Naval Archives - Baird Maritime

January 17, 2020

Merré to build eight dive tenders for French Navy

Written by Baird Maritime on January 17, 2020. Posted in Dive Support, Ships (Naval).

France’s Merré Shipyard has been awarded a contract to build eight diving tenders for the French Navy, the country’s Ministry of Armed Forces confirmed on ..

January 15, 2020

Philippine Navy deploys two ships for Middle East repatriation

Written by Baird Maritime on January 15, 2020. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The Philippine Navy has ordered two of its ships to sail for the Middle East to help in the repatriation of Filipino citizens amid tensions between the United States and ..

January 10, 2020

Indonesia begins naval OPV procurement

Written by Baird Maritime on January 10, 2020. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The Indonesian Navy has begun soliciting proposals from local shipyards as part of a programme to procure a new class of offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). The new warships ..

January 16, 2020

Damen, Blohm + Voss tapped to build new frigates for German Navy

Written by Baird Maritime on January 16, 2020. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The German government has selected Damen Shipyards Group as the main contractor, together with partners Blohm + Voss and Thales, for supplying at least four MKS 180 ..

January 14, 2020

Bath Iron Works lays keel of future US Navy destroyer John Basilone

Written by Baird Maritime on January 14, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

The keel of the future USS John Basilone, a US Navy guided missile destroyer, was laid at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works’ (BIW) shipyard on Friday, January 10. ..

January 9, 2020

South Korean Navy decommissions three vessels

Written by Baird Maritime on January 9, 2020. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The South Korean Navy has retired three of its warships from service to make way for two new Daegu-class frigates to be delivered before the end of the year. The ..

January 16, 2020

Damen, Gentium to help Bangladesh develop indigenous shipbuilding industry

Written by Baird Maritime on January 16, 2020. Posted in Anchor Handling, Crew Transfer, Dredging and Land Reclamation, Ferries, Harbour Tugs and Operation, Maritime Infrastructure Development, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Offshore Construction, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Ro-Pax World, Ships (Naval), Trawling World.

Dutch firms Damen Shipyards Group and Gentium Solutions have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Industry of Bangladesh with the goal of ..

January 13, 2020

Nigerian Navy rescues three dredger crewmen abducted by pirates

Written by Baird Maritime on January 13, 2020. Posted in Dredging and Land Reclamation, Piracy, Ships (Naval).

Elements of the Nigerian Navy have successfully rescued three crewmembers of a dredger who had been abducted by pirates earlier this month during a violent raid that left ..

January 8, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | Sighted Sub, Sank Same – The United States Navy’s Air Campaign Against the U-Boat

Written by Neil Baird on January 8, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Maritime Security, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval), Submersibles (Naval).

It is no wonder that modern navies have trouble recruiting submarine crews. If any potential recruit submariner were to read this account of relentless hunting of Nazi ..