strengthen maritime security in Red Sea

Written by Baird Maritime on February 24, 2022. Posted in Naval, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Piracy.

A new regional maritime security project that will focus on the Red Sea area and some of its surrounding countries was launched in Djibouti earlier this month. The Region ..

September 27, 2021

COLUMN | Harbour Energy: tax benefits, stranded assets, and carbon capture and storage [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on September 27, 2021. Posted in Offshore Decommissioning, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Usually at end of a quarter we write a series of Quick Updates, but that will have to wait until next month as we look at the newest, biggest player in the North Sea, a c ..

November 4, 2020

OPINION | Western Indian Ocean: Where trouble on land spells danger at sea

Written by Francois Vreÿ on November 4, 2020. Posted in Naval, Piracy, Work Boat World Features.

South Africa may be facing an unholy mix of insurgency, radicalism and major power competition in the Western Indian Ocean. Much attention is given to the rivalry between ..

January 26, 2022

US Navy interdicts stateless vessel previously caught smuggling weapons

Written by Baird Maritime on January 26, 2022. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

On January 18, ships of the US Navy Fifth Fleet interdicted a stateless fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman nearly a year after the same vessel was caught smuggling illici ..

March 29, 2021

COLUMN | Mozambique misery deepens: dozens killed by Islamic extremists in Palma bloodbath [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 29, 2021. Posted in Anchor Handling, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Dive Support, Offshore Accommodation, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore World, Platform Supply, Subsea Surveying, Work Boat World Features.

Editor’s Note: The earlier version of this article mentioned the participation of 1) offshore services provider Bibby Marine and 2) Afon Menai, a towing vessel oper ..

August 31, 2020

COLUMN | Results update: MMA Offshore and James Fisher [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on August 31, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Dive Support, Offshore World, Search and Rescue, Work Boat World Features.

The American writer Gore Vidal said that, after age fifty, litigation replaces sex. A young company like MMA Offshore (founded in 1989) might want to stay out of the cour ..

January 3, 2022

UAE-flagged ship seized by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in Red Sea

Written by Baird Maritime on January 3, 2022. Posted in Dry Cargo World, Piracy.

An official of the Saudi-leb Arab Military Coalition has confirmed that a UAE-flagged cargo vessel has been hijacked by the Iran-backed Houthi militia operating out of no ..

January 19, 2021

REMINISCENCES | Staying stable at all times

Written by Michael Grey on January 19, 2021. Posted in PCTC World, Salvage Operations, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

It was a recent picture of the car carrier Golden Ray, lying on her side and being sawn up by the salvors, that got me thinking that there really seems to be something of ..

July 27, 2020

COLUMN | The Eastern Mediterranean: a sea of troubles [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on July 27, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Hamlet famously asked, “Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles”. L ..