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OPINION | Pilot boarding – the bigger picture
There are many factors within the whole process of pilot embarkation. There remains an excellent focus on ships’ rigging of pilot ladders – to minimise their movement and to improve their integrity. However, the fact that pilots are still falling (even when ladders are legally compliant) suggests that we need to ..
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COLUMN | Quarts into pint pots [Grey Power]
I have a dim and distant memory of a black and white war film that we probably watched on deck in the tropics to great enthusiasm. “Damn the torpedoes – full ahead and give her all you’ve got Mister!” said the heroic captain of this cheesy epic, which is the only thing that has been retained in my memory. The film ..
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COLUMN | UN and Lebanese naval security operation continues as regional tensions rise [Naval Gazing]
Strategically located, multi ethnic, multi-faith Lebanon is frequently the focus for regional security problems. These are often maritime in nature. There are sea border disputes with both Syria and Israel. Also, Israel has long held that Iranian-manufactured arms, including some very sophisticated weaponry, are shipped ..
FEATURE | Modern pilotage: new regulations to improve services, add costs
For thousands of years ships have sailed the oceans, through most of recorded history. Most of those centuries saw little change regarding sea transport, wooden vessels propelled by oars or sail. At times tectonic change did come to the very tradition bound business. The movement from sail to steam was one, as we approach ..
EDITORIAL | Fast changing pilotage sector
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 this development with a close look at the very fast changing, and charging, pilotage sector. We have followed the impressively innovative changes in the ..
Welcome to Pilotage Week!
Hello and welcome to BairdMaritime.com’s inaugural Pilot Boat Week! We have a huge amount of fantastic content over the next two weeks, covering all the important pilotage developments from the four corners of the globe. Below you will find a preview of everything we have in store for you. Remember to come back every ..
Welcome to Pilotage Week!
Hello and welcome to BairdMaritime.com’s inaugural Pilot Boat Week! We have a huge amount of fantastic content over the next two weeks, covering all the important ..
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September 13, 2019
Last victim of California dive boat fire found as salvage operations end
The Sheriff’s Office of Santa Barbara County, California, has confirmed that the last missing victim of a deadly fire aboard a recreational diving vessel earlier ..
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September 3, 2019
Overloading blamed as Cameroon ferry disaster death toll climbs to 17
The death toll from the sinking of a passenger vessel in Cameroon late last month has climbed to 17 after rescuers found more bodies in the area where the incident ..
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August 30, 2019
Cemre floats out double-ended ferry for Fjord1
Cemre Shipyard has launched a new double-ended Ro-Pax ferry for Fjord1.
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September 13, 2019
Last victim of California dive boat fire found as salvage operations end
The Sheriff’s Office of Santa Barbara County, California, has confirmed that the last missing victim of a deadly fire aboard a recreational diving vessel earlier ..
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September 3, 2019
Overloading blamed as Cameroon ferry disaster death toll climbs to 17
The death toll from the sinking of a passenger vessel in Cameroon late last month has climbed to 17 after rescuers found more bodies in the area where the incident ..
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August 30, 2019
Cemre floats out double-ended ferry for Fjord1
Cemre Shipyard has launched a new double-ended Ro-Pax ferry for Fjord1.
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September 13, 2019
Last victim of California dive boat fire found as salvage operations end
The Sheriff’s Office of Santa Barbara County, California, has confirmed that the last missing victim of a deadly fire aboard a recreational diving vessel earlier ..
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September 11, 2019
Nansha Public Security Bureau takes delivery of 45m patrol boat
The Nansha Public Security Bureau has taken delivery of a new patrol boat from Jianglong Shipbuilding. The patrol boat has a length of 45.5 metres, a beam of 7.6 metres, ..
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September 9, 2019
Navantia launches RAN’s second Supply-class support ship
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has launched the future HMAS Stalwart, the second Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) tanker ordered for the Royal Australian ..
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September 13, 2019
Last victim of California dive boat fire found as salvage operations end
The Sheriff’s Office of Santa Barbara County, California, has confirmed that the last missing victim of a deadly fire aboard a recreational diving vessel earlier ..
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September 6, 2019
Abu Dhabi Ports orders Med Marine ASD tug
Abu Dhabi Ports has placed an order with Turkey’s Med Marine for a new ASD harbour tug to serve Khalifa Port in the UAE. The Robert Allan Ltd-designed vessel will ..
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September 2, 2019
Seaspan, Haisla Nation JV bags LNG Canada tug contract
HaiSea Marine, a joint venture between the Haisla First Nation and Seaspan, has been awarded a contract to design, build, and operate harbour tugs and escort tugs ..
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September 13, 2019
Spectrum Offshore wraps up surveys at Hornsea One wind farm
Spectrum Offshore has completed 18 months of construction support surveys for Ørsted at the Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK. The scope of work included ..
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September 12, 2019
GasLog wins 10-year charter in Panama for LNG FSU
GasLog, through one of its subsidiaries, has entered into a 10-year time charter with Sinolam LNG Terminal for the provision of an LNG floating storage unit (FSU) to a ..
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September 10, 2019
Second DP2 PSV joins Geoquip Marine fleet
Geoquip Marine has added a second DP2 multi-purpose platform supply vessel (PSV) to its fleet. Built in 2010, the 84-metre, 3,500-tonne Cristal will sail as Geoquip Speer ..
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September 13, 2019
Spectrum Offshore wraps up surveys at Hornsea One wind farm
Spectrum Offshore has completed 18 months of construction support surveys for Ørsted at the Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK. The scope of work included ..
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September 3, 2019
Onezhsky Shipbuilding launches new TSHD for Rosmorport
Onezhsky Shipbuilding has launched Yuri Maslyukov, a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ordered by FSUE Rosmorport. The vessel honours the late Yuri Dmitriyevich ..
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August 19, 2019
Damen, Van Wijngaarden sign workboat contract
Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld and Van Wijngaarden Marine Services have signed a contract for the construction of a DP1 multi-purpose workboat.
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September 13, 2019
Last victim of California dive boat fire found as salvage operations end
The Sheriff’s Office of Santa Barbara County, California, has confirmed that the last missing victim of a deadly fire aboard a recreational diving vessel earlier ..
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September 12, 2019
Samsung, Zvezda to collaborate on LNG carrier newbuildings
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Russia’s Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex are set to collaborate on the construction of icebreaking LNG carriers that will serve the ..
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September 11, 2019
Nansha Public Security Bureau takes delivery of 45m patrol boat
The Nansha Public Security Bureau has taken delivery of a new patrol boat from Jianglong Shipbuilding. The patrol boat has a length of 45.5 metres, a beam of 7.6 metres, ..
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OPINION | Pilot boarding – the bigger picture
There are many factors within the whole process of pilot embarkation. There remains an excellent focus on ships’ rigging of pilot ladders – to minimise their ..
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