One does not wish to provoke any sort of angry response from readers, but is it not time that the definition of piracy was updated?
Best Medium Pusher Tug – HB Poraque – Robert Allan Ltd & Belov Engenharia This very interesting and versatile medium-sized inland waters pusher tug has been built as the first of a pair by a Brazilian shipyard, Belov Engenharia. The hybrid-electric-powered vessel, with a shallow draught and an impressive top speed ..
The Electric Thames project, a collaboration between UK Power Networks, LCP Delta, and Marine Zero, is assessing the viability of using electric vessels to feed stored electricity back into London’s energy network.
Best Security Landing Craft – Island Guardian – Norman R. Wright and Sons This fast, truly multi-purpose craft from Queensland’s renowned Norman R. Wright and Sons has a multitude of roles. It combines those of patrol boat, landing craft, Ro-Pax ferry, research vessel, general work boat and more for Australia’s ..
Norwegian naval architecture firm YSA Design has unveiled a concept for a new type of sail-powered catamaran cruise ship that offers the flexibility to access waters where larger vessels will have difficulty operating.
Offshore is one of the industries with the biggest risk profiles in the world. When bad things happen in offshore, people die, often there are explosions and sinkings, fires and oil spills, and the environment can be badly polluted, killing seabirds, fish, dolphins and coral, and inflicting billions of dollars of losses on ..
Baird Maritime once more highlights the ever important fishing and aquaculture sector by reviewing newbuild vessels entering service around the world.
The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens Haverikommission; SHK) has published its report on an investigation into the tragic death of a crewmember on a passenger vessel on a Swedish-flagged ferry on June 27, 2022.
Twelve people are confirmed to have died after a tour boat capsized in a river in Hebei province in northern China on Saturday, April 13.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has placed an order for four cruise ships to be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.
The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens Haverikommission; SHK) has published its report on an investigation into the tragic death of a crewmember on a passenger vessel on a Swedish-flagged ferry on June 27, 2022.
Twelve people are confirmed to have died after a tour boat capsized in a river in Hebei province in northern China on Saturday, April 13.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has placed an order for four cruise ships to be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri.
US-based defence technology company Anduril Industries has completed construction of the first example of the Ghost Shark extra large autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) ordered by the Australian Department of Defence (DOD).
The UK Royal Navy has confirmed that a new type of laser weapon under development will be installed on one of the service’s warships in 2027.
Iranian forces seized a containership operated by Switzerland-based MSC in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, April 13.
Port towing service providers Groupe Ocean of Canada, Sulnorte of Brazil, and CPT Towage of Chile have established a strategic cooperation network with the aim of enhancing port towing operations.
Harold Macmillan was supposedly once asked what the most troubling problem of his time as British Prime Minister was. “Events, my dear boy, events,” was his reply.
Croatian harbour towage company Brodospas has taken delivery of a new ASD tug built by Damen Song Cam Shipyard of Vietnam.
Boston, Massachusetts-based marine robotics company Sea Machines Robotics has unveiled a new model of unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of operating in various industries.
Danish energy company Ørsted and wind installation specialist Cadeler have entered into a firm, long-term lease agreement for a newbuild offshore wind installation vessel.
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has launched the commercial operation of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Jawa Satu for the Jawa 1 LNG-fired power plant in West Java, Indonesia.
Van Oord recently completed one of the largest beach restoration projects in Spain’s history, restoring the beaches south of the city of Valencia to their original size.
Florida shipbuilder the Eastern Shipbuilding Group and Netherlands-based marine engineering company Royal IHC have formed a strategic partnership with the objective of designing and constructing a highly automated, medium hopper dredger for use by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
The Port of Gdansk in Poland has awarded local company Porr a contract for the reconstruction of two quays.
The Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have initiated a bilateral program designed to assist the Australian and Singaporean maritime and port sectors in significantly reducing their carbon emissions.
Twelve people are confirmed to have died after a tour boat capsized in a river in Hebei province in northern China on Saturday, April 13.
Prosecutors in Russia have told local media that one person was killed while three others suffered varying degrees of injury after a fire broke out on an icebreaker that is still under construction on Monday, April 8.
The Australian government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have initiated a bilateral program designed to assist the Australian and Singaporean maritime and port sectors in significantly reducing their carbon emissions.
US-based defence technology company Anduril Industries has completed construction of the first example of the Ghost Shark extra large autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) ordered by the Australian Department of Defence (DOD).
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