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Western Japan LNG bunkering joint venture to start operations in 2024

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MOL completes first sea trial of large ferry fueled with renewable diesel

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Keel laid for new Russian Project MPSV06M rescue vessel

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Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – March 30, 2022

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NZ’s New Plymouth District completes beach protection works

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Pontoon workboat delivered to Bahrain Defence Force

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Keel laid for new tug for Spanish sea rescue agency

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PIL orders four LNG dual-fuel boxships from Chinese yard

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Berth construction planned for Manila International Container Terminal

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Attack submarine Oregon delivered to US Navy

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Philippines’ Cokaliong Shipping puts new ferry into service

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Construction starts on Edison Chouest Offshore’s newest windfarm SOV

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Firefighting boat handed over to King County, Washington

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Dublin charter boat company takes delivery of 12m landing craft

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Port of Brisbane provides updates on flood response efforts

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Vietnamese tour boat capsizing leaves 13 dead; four others missing

Thirteen people were killed after a tour boat capsized off the coast of central Vietnam on Saturday, February 26. The unidentified vessel had 39 passengers and crew on bo .. The post Vietnamese tour boat capsizing leaves 13 dead four others missing appeared first on ....

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First steel cut for 7,000CEU car carrier for SFL

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Chinese-built electric tour boat hits the water

Tongfang Jiangxin Shipbuilding of China has floated out a new sightseeing boat ordered by local operator the Wuhan Lee Kee Ferry Group. Named Lee Kee 01, the CCS classed .. The post Chinese built electric tour boat hits the water appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

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Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for January/February 2022

WORK BOAT WORLD: Retired Philippine Navy Vice Admiral Eduardo Ma. R. Santos has been designated as the new Maritime Goodwill Ambassador of the Philippines in the Internat .. The post Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for January/February 2022 appeared first on Bair....

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US Navy decommissions patrol craft Firebolt

The US Navy decommissioned one of its ten remaining Cyclone class coastal patrol craft in a ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain on Wednesday, February 23. The near .. The post US Navy decommissions patrol craft Firebolt appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

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Construction starts on new Spirit of Tasmania ferry

Rauma Marine Constructions RMC of Finland recently held a steel cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of a new Ro Pax ferry ordered by Australian operator .. The post Construction starts on new Spirit of Tasmania ferry appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-10h-22m ago

Philippine builder launches 18m ringnetter pair

Philippine shipbuilder Josefa Slipways floated out two new steel hulled ringnet fishing vessels in a ceremony in Sual, Pangasinan province, on Monday, February 28. The 18 .. The post Philippine builder launches 18m ringnetter pair appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

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AWARDS 2021 | Best Gangway Supplier – SMST

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AWARDS 2021 | Best Davit Supplier – Vestdavit

Best Davit Supplier – Vestdavit Bergen, Norway based Vestdavit has been designing and manufacturing safe, easy, low maintenance, and reliable davits for launching and r .. The post AWARDS 2021 | Best Davit Supplier – Vestdavit appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-12h-27m ago

COLUMN | Oil and gas prices spike amid war in Ukraine [Offshore Accounts]

Results season is upon us, but the horrible events in Ukraine overshadow everything. Even as the tragedy unfolding there causes human misery and destruction on a scale no .. The post COLUMN | Oil and gas prices spike amid war in Ukraine Offshore Accounts appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-1d-3h-2m ago

Defence firm secures Royal New Zealand Navy fleet support contract

Babcock, through its Babcock Australasia division, has been awarded a further seven and a half year Maritime Fleet Sustainment Service contract by the New Zealand Defence .. The post ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-1d-6h-23m ago

Turkey to limit Russian warship sailings in Dardanelles, Bosphorus through treaty implementation

Turkey amp 8217 s foreign ministry has confirmed that the country amp 8217 s government will implement an international treaty with the aim of potentially limiting the movement .. The post Turkey to limit Russian warship sailings in Dardanelles, Bosphorus through treaty implementatio....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-1d-6h-41m ago

AFMA to supply vessel freezer inspection kits to Pacific Island neighbours

In support of effective Monitoring Control and Surveillance MCS of fisheries resources in the Pacific, 25 freezer inspection kits have been assembled by the Australian .. The post AFMA to supply vessel freezer inspection kits to Pacific Island neighbours appeared first on Baird Mari....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-1d-7h-7m ago

Inverlussa Marine Services orders hybrid support vessels from Dutch builder

Inverlussa Marine Services of Scotland has placed orders for two 27 by 13 metre aquaculture support vessels. The first vessel will be named Eloise Eslea and will be deli .. The post Inverlussa Marine Services orders hybrid support vessels from Dutch builder ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-1d-10h-7m ago

Rohde Nielsen wraps up beach protection works at Skagen, Denmark

Rohde Nielsen recently completed a beach nourishment project as part of a coastal protection campaign on the east coast of Skagen, Denmark. The company amp 8217 s hopper dre .. The post Rohde Nielsen wraps up beach protection works at Skagen, Denmark appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-1d-10h-11m ago

Ports of Stockholm reports high passenger numbers, increased freight volumes in 2021 despite Covid-19

Ports of Stockholm has reported that during 2021, its passenger and freight volumes remained at high levels even amidst the Covid 19 pandemic. Ro Ro freight segment traff .. The post Ports of Stockholm reports high passenger numbers, increased freight volumes ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-1d-10h-17m ago

Future US Navy oiler to honour civil rights activist Thurgood Marshall

US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has confirmed that a future US Navy replenishment oiler will be named USNS Thurgood Marshall after a former US Supreme Court Just .. The post Future US Navy oiler to honour civil rights activist Thurgood Marshall appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-1d-10h-22m ago

Nine rescued from burning drilling rig near Sabine Pass, Texas

US Coast Guard personnel rescued nine people from a rig on fire near Sabine Pass, Texas, on Thursday, February 24. Coast Guard Sector Houston Galveston watchstanders rece .. The post Nine rescued from burning drilling rig near Sabine Pass, Texas appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-1d-10h-27m ago

AWARDS 2021 | Best Large Wellboat – Harald Martin – Tersan Shipyard

Best Large Wellboat – Harald Martin – Tersan Shipyard Turkey amp 8217 s Tersan Shipyards is carving out a lucrative and important niche for itself in the international m .. The post AWARDS 2021 | Best Large Wellboat – Harald Martin – Tersan Shipyard appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-3d-20h-50m ago

OPINION | China’s grey zone tactics amount to far more than just laser games

Just after lunchtime on February 17, China for the first time undertook grey zone actions in the seas close to Australia. There have been many earlier cyber intrusions ta .. The post OPINION | China’s grey zone tactics amount to far more than just laser games appeared first on Baird Maritime.....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-3h-11m ago

Turkish authorities claim cargo ship hit by bomb off Odessa Port, Ukraine

Turkish maritime authorities have claimed that a Turkish owned vessel was struck by a bomb shortly after it left the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa on Thursday, Febru .. The post Turkish authorities claim cargo ship hit by bomb off Odessa Port, Ukraine appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-3h-14m ago

Interceptor RIBs delivered to Lebanese Army

UAE builder Asis Boats has delivered four rigid inflatable boats RIBs in a series to the Lebanese Army for use by its Marine Commando Regiment. The 11 metre interceptor .. The post Interceptor RIBs delivered to Lebanese Army appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-3h-48m ago

CMA CGM suspends vessel calls to Ukraine

The CMA CGM Group has said it has been closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine and the Black Sea region and has decided to suspend all vessel calls to the country unt .. The post CMA CGM suspends vessel calls to Ukraine appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-7h-15m ago

US Coast Guard’s 46th Sentinel-class cutter commissioned into service

The US Coast Guard formally welcomed its 46th Sentinel class fast response cutter FRC into service in a ceremony at the Port of Tampa on Wednesday, February 23. Built b .. The post US Coast Guard amp 8217 s 46th Sentinel class cutter commissioned into service appeared first on Baird Mar....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-9h-47m ago

US Maritime Administration earmarks US$450 million grant funding for port improvements

The US Department of Transportation amp 8217 s Maritime Administration MARAD has confirmed that availability of nearly US$450 million in newly available grant funding for .. The post US Maritime Administration earmarks US$450 million grant funding for port improvements appeared first on B....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-9h-52m ago

Croatian yard starts building wind-powered cruise ship

Croatian shipyard Brodosplit has begun construction on a new three masted cruise sailship. Once completed, the vessel will be 63.5 metres long and 10 metres wide, with a .. The post Croatian yard starts building wind powered cruise ship appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-9h-57m ago

Jamaica’s Ocean Group welcomes ASD tug to Kingston Port fleet

Jamaican operator the Ocean Group has taken delivery of a new ASD tug from Turkish builder Med Marine. The Robert Allan Ltd designed Ocean Blue Mahoe will be used for shi .. The post Jamaica amp 8217 s Ocean Group welcomes ASD tug to Kingston Port fleet appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-10h-2m ago

Ocean Infinity awards contract for six 85m robotic vessels

Fincantieri, through subsidiary Vard, has secured a contract to design and build six marine robotic vessels for research and survey company Ocean Infinity. The 85 metre v .. The post Ocean Infinity awards contract for six 85m robotic vessels appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-10h-6m ago

Autonomous electric vessel to be trialled in Kiel, Germany

An electric powered autonomous vessel will undergo a series of trials in the German city of Kiel as part of an initiative aimed at introducing an integrated inner city mo .. The post Autonomous electric vessel to be trialled in Kiel, Germany appeared first on Baird Marit....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-9mo-3w-4d-10h-12m ago

Baffin Fisheries subsidiary orders Turkish-built 80m stern trawler

Niqitaq Fisheries, a fully owned subsidiary of Canada amp 8217 s Baffin Fisheries Company, has placed an order for a new stern trawler to be built by Tersan Shipyard of Turk .. The post Baffin Fisheries subsidiary orders Turkish built 80m stern trawler appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-9h-32m ago

Plan progresses for RAN’s Darwin maintenance centre

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed the release of a tender for an industry partner to head a new Royal Australian Navy RAN regional maintenance centre in Darwi .. The post Plan progresses for RAN amp 8217 s Darwin maintenance centre appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-9h-42m ago

Eastland Port’s Wharf 7 rebuild ready to get underway

After years in the planning, work will begin soon on one of the most significant parts of Eastland Port amp 8217 s Twin Berth project. Eastland Port is located in Gisborne, .. The post Eastland Port amp 8217 s Wharf 7 rebuild ready to get underway appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-9h-52m ago

Propulsion-related defects found in three South Korean submarines

South Korean Navy officials have confirmed the discovery of a number of defects that will place three of the service amp 8217 s diesel electric submarines out of action for .. The post Propulsion related defects found in three South Korean submarines appeared first on Baird M....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-10h-6m ago

Intership wellboat floated out in Spain

Spanish builder Zamakona Yards has floated out a new wellboat ordered by Norway amp 8217 s Intership. Inter Atlantic is the first of two wellboats that Zamakona is building .. The post Intership wellboat floated out in Spain appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-10h-11m ago

Japanese partners to collaborate on development of offshore wind construction vessels

Japanese companies Mitsui OSK Lines MOL and Toyo Construction have entered into a memorandum of understanding MOU on evaluating potential collaboration in offshore wi .. The post Japanese partners to collaborate on development of offshore wind constru....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-10h-17m ago

Philippine Coast Guard’s largest vessel sails on delivery voyage

The Philippine Coast Guard amp 8217 s PCG newest multi role response vessel MRRV has departed Japan and is now sailing for home waters. The future BRP Teresa Magbanua le .. The post Philippine Coast Guard amp 8217 s largest vessel sails on delivery voyage appeared first on Baird Maritime.....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-10h-22m ago

AWARDS 2021 | Best Whale Watcher – Te Ao Marama – Teknicraft Design

Best Whale Watcher – Te Ao Marama – Teknicraft Design Baird Maritime has seemingly and for years featured impressive examples of Teknicraft’s art and science. The f .. The post AWARDS 2021 | Best Whale Watcher – Te Ao Marama – Teknicraft Design appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-11h-48m ago

COLUMN | Yinson gets big in Brazil, while competitors bleed, and POSH quits Taiwan [Offshore Accounts]

Asian companies have taken a battering in the offshore industry downturn. Singapore’s Ezion and Ezra have gone into liquidation, Malaysian OSV builder and owner Nam Che .. The post COLUMN | Yinson gets big in Brazil, while competitors bleed, and POSH quits Taiwan Offshore Accounts appeared first....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-1d-3h-9m ago

CMA CGM to operate Beirut Port container terminal under 10-year concession

CMA Terminals, a fully owned subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, has been chosen to manage, operate, and maintain the Port of Beirut amp 8217 s container terminal for a 10 year .. The post CMA CGM to operate Beirut Port container terminal under 10 year concession appeared first on Baird Maritime.....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-1d-3h-33m ago

CU Lines orders two 2,700TEU newbuildings

China United Lines CU Lines has awarded China State Shipbuilding Corporation CSSC subsidiary Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding a contract for the construction of two cont .. The post CU Lines orders two 2,700TEU newbuildings appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-1d-3h-42m ago

Australian defence officials condemn Chinese naval vessel’s “lasing” of patrol aircraft

The Australian Department of Defence DOD has confirmed that on Thursday, February 17, the crew of a Royal Australian Air Force RAAF P 8A Poseidon maritime patrol airc .. The post Australian defence officials condemn Chinese naval vessel amp 8217 s amp 8220 lasing amp 8221 of patrol aircraft....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-1d-3h-56m ago

Philippine Fisheries Development Authority acquires fish port workboat

The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority PFDA has taken delivery of a new FRP centre console workboat from local builder BangkaPro. The newbuild has an LOA of 5.8 .. The post Philippine Fisheries Development Authority acquires fish port workboat appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-1d-4h-43m ago

New 450-pax tour boat delivered to Xiamen operator

Chinese operator the Xiamen Bo Saidong Tourism Group recently took delivery of a new sightseeing vessel. The CCS classed Bo Sai Dong 66 amp 8220 Bo Sai East 66 amp 8221 was .. The post New 450 pax tour boat delivered to Xiamen operator appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-1d-9h-52m ago

Russian Navy frigate Neutrashimy begins acceptance trials following refit

United Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s USC Yantar Baltic Shipbuilding Plant has completed modernisation work on the Russian Navy amp 8217 s Project 11540 frigate Neutrash .. The post Russian Navy frigate Neutrashimy begins acceptance trials following refit appeared first on Ba....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-1d-10h-1m ago

Portsmouth International Port unveils 20-year expansion plan

Portsmouth International Port in the UK recently unveiled a master plan covering expansion projects that will be initiated and completed over a 20 year period. The projec .. The post Portsmouth International Port unveils 20 year expansion plan appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-1d-10h-12m ago

MOL orders two locally built LNG-fueled ferries

Mitsui OSK Lines MOL and subsidiary MOL Ferry have placed orders for two LNG fueled Ro Pax ferries in a series to be built by local shipyard Naikai Zosen Corporation. T .. The post MOL orders two locally built LNG fueled ferries appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-1d-10h-21m ago

12 missing after fire hits underway ferry off Corfu, Greece

Greek authorities have confirmed that 12 people have gone missing after a Ro Pax ferry caught fire while underway near Corfu island on Friday, February 18. The Hellenic C .. The post 12 missing after fire hits underway ferry off Corfu, Greece appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-2d-3h-1m ago

OPINION | Frigate deployment shows Germany’s intent in the Indo-Pacific

The German Navy frigate Bayern is making its way home after its six month deployment to the Indo Pacific. Earlier this week, the Brandenburg class ship made its last refu .. The post OPINION | Frigate deployment shows Germany’s intent in the Indo Pacific appeared first on Baird Maritime.....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-3h-18m ago

Car carrier abandoned after catching fire off Azores

A Japanese owned pure car and truck carrier PCTC was abandoned by its crew in the mid Atlantic Ocean off Portugal amp 8217 s Azores region after a fire ignited on board on .. The post Car carrier abandoned after catching fire off Azores appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-3h-30m ago

The ongoing Ukraine crisis – naval aspects

The major build up of Russian land forces around Ukraine has received a great deal of media attention, but the accompanying accumulation of warships of the Russian Federa .. The post The ongoing Ukraine crisis – naval aspects appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-6h-25m ago

Wilhelmsen acquires stake in Reach Subsea

Norwegian shipping company Wilhelmsen has acquired a 21 per cent stake in local marine services provider Reach Subsea. Together, Wilhelmsen and Reach will form a strategi .. The post Wilhelmsen acquires stake in Reach Subsea appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-6h-39m ago

Hybrid crane vessel delivered to Amsterdam’s Waternet

Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has delivered a new crane vessel to Waternet Amsterdam, the organisation responsible for delivering fresh water and associated management serv .. The post Hybrid crane vessel delivered to Amsterdam amp 8217 s Waternet appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-6h-50m ago

PIL launches new China-Australia service

Pacific International Lines PIL will introduce a new weekly express service connecting China and Australia. The new service, known as the Sino Australia Express SAE , .. The post PIL launches new China Australia service appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-9h-32m ago

GEAR | New electric outboard promises improved performance, easier transportability

Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation, will soon unveil a new range of electric outboard motors optimised for small, amp 8220 launch anywhere amp 8221 boats. Me .. The post GEAR | New electric outboard promises improved performance, easier transportability appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-9h-42m ago

Kotug to deploy electric pusher tug for transport of cocoa

Kotug will deploy the first in a new series of electric pusher tugs to handle barges transporting imported cocoa beans between the Port of Amsterdam and Cargill amp 8217 s c .. The post Kotug to deploy electric pusher tug for transport of cocoa appeared first on Baird Maritime.....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-9h-51m ago

New two-ship jetty completed at Abu Dhabi’s Sir Bani Yas Cruise Beach

Abu Dhabi port operator the AD Ports Group has completed construction of a new cruise jetty at Sir Bani Yas Cruise Beach. The new jetty features eight mooring dolphins, f .. The post New two ship jetty completed at Abu Dhabi amp 8217 s Sir Bani Yas Cruise Beach appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-10h-2m ago

New AMSA marine notice reiterates need for safe pilot transfer arrangements

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority AMSA recently issued a marine notice reminding shipowners, operators, masters, crews, recognised organisations, marine pilots a .. The post New AMSA marine notice reiterates need for safe pilot transfer arrangements appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-4d-10h-12m ago

COLUMN | Responsibility to carry [Grey Power]

If you refuse to carry cargo that you disapprove of, are you being responsible and ethical, or, in the words of the old saying, cutting off your nose to spite your face .. The post COLUMN | Responsibility to carry Grey Power appeared first on Baird Maritime....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-3h-1m ago

Tug captains’ planned strikes to “grind ports to a halt,” towage provider claims

Towage company Svitzer Australia is working towards preventing a planned series of strikes by tug captains from taking place in some of the country amp 8217 s major ports. T .. The post Tug captains amp 8217 planned strikes to amp 8220 grind ports to a halt, amp 8221 towage provider claims ap....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-3h-27m ago

TT-Line to relocate to Geelong ferry terminal in spring 2022

TT Line Company has confirmed that it will relocate from Station Pier, Port Melbourne, to Corio Quay, Geelong, where its new state of the art, multi purpose terminal will .. The post TT Line to relocate to Geelong ferry terminal in spring 2022 appeared first on Baird Maritime....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-4h-40m ago

New ambulance boat to serve Norway’s Austevoll Municipality

Finnish builder Kewatec Aluboat has delivered a new catamaran ambulance boat to Austevoll Municipality in Western Norway. Austevolljenta amp 8220 Austevoll Girl amp 8221 ha .. The post New ambulance boat to serve Norway amp 8217 s Austevoll Municipality appeared first on Baird Maritime....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-5h ago

Fire hits Perenco platform offshore Congo-Brazzaville

Oil and gas company Perenco has confirmed that a fire incident occurred on one of its platforms in the waters off Congo Brazzaville on Tuesday, February 15. The company s .. The post Fire hits Perenco platform offshore Congo Brazzaville appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-6h-21m ago

Sapura Energy subsidiaries served with winding-up petitions

The board of directors of Malaysia amp 8217 s Sapura Energy said in a statement earlier this week that a number of wholly owned subsidiaries of the company have been served .. The post Sapura Energy subsidiaries served with winding up petitions appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-6h-43m ago

Dutch yard launches Jan De Nul’s newest water injection dredger

Dutch shipbuilder Neptune Marine has launched a new water injection dredger ordered by the Jan De Nul Group. Pancho utilises an existing Neptune Marine workboat design wh .. The post Dutch yard launches Jan De Nul amp 8217 s newest water injection dredger appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-9h-51m ago

New jackup barge to support maintenance of Royal Navy ships

Netherlands based Ravestein recently delivered a new self elevating maintenance barge to the Royal Navy amp 8217 s base in Portsmouth. Named Typhoon 3000, the specialist ves .. The post New jackup barge to support maintenance of Royal Navy ships appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-10h-1m ago

Brittany operator orders cargo sailship with 350-tonne capacity

Brittany based cargo transport operator Grain de Sail has awarded Piriou a contract for the construction of a new cargo sailship with a total hold capacity of 350 tonnes. .. The post Brittany operator orders cargo sailship with 350 tonne capacity appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-10h-12m ago

BC’s Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation puts new SAR landing craft into service

The Kitasoo Xai amp 8217 xais First Nation of British Columbia recently placed a new search and rescue SAR capable landing craft into service in the waters around the Grea .. The post BC amp 8217 s Kitasoo Xai amp 8....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-10h-21m ago

Former metallurgist gets 30-month prison sentence for falsifying results of steel testing on parts for US Navy submarines

The former Director of Metallurgy at US based defence contractor Bradken has been sentenced in US District Court in Tacoma to 30 months in prison, and made to pay a US$50 .. The post Former metallurgist gets 30 month prison sentence for falsifying results o....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-10h-27m ago

AWARDS 2021 | Best Shrimper – Federico C – Astillero Federico Contessi y Cia

Best Shrimper – Federico C – Astillero Federico Contessi y Cia Traditional looking, perhaps, but with a very modern hull shape and the best of equipment and finishes, .. The post AWARDS 2021 | Best Shrimper – Federico C – Astillero Federico Contessi y Cia appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-14h-40m ago

AWARDS 2021 | Best Scallop Boat – Lady Comeau III – Allswater Marine

Best Scallop Boat – Lady Comeau III – Allswater Marine For the design of this fourth vessel for his high quality fleet, this experienced Nova Scotian owner went to co .. The post AWARDS 2021 | Best Scallop Boat – Lady Comeau III – Allswater Marine appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-5d-14h-58m ago

Mumbai shipyard faces allegations of US$3 billion bank fraud

India amp 8217 s Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has launched a probe into incidences of fraud that were allegedly committed by a local private shipbuilder between 200 .. The post Mumbai shipyard faces allegations of US$3 billion bank fraud appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-6d-3h-59m ago

Plimsoll Marine takes delivery of fourth pusher tug in series

New Orleans based Plimsoll Marine, a subsidiary of the Cooper Group of Companies, has taken delivery of the fourth vessel in a series of pusher tugs built by local shipya .. The post Plimsoll Marine takes delivery of fourth pusher tug in series appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-6d-4h-46m ago

GEAR | New Norwegian-built suspension seat range boasts fatigue-reducing features

Norwegian manufacturer Norsap recently unveiled a new boat seat that the company claims reduces the risk for injury and fatigue when executing operations in harsh and hos .. The post GEAR | New Norwegian built suspension seat range boasts fatigue reducing features appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-6d-5h-9m ago

US Navy christens LDUUV prototype

The US Navy recently conducted a vehicle christening for the service amp 8217 s first Snakehead Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle LDUUV . The UUV is designed to .. The post US Navy christens LDUUV prototype appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-6d-9h-52m ago

MAIB releases report on capsizing of trawler Diamond D

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch MAIB recently released a marine accident investigation report on the flooding, capsizing, and sinking of the prawn trawler D .. The post MAIB releases report on capsizing of trawler Diamond D appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-6d-10h-2m ago

Centerline Logistics joins LNG bunker barge design project

Seattle based petroleum transport company Centerline Logistics has signed a letter of intent LOI with engineering firm Vard Marine on the development of a 6,000 cubic m .. The post Centerline Logistics joins LNG bunker barge design project appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-6d-10h-12m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – February 16, 2022

Installation/decommissioning and maintenance vessel operators are the main focus of this latest roundup of newly awarded charter contracts. Upcoming deployments will be i .. The post Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – February 16, 2022 appeared first on ....

Baird Maritime Published 2y-10mo-6d-10h-22m ago

Search teams find suspected debris from Indonesian submarine Nanggala

Indonesian search and recovery teams have found debris believed to have originated from the submarine KRI Nanggala, which disappeared in the Bali Strait on Wednesday, Apr ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-3w-5d-22h-2m ago

VESSEL REVIEW | Siabo – First of three new pilot boats for PNG Ports Corporation

Australian boatbuilder Norman R. Wright and Sons has delivered a new pilot boat to Papua New Guinea port operator PNG Ports Corporation. Siabo is the first in a series of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-1h-42m ago

OPINION | US naval intrusion exposes India’s political weakness

In a move that has deeply embarrassed the Indian government, a guided missile destroyer from the US 7th Fleet transgressed into India’s exclusive economic zone on April ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-1h-46m ago

RAN ships to join search for missing Indonesian submarine

The Australian Department of Defence DOD has said that the Indonesian government has accepted Australia amp 8217 s offer to help search for the missing submarine KRI Nang ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-2h-31m ago

BOOK REVIEW | Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15

This is an excellent example of a, fortunately, fast growing publishing genre. That is the very personalised but accurate histories of World War II that have, so to speak ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-4h-23m ago

Maryland Pilots takes delivery of fourth boat in series

The Association of Maryland Pilots recently took delivery of a new pilot boat from Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding. The Ray Hunt designed newbuild is the fourth in a series t ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-4h-53m ago

MBARI’s future research ship to perform ocean expeditions

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MBARI has confirmed that construction will soon begin on its newest ocean going research ship. The vessel will be named Dav ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-6h-28m ago

Peel Ports successfully completes first trial of autonomous survey vessel

Peel Ports has taken delivery of an autonomous unmanned survey vessel, which recently completed its first successful trial at Crosby Marine Lake, North of Liverpool. Name ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-6h-58m ago

Construction completed on new catamaran tour boat for Alaska operator

Construction has been completed on a new aluminium catamaran vessel ordered by Major Marine Tours of Seward, Alaska. Designed by Teknicraft of New Zealand, the hydrofoil ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-7h-26m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – April 23, 2021

The latest string of recently awarded and completed offshore projects covers a broad range of work types including installation, decommissioning, and subsea surveys. Alth ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-7h-59m ago

Spain’s first S-80-class submarine launched

Spanish shipyard Navantia held a launching ceremony for the first unit in a new class of four diesel electric submarines on Thursday, April 22. The S 80 class submarine w ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-8h-38m ago

Survivor recounts events leading to Philippine cargo ship grounding

The Philippine Coast Guard has disclosed details of the events that led to a vessel grounding incident in Surigao del Norte province earlier this week. This development c ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-7mo-4w-1d-20h-26m ago

VESSEL REVIEW | Al Dairah – P&O Maritime Logistics adds Australian-built boat to Dubai pilotage fleet

P amp 38 O Maritime Logistics, the port and marine services subsidiary of UAE based global port operator DP World, has taken delivery of a new all FRP pilot boat for operati ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1h-41m ago

FEATURE | Oil spill cleanup vessel finds new life as pilot station boat for Staten Island

A unique vessel conversion project is presently in its final stages at Feeney Shipyard in upper New York State. The object of the conversion is the former Maine Responder ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1h-47m ago

Canadian shipping company pleads guilty in US court for 2017 wastewater discharges

Canadian shipping company Algoma Central Corporation has been fined US$500,000 after pleading guilty in the US Court for the Western District of New York to dumping waste ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2h-2m ago

DEME to form offshore wind JV with Japan’s Penta Ocean

DEME Offshore and Japanese contractor Penta Ocean Construction have agreed to establish a joint venture that will focus on the construction of offshore wind farms in Japa ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2h-39m ago

Ireland’s first catamaran windfarm service vessel floated out

Singapore shipyard Penguin International has launched the first catamaran windfarm service vessel that will operate under the Irish flag. Built to a BV classed Incat Crow ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2h-48m ago

Hagland Shipping orders zero-emission bulker pair

Norwegian operator Hagland Shipping has entered into a contract with Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes for the construction of two self discharging bulk carriers of 5,000 DWT ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2h-59m ago

Port of Weipa to undergo maintenance dredging

North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation NQBP will soon begin maintenance dredging at the Port of Weipa. The trailing suction hopper dredger Brisbane will be used for th ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3h-14m ago

US Navy commissions littoral combat ship Oakland

The US Navy commissioned the Independence class littoral combat ship LCS USS Oakland in a ceremony on Saturday, April 17. Oakland will be homeported in San Diego with 1 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3h-32m ago

Construction begins on new diesel-electric pushboats for Hidrodivias do Brasil

Brazilian shipyard Belov Engenharia has begun construction on a new fleet of diesel electric pushboats for logistics operator Hidrovias do Brasil. The Robert Allan Ltd R ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3h-47m ago

Indonesian submarine goes missing during training exercise in Bali Strait

Indonesian authorities have confirmed that one of the country amp 8217 s submarines has disappeared while participating in a training exercise in the waters between Java and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-5h-14m ago

GEAR | Volvo Penta IPS selected for China, Norway, US pilot boats

Volvo Penta amp 8217 s Inboard Performance System IPS has been installed on three different pilot boats currently in operation in China, Norway, and the United States. Alt ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-19h-50m ago

VESSEL REVIEW | Serac – Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park takes delivery of catamaran workhorse

A new semi displacement catamaran pilot and escort boat was recently handed over to the US National Park Service NPS for use in the Glacier Bay National Park and Preser ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-1h-42m ago

Crowley tug begins biofuel trials

Crowley Shipping and Shell Trading US Company STUSCO recently initiated use of low carbon biofuel to power the Crowley tug Veteran, a ship assist and escort tug servi ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-2h-11m ago

MMA, Worley ink MOU to explore Asia Pacific offshore wind prospects

Australian companies MMA Offshore and Worley have entered into a memorandum of understanding MOU to jointly provide integrated services to the offshore wind market in T ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-2h-21m ago

Ocean Infinity, Gregg Drilling form geotechnical services JV

Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity and geotechnical drilling firm Gregg Drilling, a subsidiary of Sealaska, have formed a joint venture with the aim of providing geot ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-2h-28m ago

Repairs underway on damaged French submarine Perle

Repairs are ongoing on the French Navy nuclear powered submarine Perle, which was damaged by an onboard fire while undergoing an overhaul at Toulon on June 12, 2020. Fren ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-2h-37m ago

Ghana’s Alpha Nautical Services adds crewboat to fleet

Ghana based Alpha Nautical Services recently took delivery of a 26 metre fast crewboat. The vessel, which has been named Manye, was originally built by Damen Shipyards Gr ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-2h-58m ago

New fast ferry for Zhejiang province completes sea trials

China amp 8217 s Jianglong Shipbuilding has completed conducting sea trials of a new high speed catamaran ferry ordered by local operator Zhoushan Putuo Huandao Passenger Tr ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-3h-7m ago

Philippine Coast Guard, partners find missing crew of grounded cargo vessel

The Philippine Coast Guard, the Philippine National Police Maritime Group, and other local partners have rescued seven of the 20 crewmen who were initially reported missi ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-3h-24m ago

Future RoCN amphibious ship floated out

Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corporation has floated out a new 153 metre landing platform dock LPD slated for the Republic of China Navy RoCN . The future RoCS Yushan wi ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-4h-29m ago

Harbour workboat delivered to Hempstead, New York

The town of Hempstead in New York recently took delivery of a new multi purpose harbour workboat from Safe Boats International of Bremerton, Washington. Built by Safe Boa ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1d-5h ago

Chinese yard launches first of three LNG battery hybrid PCTCs for UECC

The first of three LNG battery hybrid pure car and truck carriers PCTCs commissioned by United European Car Carriers UECC was recently launched in a ceremony at Jiang ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-1h-26m ago

VESSEL REVIEW | Spindletop – Largest US-built all-aluminium pilot boat will serve three Texas ports

Breaux amp 8217 s Bay Craft of Loreauville, Louisiana recently handed over a new custom built, all aluminium pilot boat to the Sabine Pilots Service of Port Arthur, Texas. S ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-1h-41m ago

VESSEL REVIEW | P XVII – Durable, all-weather GRP craft for Dunkirk Marine Pilotage Station

Sibiril Technologies, a boat builder based in Carantec in Brittany, recently handed over a new pilot boat to the Dunkirk Marine Pilotage Station Pilotage maritime de Dun ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-1h-47m ago

Danish design firm unveils new gas bunkering ship series

Danish naval architects Knud E. Hansen has launched a new series of liquefied gas bunkering tankers. The flagship design of the project is a 126.5 by 20.5 metre vessel w ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-2h-2m ago

Four Flex LNG ships awarded long-term charters with Cheniere

Flex LNG has entered into time charterparty agreements with UK based Cheniere Marketing International for four LNG carriers with the option for a fifth LNG carrier. Under ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-2h-14m ago

GEAR | UK builder orders remote engine monitoring systems for nine new pilot boats

Norfolk based Goodchild Marine Services has placed an order for nine asset tracking and management systems from local technology company Applied Satellite Technology AST ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-2h-36m ago

No sign of crew of grounded cargo ship in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

The Philippine Coast Guard is currently monitoring a maritime incident wherein a cargo vessel ran aground in Surigao del Norte province on Monday, April 19. Eyewitnesses ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-2h-57m ago

Future US-flagged electric tug to feature autonomous technology

Crowley Engineering Services has completed the design of the first US flagged fully electric tug to be equipped with autonomous technology. Designed jointly by Crowley an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-3h-17m ago

TT-Line inks ferry newbuilding contract with Finnish yard

Tasmanian operator TT Line Company has entered into an agreement with Finland amp 8217 s Rauma Marine Constructions RMC for the construction of two car and passenger ferri ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-3h-55m ago

Bollinger acquires Gulf Island Fabrication’s shipyard facilities

Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana, has acquired Gulf Island Fabrication amp 8217 s shipyard facilities in nearby Houma. Bollinger said the acquisition expands its o ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-4h-10m ago

Dutch-designed CO2 tug-barge combination gets BV approval in principle

Netherlands based Carbon Collectors has received an approval in principle AIP from classification society Bureau Veritas BV for a CO2 tug barge combination and its as ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-4h-36m ago

Corps van Vletterlieden adds workboat to IJmuiden port fleet

Dutch marine services provider Corps van Vletterlieden has taken delivery of a multi purpose workboat for operation in the Port of IJmuiden. Originally built by Damen Shi ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-5h-1m ago

Eastern IFCA orders patrol boat from Norfolk builder

Goodchild Marine Services of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk has been awarded a contract to build a new research and patrol boat for use by the Eastern Inshore Fisheries Conserva ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-5h-12m ago

Spain’s Naviera Armas to get second 111-metre fast ferry

Spanish ferry operator Naviera Armas has confirmed that it will add a new Ro Pax vessel in its fleet in time for commencement of regular sailings in July this year. Built ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-5h-42m ago

MAIB report on trawler sinking off Scotland highlights importance of flooding preparedness

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch MAIB recently released its accident investigation report into the sinking of a commercial fishing vessel off the Scottish co ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-6h-59m ago

Viking takes delivery of seventh cruise ship in series

Viking Cruises took delivery of a new ocean going cruise ship from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri on Thursday, April 15. Like its six earlier sisters in the same series, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2d-10h-21m ago

VESSEL REVIEW | Svitzer Oued Martil – Versatile, well-equipped newbuild for Svitzer’s Tangier operations

Irish builder Safehaven Marine recently handed over a new pilot boat to Svitzer for its operations at the Port of Tanger Med on the Strait of Gibraltar east of Tangier, M ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-1h-41m ago

COLUMN | DEME starts subsea mining test in Pacific Ocean, China watches closely [Offshore Accounts]

Two weeks ago we covered the deepsea mining sector here and focused on the efforts of DeepGreen to obtain a New York stock exchange listing through a merger. We noted t ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-1h-47m ago

Pertamina International takes delivery of Japanese-built VLCC

Indonesia amp 8217 s Pertamina International Shipping recently took delivery of a new very large crude carrier VLCC from Yokohama based Japan Marine United JMU . Named Pe ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-4h-6m ago

Singapore’s Pacific International Lines refutes bankruptcy rumours

Pacific International Lines PIL has stated that recently circulating rumours about the company amp 8217 s potential bankruptcy are totally false and that the information a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-4h-18m ago

De Poli tanker crew released following one month in captivity

Netherlands based De Poli Tankers has confirmed via social media that all 15 seafarers who were abducted by pirates from its vessel Davide B in the Gulf of Guinea on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-4h-36m ago

Bodies of three more Seacor Power crew recovered

The US Coast Guard and partner agencies have recovered the bodies of three more crewmembers from the liftboat Seacor Power, which capsized in the Gulf of Mexico off Port ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-4h-49m ago

Containership crewman sentenced for conspiracy to smuggle US$1 billion worth of cocaine into US

The US Attorney amp 8217 s Office has said that a Montenegrin national was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison, and two years of supervised release by a United ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-5h-11m ago

US Navy LCS Freedom returns from final deployment

The US Navy littoral combat ship LCS USS Freedom has returned to San Diego, completing its final operational deployment. The ship was deployed to support Joint ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-5h-30m ago

Newbuild pilot boat is Singapore’s first hybrid-powered vessel

Singapore shipbuilder Penguin International has completed construction of a new aluminium vessel for use by its own pilotage fleet. The BV classed Penguin Tenaga will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-6h-9m ago

US Coast Guard decommissions patrol boat Shearwater

The US Coast Guard decommissioned the patrol boat Shearwater during a ceremony at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, New Jersey, on Thursday, April 15. Shearwater was ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-6h-26m ago

Blast kills one on berthed vessel in Zamboanga City, Philippines

One person was killed and two others have gone missing following an explosion on a vessel berthed in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines on Friday, April 16. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-7h-30m ago

Finnish transport ministry lobbies for reforms to pilotage act

Finland amp 8217 s Ministry of Transport and Communications has launched a project to reform the country amp 8217 s Pilotage Act. After collecting operators amp 8217 feedback, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-7h-31m ago

Welcome to Pilotage Week!

It is exciting to see another Pilotage Week come around. Pilotage is a sector where new and interesting designs keep arising along with continual refinement of existing ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3d-7h-33m ago

Three fishermen dead, nine others missing following collision in Laccadive Sea off India

Three Indian fishermen were killed while nine of their companions have gone missing after their boat capsized and sank following a collision with a commercial vessel in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-2h-8m ago

ICS launches new guidance on maritime security

To assist the global shipping community in preparing for threats such as piracy, kidnapping, and terrorism on the high seas, the International Chamber of Shipping ICS ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-2h-34m ago

BOOK REVIEW | On Her Majesty’s Nuclear Service

This fine book was reviewed here as a hardback last year. It has now been re published in more affordable and transportable paperback format. The author retired as a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-2h-47m ago

US Navy decommissions amphibious ship Bonhomme Richard

The US Navy decommissioned the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard in a ceremony in San Diego on Wednesday, April 14. Although built with an expected service ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-6h-36m ago

New Zealand to phase out live exports by sea

The New Zealand Government has stated that the export of livestock by sea will cease following a transition period of up to two years. The transition period will enable ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-7h-38m ago

Wan Hai Lines adds 3,055TEU newbuild to fleet

Wan Hai Lines Singapore has taken delivery of a new 3,055TEU containership from Japan Marine United JMU . Wan Hai 327 can carry containers in a 12 by six arrangement ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-7h-51m ago

Crowley’s newest tug hits the water

Diversified Marine of Portland, Oregon, has floated out a new tug ordered by Crowley Maritime Corporation. Once completed, Crowley Apollo will have two Caterpillar 3516 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-8h-3m ago

Russian design firm launches submersible patrol ship series

Russian naval architects Rubin Central Design Bureau has confirmed that development is underway on a new type of warship that will combine key features of submarines and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-8h-15m ago

Coastguard New Zealand welcomes new rescue boat to Nelson station

Coastguard New Zealand recently took delivery of a new rescue boat for use by its Sealord Marine Rescue Centre in Nelson, South Island. Acquired for a cost of NZ$1.4 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-9h-22m ago

US Navy submarine Providence completes final deployment

The US Navy Los Angeles class nuclear powered attack submarine USS Providence has completed its 16th and final deployment and returned to its homeport at Naval Submarine ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-9h-32m ago

Pandaw Cruises cancels all future sailings in Myanmar

Vietnam based Pandaw Cruises has cancelled all future cruises in Myanmar due to what the company claims is the ongoing unrest in the latter country. In a statement posted ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-9h-42m ago

USACE to dredge California’s Newport Bay Harbor

The US Army Corps of Engineers USACE Los Angeles District will begin dredging the Newport Bay Harbor entrance channel and perform repairs on the harbour amp 8217 s east ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-9h-52m ago

Japanese-built icebreaking bulker delivered to Canada’s Fednav

Japan Marine United JMU has delivered a new bulk carrier to Canadian shipowner Fednav. The DNV classed vessel has been named Arvik I after the translation of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-10h-1m ago

Ever Given impounded in Egypt amid US$916 million claims dispute

Evergreen Marine Corporation has confirmed that the containership Ever Given was arrested by an Egyptian court on Tuesday, April 13. Evergreen said in a statement that, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-10h-11m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – April 16, 2021

Recent awards for offshore vessel charters this past week are focused on the maintenance and supply segment supporting oil and gas activities and encompassing a broad ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-6d-10h-22m ago

India’s first marine biofuel trials successfully concluded

The Indian Register of Shipping IRClass has successfully undertaken sea trials for two vessels operating on a new type of biodiesel fuel. The biodiesel blend used for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2h-18m ago

OPINION | Nuclear submarines could lead to nuclear power for Australia

In Adelaide’s The Advertiser newspaper on March 7, former defence minister Christopher Pyne said, amp 8220 Then there is the nonsensical argument that the Attack Class ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2h-42m ago

Tanzania’s Azam Marine orders Australian-designed catamaran ferry

Australian company Incat Crowther has been awarded a contract to design a new catamaran ferry for Tanzania operator Azam Marine. Kilimanjaro VIII will be the eleventh ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2h-55m ago

Argentine Navy takes delivery of second Gowind-class patrol vessel

The Argentine Navy took delivery of a new Gowind class offshore patrol vessel OPV from French defence company Naval Group on Wednesday, April 14. Commissioned into ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3h-39m ago

Ice-capable freezer trawler delivered to Engenes Fiskeriselskap

Norwegian fishing company Engenes Fiskeriselskap took delivery of a new freezer stern strawler from Spanish shipbuilder Gondán on Friday, April 9. The Kongsberg ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-4h-8m ago

Conversion completed on Norway’s first LNG bunkering vessel

Westcon Yards of Norway has completed conversion work on the country amp 8217 s first LNG bunkering vessel. The vessel, which has been named Bergen LNG, will be operated by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-4h-27m ago

GEAR | WFSA to host life saving devices webinar on April 20

The Worldwide Ferry Safety Association WFSA will host the New and Innovative Life Saving Devices webinar, which will begin at 22:00 UTC on Tuesday, April 20. WFSA ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-4h-43m ago

Saam Towage begins operations in Peru

Saam Towage has officially begun operations in Peru with the deployment of the tug RAM Valkyria out of the Port of Callao 12 kilometres from the capital city Lima. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-7h-41m ago

Singapore builder unveils 27-metre windfarm crewboat

Singapore based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has unveiled a new design of 27 metre catamaran crewboat optimised for windfarm support duties. Each vessel in the series ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-8h-1m ago

Finnish self-propelled icebreaking bow completes full-scale trials

Finland amp 8217 s Aker Arctic has successfully completed full scale ice trials for the self propelled, detachable icebreaking bow Saimaa and pusher tug Calypso. The test ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-8h-12m ago

MPV Everest returns safely to Fremantle after engine room fire

The Dutch flagged, Australian chartered Antarctic resupply ship MPV Everest safely berthed in the Port of Fremantle at 17:30 local time on Tuesday, April 13, following a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-10h-22m ago

Bourbon targeted by cyber attack

French newspaper Le Figaro reports that offshore services provider Bourbon became the target of a cyber attack that greatly affected its company wide computer network ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-23h-52m ago

US Coast Guard, Good Samaritans continue search for 12 missing crew of capsized liftboat off Port Fourchon, Louisiana

The US Coast Guard and multiple Good Samaritan vessels rescued six people and found one unresponsive individual from a commercial vessel that had capsized 12 kilometres ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-19m ago

US Coast Guard, Good Samaritans continue search for missing crew of capsized liftboat off Port Fourchon, Louisiana

The US Coast Guard and multiple Good Samaritan vessels rescued six people from a capsized commercial vessel 12 kilometres south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on Tuesday, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-19m ago

All fires extinguished on burning boxship in Port Klang, Malaysia

Malaysian news outlet BH reports that the nearly week long firefighting effort on the containership Interasia Catalyst was successfully concluded on Tuesday, April 13. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-1h-12m ago

COLUMN | Living on a diet of garbage [Tug Times]

I long ago stopped believing almost anything I read in the press, and the recent blockage of the Suez Canal has spawned another round of questionable reporting. One BBC ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-2h-42m ago

Wisdom Marine takes delivery of Japanese-built Panamax bulker

Taiwan amp 8217 s Wisdom Marine Group recently took delivery of a new bulk carrier from Japan Marine United JMU . The Panamax vessel Sakizaya Unicorn has an LOA of 229 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-2h-51m ago

Belships acquires Ultramax bulker under construction

Norwegian shipowner Belships has entered into a letter of intent for the acquisition of a 61,000DWT Ultramax bulk carrier currently under construction at an undisclosed ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-3h-5m ago

WAFIC seeking members’ urgent input for impact assessment, recovery arrangements following Cyclone Seroja

The Western Australia fishing industry has avoided serious injuries or damage even after Cyclone Seroja swept through the area last weekend, WA Fishing Industry Council ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-3h-13m ago

Taiwan’s Dong Fang Offshore acquires Swire CSOV Pacific Constructor

Dong Fang Offshore DFO , a subsidiary of Taiwan amp 8217 s Hung Hua Construction, has acquired a construction service operation vessel CSOV formerly operated by Swire ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-3h-53m ago

Virginia legislators lobby for additional funding for Norfolk Harbor dredging

A US Congressional delegation led by US Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia has requested that the federal government prioritise the Norfolk Harbor Widening ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-9h-21m ago

New Hong Kong ferry completes initial sea trials

China amp 8217 s Jianglong Shipbuilding has completed conducting the initial sea trials of a new all steel vessel slated for Hong Kong Fortune Ferry Company. Fuqiang ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-9h-32m ago

Lisbon to get 10 new all-electric ferries by 2024

Spanish shipbuilder Gondán has been awarded a contract to build 10 all electric commuter ferries for Transtejo and Soflusa, a public transport company that serves the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-9h-42m ago

Three robbery incidents reported over four-day period in Singapore Strait

Three incidents of armed robbery were reported on board ships while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme TSS in the Singapore Strait, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-9h-51m ago

Maine State Ferry newbuilding floated out

Washburn and Doughty Associates of Boothbay, Maine, launched a new ferry into the water on Friday, April 9. Slated for the Maine State Ferry Service, Capt. Richard G. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-10h-1m ago

South Korean-designed turbine installation vessel secures three AIPs

Classification societies American Bureau of Shipping ABS , DNV, and Lloyd amp 8217 s Register LR have each awarded an approval in principle AIP for a new design of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-10h-11m ago

NTSB report reveals erratic steering led to 2019 collision, diesel spill in Texas’ Sabine Pass

The US National Transportation Safety Board NTSB has found that the erratic steering of a supply vessel led to a collision resulting in more than 22,000 litres of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-1d-10h-22m ago

HMM’s newest containership departs on maiden operational voyage

South Korean shipowner HMM has taken delivery of the first in a series of eight 16,000TEU containerships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries HHI . The Liberian flagged, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-1h-37m ago

World’s first hydrogen-powered cargo vessel set for Paris debut

The European innovation project Flagships will deploy the world amp 8217 s first commercial cargo transport vessel operating on hydrogen, plying the river Seine in Paris. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-1h-49m ago

Scotland’s Organic Sea Harvest takes delivery of fish farm landing craft

Scottish salmon producer Organic Sea Harvest has taken delivery of a new fish farm support landing craft from Damen Shipyards Group. Designed by OSD IMT and built in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-2h-31m ago

COLUMN | Don’t look back [The Boroscope]

A friend of mine, a pilot in Townsville, invited me to join him during an inbound pilotage of a car carrier back in the 1980s. The bridge is forward on car carriers and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-2h-42m ago

Keel laid for LNG-powered Disney Cruise Line ship

German shipyard Meyer Werft laid the keel for the lead vessel of a new series of three cruise ships at its Papenburg facilities on Thursday, April 8. The vessel will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-2h-46m ago

US Transportation Department to grant US$230 million for port infrastructure improvements

The US Department of Transportation amp 8217 s Maritime Administration MARAD is encouraging states and port authorities to apply for US$230 million in discretionary grant ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-2h-55m ago

Tensions building in the South China Sea

Tensions have been escalating in the South China Sea SCS in recent weeks, as Beijing tests the resolve of new US President Joe Biden by ramping up activity in pursuit ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-6h-19m ago

River rehab dredging kicks off in Davao de Oro, Philippines

The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR has commenced rehabilitation dredging of the Naboc River in Davao de Oro province. The goal of the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-7h-20m ago

GEAR | Capital Link’s Decarbonization in Shipping Forum all set for April 14-15

Capital Link amp 8217 s Decarbonization in Shipping Forum will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, April 14 and 15, 2021, from 09:30 to 16:30 British Standard Time BST ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-8h-3m ago

Szczecin and Swinoujscie Seaports Authority orders firefighting tug from local builder

Poland amp 8217 s Remontowa Shipbuilding has won a tender for the construction of a firefighting tug for use by the Szczecin and winouj cie Seaports Authority. The vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-8h-26m ago

Stena Line adds ferry to Baltic Sea service

Stena Line has confirmed that the 2008 built Ro Pax ferry Stena Livia will be deployed on the Nynäshamn Ventspils service beginning in mid April as part of the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-10h-2m ago

Royal Australian Navy commissions fleet oiler Supply

The Royal Australian Navy commissioned its first of two auxiliary oiler replenishment AOR ships in a ceremony on Saturday, April 10. HMAS Supply will be used to carry ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-10h-11m ago

Cruise ships assist in evacuation of Saint Vincent residents displaced by volcanic eruptions

Royal Caribbean Group, through its Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises brands, and Carnival Corporation have sent some of their ships to the island of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-2d-10h-21m ago

New low-emission salmon transporter under development in Norway

Norwegian salmon farming company Cermaq will be the operator of a new fish transport vessel that is currently under development. Designed by local naval architects Hav ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-2h-10m ago

COLUMN | Cadeler stock price soars, Swire sells down to Sohmen-Pao [Offshore Accounts]

Further evidence of the growing speculative bubble in offshore wind came from Cadeler, the wind turbine installation company formerly known as Swire Blue Ocean, which ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-2h-42m ago

Fishermen play crucial role in five-year herring stock survey off Western Scotland

The importance of scientific sampling to assess the composition of fish stocks and their status has been underlined by the results of an international five year study on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-2h-50m ago

Marine Rescue NSW’s newest boat commissioned into service

A new rescue boat recently delivered to Marine Rescue New South Wales was formally welcomed into service in a ceremony on Friday, April 9. Built by Yamba Welding and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-3h-31m ago

UK Marine Management Organisation scheme to provide £6.1 million support for England’s seafood sector

The UK Marine Management Organisation MMO has opened applications for a new grant scheme that will support the fishing and seafood sector in England. The Fisheries and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-4h-11m ago

Scotland’s Targe Towing gets two new line handling boats

Scottish operator Targe Towing recently took delivery of two line handling boats in a series from Turkey amp 8217 s Sanmar Shipyards. The Robert Allan Ltd designed Gannet ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-4h-24m ago

Fire rages for fourth straight day on containership in Port Klang, Malaysia

Malaysian authorities have confirmed that the effort to contain and extinguish a fire that had ignited on board a containership in Port Klang was still ongoing four days ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-5h-9m ago

Container loss reported on vessel off Dutch West Frisian Islands

The crew of a cargo vessel reported that some of their containers had fallen into the sea while they were underway off the West Frisian Islands in the Netherlands on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-6h-29m ago

South Korean tanker, captain released after three months in Iranian custody

Iranian authorities have released a South Korean flagged tanker and its captain from their custody some three months after the vessel was seized for pollution violations ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-6h-54m ago

Operations begin at South Carolina’s Hugh K. Leatherman Container Terminal

South Carolina Ports SC Ports has commenced operations at the recently completed Hugh K. Leatherman Container Terminal along the Cooper River in North Charleston. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-7h-51m ago

DP World Southampton earmarks £40 million for terminal expansion

DP World Southampton has confirmed the investment of £40 million US$54.7 million in a project that seeks to expand the capacity of Britain amp 8217 s second largest ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-3d-8h-6m ago

DFDS to launch new unaccompanied freight service from Sheerness to Calais

DFDS will introduce a new unaccompanied freight service between Sheerness in North Kent and the French port of Calais. The service will start on June 1 and will offer one ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-3h-29m ago

Final Soryu-class submarine enters service with JMSDF

The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force JMSDF recently commissioned a new diesel electric submarine into service. JS Toryu amp 8220 Fighting Dragon amp 8221 is the final ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-3h-39m ago

Algoma takes delivery of bulker Captain Henry Jackman

Canadian shipowner Algoma Central Corporation has taken delivery of a new gearless dry bulk carrier from Jiangsu Yangzi Mitsui Shipbuilding Company in China. Captain ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-3h-55m ago

Scripps research vessel Roger Revelle sails again following mid-life refit

Roger Revelle, a research vessel of Scripps Institution of Oceanography of UC San Diego, has completed undergoing an 18 month mid life upgrade program expected to extend ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-4h-7m ago

Iran claims cargo ship damaged in deliberate attack in Red Sea

An Iranian cargo vessel was the target of a deliberate attack in the Red Sea on Tuesday, April 6, the country amp 8217 s foreign ministry told local media in the days ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-4h-32m ago

Norwegian Cruise Line to resume sailings in July

Norwegian Cruise Line is set to resume operational sailings in July 2021 after a suspension that has lasted over a year, the company confirmed on Tuesday, April 6. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-5h-1m ago

Study reveals over 65 per cent of ships still operating with asbestos

Despite the introduction ten years ago of regulations prohibiting the use of asbestos materials onboard ship, a significant number of existing and newbuild vessels ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-7h-11m ago

One crewman dead, three critically injured from ammonia exposure on LPG tanker off Malaysia

One person has died while another three are in critical condition after they accidentally inhaled ammonia gas caused by a leakage on an LPG tanker anchored in the Strait ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-7h-23m ago

Australia-chartered Antarctic resupply ship suffers engine room fire while underway

A fire ignited in the engine room of an Australian chartered Antarctic resupply vessel as it was sailing on its return voyage on Monday, April 5. The blaze on MPV Everest ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-7h-49m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – April 9, 2021

This week amp 8217 s summary of completed and newly awarded offshore projects turns the focus on offshore wind, highlighting the pace of continuing development in this ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-8h-14m ago

Over 30 dead in Bangladesh ferry disaster

More than 30 people were killed in a collision between a passenger ferry and a cargo vessel in central Bangladesh on Sunday, April 4. The double decker ferry Sabit Al ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-1w-6d-19h-38m ago

OPINION | Beware the bear in the Pacific

In 2007, I was invited by the United Nations to address a regional conference on multilateral cooperation in Pacific Rim ocean governance. The conference was hosted by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2h-41m ago

Malaysia’s MISC adds sixth VLEC to fleet

Malaysian shipping company MISC has taken delivery of its sixth very large ethane carrier VLEC , Seri Elbert, from South Korea amp 8217 s Hyundai Heavy Industries HHI . ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2h-45m ago

Hapag-Lloyd to launch new Asia–East Africa service

Hapag Lloyd will launch a new service that will offer direct weekly sailings between China, South East Asia, Kenya, and Tanzania. The East Africa Service 3 EAS3 will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2h-58m ago

Nueva Pescanova takes delivery of freezer trawler for Mozambique operations

Spanish seafood company Nueva Pescanova Group has taken delivery of a new freezer beam trawler for use in its operations in Mozambique. Classed by Bureau Veritas and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3h-5m ago

Tanker, coal carrier collide off Cavite, Philippines

The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed vessels and personnel in response to a collision incident between two foreign flagged commercial ships in the waters off Cavite ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3h-57m ago

Stolt Tankers to trial new biofuel on transatlantic route

Stolt Tankers has partnered with Amsterdam based GoodFuels to trial the use of a marine biofuel produced from sustainable and certified feedstocks. The trial will take ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-7h-13m ago

SunStone Ships’ second Infinity-class vessel launched; keel laid for fifth

The second Infinity class expedition cruise vessel ordered by US based SunStone Ships has been launched into the water at the Haimen facilities of China Merchants Heavy ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-8h-5m ago

Keel laid for future US Navy destroyer Harvey C. Barnum, Jr.

The keel of the future US Navy destroyer Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. was ceremoniously laid at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works amp 8217 BIW shipyard, on Tuesday, April 6. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-9h-52m ago

German Navy’s third F125 frigate delivered

The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In Service Support Bundesamt fur Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-10h-1m ago

French Navy scores five drug busts in six days in Arabian Sea

Three French Navy ships operating as part of Combined Maritime Forces amp 8217 CMF Combined Task Force 150 CTF 150 made five successful interdictions of .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-10h-12m ago

Danish-Canadian consortium to develop carbon-neutral vessels under €4.5 million project

Danish shipping company MHO Co is heading a consortium that will spend €4.5 million US$5.35 million during the next three years on developing carbon neutral ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-10h-22m ago

Horizon Maritime OSV tapped to support Titanic survey expedition

Everett, Washington based OceanGate Expeditions has selected a multi purpose offshore support vessel OSV operated by Canada amp 8217 s Horizon Maritime to serve as the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-3h-46m ago

New polar vessel joins Quark Expeditions fleet

US based Quark Expeditions has taken delivery of a new polar cruise ship from Croatian builder Brodosplit. The Marshall Islands flagged Ultramarine has a length of 128 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-4h-25m ago

Future electric hydrofoil ferry to operate in Stockholm

Swedish builder Candela Speed Boat has been selected to supply a new high speed, electric hydrofoil shuttle ferry for operation in the city of Stockholm. The development ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-4h-45m ago

Oldendorff acquires Post-Panamax pair, orders two Ultramax newbuildings

Oldendorff Carriers has ordered two 61,300DWT Ultramax bulk carrier newbuildings and acquired two 93,000DWT Post Panamax vessels in separate transactions, the company ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-5h-5m ago

New Australian lower house inquiry to help boost aquaculture sector

Australian aquaculture has experienced steady growth since 2002, yet its annual worth has plateaued at just over $1 billion in recent years. A new inquiry into the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-5h-31m ago

Seaspan acquires two 8,500TEU ships with long-term charters

Seaspan Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire two containerships on long term charter with an unnamed global liner customer. The company expects that the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-9h-42m ago

Coral Expeditions’ newest ship sails on maiden voyage

A new expedition cruise vessel recently delivered to Australian operator Coral Expeditions departed on its maiden voyage on Wednesday, March 31. Coral Geographer arrived ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-9h-52m ago

Development underway on new eight-metre unmanned fireboat

Singapore based unmanned systems specialist Zycraft USV has completed the second phase of an engineering development project aimed at introducing a new type of unmanned ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-10h-2m ago

MSC Cruises, Total ink LNG bunkering agreement

MSC Cruises and Total have entered into an agreement for the supply of LNG to MSC Cruises amp 8217 upcoming LNG powered cruise ships. The agreement calls for Total to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-10h-12m ago

Crystal Cruises’ first expedition ship to debut in July

Crystal Cruises will officially launch its Crystal Expedition Cruises brand with the inauguration of the company amp 8217 s first expedition vessel on July 17 of this year. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-1d-10h-22m ago

Yacht transporter abandoned following heavy list in Norwegian North Sea

A yacht transport vessel has been left abandoned in the North Sea off Norway after its onboard cargo shifted and caused it to list heavily and dangerously to one side, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-1h-13m ago

International Seaways, Diamond S merger to create second largest US tanker operator

The respective boards of directors of US shipping companies International Seaways and Diamond S Shipping have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement pursuant ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-2h-19m ago

Finnish shipping company to develop hybrid feeder vessel

Finland amp 8217 s Meriaura Group has begun development of a hybrid powered container vessel that can operate on either batteries or sustainably produced biofuel. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-2h-35m ago

COLUMN | Ocean Mining: DeepGreen to list and become The Metals Company as major car makers and WWF press for moratorium on seabed mineral extraction [Offshore Accounts]

The day after Good Friday – Saturday, April 3 – was a good day for DeepGreen Metals, the company that plans to mine polymetallic nodules from the deep abyssal plain ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-2h-42m ago

Norebo Group’s newest trawler floated out

Russian shipyard Severnaya Verf has launched a new Project 170701 freezer trawler slated for local fishing company Norebo Group. Kapitan Geller will have an LOA of 81.6 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-3h-8m ago

Adani Ports acquires 100 per cent of Krishnapatnam Port on India’s east coast

Indian ports and logistics company Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone APSEZ has taken over full ownership of Krishnapatnam Port after acquiring the outstanding 25 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-3h-46m ago

Indonesian shipyard to convert barge into floating fish farm

Singapore based Aquaculture Centre of Excellence ACE has awarded Indonesia amp 8217 s Vallianz Holdings a contract to convert an existing cargo barge into a floating, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-4h-2m ago

APM Terminals MedPort Tangier commences second phase of expansion

The second phase of an ongoing container terminal expansion project at APM Terminals MedPort Tangier in Morocco has begun, the company said on Thursday, April 1. The new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-4h-14m ago

Conversion work begins on future Woodside FPSO

A 323 metre very large crude carrier VLCC owned by Australia amp 8217 s Woodside Energy recently arrived in China to begin undergoing conversion works that will see it ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-4h-27m ago

Dredging wraps up in North Carolina’s Outer Banks

A 90 day dredging project to deepen and widen the channels within Shallowbag Bay and Roanoke Sound in Manteo, North Carolina, was recently completed successfully, opening ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-4h-42m ago

Canada invests in research to study effects of contaminants on Pacific aquatic ecosystems

The government of Canada is further investing in research to help improve understanding of the country amp 8217 s oceans, lakes, rivers, and waterways as well as the many ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-5h-13m ago

National Oceanography Centre extends 36-year climate change study in Northeast Atlantic

The National Oceanography Centre amp 8217 s NOC research vessel Discovery recently left Southampton for an expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Sustained Observatory ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-5h-35m ago

13 rescued from capsized boat off Cavite, Philippines

Philippine Coast Guard personnel on board a fisheries patrol vessel came to the aid of the occupants of a small banca type passenger boat after it capsized in the waters ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-7h-27m ago

Salvage teams find cockpit voice recorder of Sriwijaya Air jet lost in fatal crash in Java Sea

The cockpit voice recorder CVR of a commercial passenger aircraft that had crashed in Indonesia amp 8217 s Java Sea earlier this year has finally been found, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-10h-2m ago

Turkish builder scores fifth tug order from Italian operator

Turkish builder Sanmar Shipyards has been awarded a contract to supply a new ASD terminal and escort tug to Italy amp 8217 s Rimorchiatori Napoletani. The Robert Allan Ltd ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-10h-12m ago

Future US Navy littoral combat ship Canberra hits the water

Austal USA launched the future US Navy Independence class littoral combat ship LCS Canberra at its Mobile, Alabama facilities on Tuesday, March 30. The future USS ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-2d-10h-21m ago

Iceland’s Samherji takes delivery of 89-metre trawler/seiner

Icelandic fishing company Samherji took delivery of a new vessel on Saturday, April 3. Built by Karstensens Skibsværft of Denmark, Vilhelm Thorsteinsson has a length of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-1h-16m ago

Seanergy Maritime acquires Capesize vessel

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with an unaffiliated third party to purchase a modern Capesize vessel for a gross purchase ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-2h-15m ago

Docked cargo ship sinks, spills oil in Misamis Oriental, Philippines

The Philippine Coast Guard and local partners have deployed pollution response personnel and equipment to Misamis Oriental province following an oil discharge originating ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-4h-38m ago

Turkish-built tug sold to Portland Harbour Authority

The Portland Harbour Authority of Dorset, UK, recently welcomed a ship handling tug to its fleet. The Robert Allan Ltd designed Z drive tug was built in 2019 by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-7h-52m ago

Port of Savannah expansion to add 650,000 TEUs to current container capacity

The board of the Georgia Ports Authority has approved capital improvement projects that will increase the Port of Savannah amp 8217 s container capacity by 20 per cent. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-8h-5m ago

Seaspan orders six more 15,500TEU newbuildings

Seaspan Corporation has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed shipyard for six additional 15,500TEU modern newbuild containerships. The company anticipates ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-8h-26m ago

Wilhelmsen to invest up to US$500 million in renewables business

Norway amp 8217 s Wilhelmsen Group will invest in new businesses with the long term aim of shifting from mainly oil and gas related activities to activities related to the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-9h-52m ago

NYK Cruises orders newbuilding from German yard

Japan amp 8217 s NYK Cruises has awarded German shipbuilder Meyer Werft a contract for the construction of a new cruise ship. The vessel will have a length of 229 metres, a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-10h-1m ago

Canada, France reach agreement-in-principle for 3Ps cod fishery

An agreement in principle has been reached between the Canadian and French governments regarding co managed fish stocks, including cod in the 3Ps zone off the south coast ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-10h-12m ago

Submersible completes dive to deepest discovered shipwreck

An expedition privately funded and executed by two former US Navy Officers has successfully re located, surveyed, and filmed the wreckage of USS Johnston, the .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-3d-10h-22m ago

REMINISCENCES | The big ditch

The recent pictures of the gigantic Evergreen containership sitting forlornly across the Suez Canal, bow and stern hard aground on the sand, with a diminutive digger ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-4h-31m ago

Chinese-built electric tour boat sails on maiden voyage

A new electric powered sightseeing boat built in China departed on its maiden voyage on the Pearl River in the city of Guangzhou on Tuesday, March 30. Named Jinlong Yu ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-4h-37m ago

Two dead, two injured after trawler capsizes in Russian shipyard

Russian media reports that two people were killed after a fishing vessel capsized and sank while still under construction at a shipyard near Saint Petersburg on Tuesday, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-4h-48m ago

Fisheries New Zealand sets new catch limits

Fisheries New Zealand will impose changes to catch limits for 14 fish stocks as well as introduce a full year round closure to harvesting shellfish at Cockle .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-7h-7m ago

Speed an issue in 2019 Houston Ship Channel collision, NTSB report finds

Vessel speed was a factor in the 2019 collision between an LPG tanker and a barge in the Houston Ship Channel that resulted in the release of 11,000 barrels of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-7h-36m ago

Second Quantum Ultra-class ship delivered to Royal Caribbean

German shipyard Meyer Werft handed over a new cruise ship to Royal Caribbean International on Wednesday, March 31. Odyssey of the Seas has a length of 347.1 metres, a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-7h-48m ago

Pakistan’s Port Qasim Authority orders tugs, pilot boats from Turkish builder

The Port Qasim Authority PQA of Pakistan has awarded contracts to Turkey amp 8217 s Sanmar Shipyards for the construction and delivery of four tugs and two pilot boats. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-9h-52m ago

Singapore’s Grindrod Shipping sells three tankers

Singapore shipowner Grindrod Shipping Holdings has entered into two separate transactions regarding the sale of three vessels in its fleet. The 2013 built MR tankers ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-10h-1m ago

USACE, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ink agreement on coastal protection project

The US Army Corps of Engineers USACE and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection NJDEP recently signed a project partnership agreement PPA for the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-10h-11m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – April 2, 2021

Much of the spotlight is on drilling vessels in this latest roundup of offshore charters. Interestingly, the newly awarded charters for such vessels has extended beyond ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-2w-6d-10h-22m ago

OPINION | What does the UK’s integrated review mean for the Indo-Pacific?

amp 8220 In the decade ahead, the UK will deepen our engagement in the Indo Pacific, establishing a greater and more persistent presence than any other European .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2h-42m ago

Royal Australian Navy decommissions patrol boat Pirie

The Royal Australian Navy RAN decommissioned the patrol boat HMAS Pirie in a ceremony at its homeport of Darwin on Friday, March 26. Pirie, the first Armidale class ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-4h-13m ago

Japan, France to develop minehunting AUV under joint programme

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MHI has entered into an agreement with the Japanese Ministry of Defence regarding the development of a new autonomous underwater vehicle ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-4h-33m ago

French armed forces ministry orders two more frigates from local builder

The French Ministry of Armed Forces, through its Defence Procurement Agency, has awarded local shipbuilder Naval Group a contract for the construction and delivery of two ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-4h-53m ago

Australian Army’s newest watercraft begins sea trials

Yamba Welding and Engineering YWE has begun conducting sea trials of a new watercraft slated for the Australian Army. Designed by Naiad, the 12.5 metre regional support ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-5h-54m ago

Repairs underway on disabled containership off Alaska

Global shipping company Maersk has confirmed that one of its vessels has become stranded in the Pacific approximately 1,050 kilometres off Alaska after it developed ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6h-52m ago

Philippines mulls stationing patrol vessel near disputed South China Sea reef

The Philippine government is presently considering temporarily stationing one of its vessels near a disputed reef in the South China Sea, the country amp 8217 s defence ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-7h-13m ago

Damen expands hopper dredger portfolio

Damen Shipyards Group has expanded its dredger product range with available variants now covering hopper volumes from 650 m³ to 5,000 m³. The updated portfolio includes ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-9h-2m ago

BV awards AIP for Dutch-designed, hydrogen-fuelled TSHD

Bureau Veritas has granted Netherlands based Royal IHC an approval in principle AIP for the design of a hydrogen fuelled trailing suction hopper dredger TSHD . Royal ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-9h-12m ago

More testing necessary following parasite discovery in Foveaux Strait oysters

Biosecurity New Zealand will begin further testing of oysters from Foveaux Strait, near Stewart Island, after three wild oysters from a small area in the Strait were ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-9h-22m ago

UK MMO bolsters fisheries monitoring following £32 million government investment

Vastly increased offshore patrols, aerial surveillance, and monitoring have ensured illegal fishing has been kept at bay in England amp 8217 s seas since the UK became an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-9h-32m ago

Washington’s Grays Harbor to undergo maintenance dredging

The US Army Corps of Engineers USACE will conduct maintenance dredging of the outer harbour area of Grays Harbor estuarine bay in Washington State beginning this April ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-9h-41m ago

Viking River Cruises welcomes two hybrid-powered newbuilds to fleet

German shipbuilder Neptun Werft handed over two new vessels to Viking River Cruises of Basel, Switzerland, on Thursday, March 25. The vessels, which will sail under the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-9h-52m ago

Construction starts on new Canadian Coast Guard research ships

Seaspan Shipyards recently held a steel cutting ceremony to mark the official start of construction of a new class of scientific research vessels to be operated jointly ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-10h-2m ago

Dong Zhan Shipping’s newest sulphur tanker floated out

A new sulphur tanker slated for China amp 8217 s Dong Zhan Shipping was launched into the water at Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard on Tuesday, March 30. Once completed, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-10h-12m ago

Dam dredging set for Central Queensland’s Theresa Creek

The Isaac Regional Council of Queensland, Australia, has engaged a contractor to remove 12,000 cubic metres of built up sediment at Theresa Creek Dam near Clermont. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-10h-22m ago


OPINION | Navies must reduce their carbon emissions in the face of climate change

The Royal New Zealand Navy recently launched its own journal, which aims to build the service’s professionalism and amp 8220 engage and exchange views with all those who ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-2h-51m ago

SeaRoad Ro-Ro departs on final Bass Strait sailing

SeaRoad Shipping amp 8217 s Ro Ro ferry SeaRoad Tamar departed Devonport for the last time at 17:00 local time on Wednesday, March 31, after 30 years of operating on Bass ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-3h-4m ago

Oceanteam, Bourbon JV to sell CSV Southern Ocean

Oceanteam Bourbon 4, a 50:50 joint venture owned by Netherlands based Oceanteam and Bourbon Offshore Norway, has entered into a memorandum of agreement regarding the sale ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-3h-33m ago

Port of Rotterdam’s last icebreaker sold to new owner

The Port of Rotterdam has sold its sole remaining icebreaker to a marine contractor in Friesland, where it will join a sister vessel that had also been acquired by the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-4h-27m ago

Acta Marine to get new low-emission workboat in summer 2021

Dutch offshore services provider Acta Marine will take delivery of a new hybrid multi purpose workboat in the summer of 2021, the company said on Monday, March 29. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-4h-41m ago

Spanish shipyard launches Saudi Arabia’s third Al Jubail-class corvette

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia launched a new warship into the water at its San Fernando facilities on Sunday, March 28. Named Hail after a city in northern Saudi Arabia, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-5h-24m ago

Welsh fisheries patrol boat joins search for missing Nicola Faith

The Welsh Government has approved the deployment of the fisheries patrol vessel Rhodri Morgan to assist in the search for the missing fishing boat Nicola Faith, the UK ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-6h-40m ago

US Coast Guard, partners respond to marina fire, oil spill at Vashon Island, Washington

Boat crews of the US Coast Guard and partner agencies responded to a boat fire at Quartermaster Harbor Yacht Club on Vashon Island, Washington, on Monday, March 29. At ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-9h-21m ago

Construction starts on new ferry for China’s Wenzhou City

Jianglong Shipbuilding has begun construction on a new commuter ferry slated for operation in the waters of Wenzhou City in China amp 8217 s Zhejiang province. The vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-9h-32m ago

The Ocean Cleanup to deploy waste-collecting barge in Malaysia

Netherlands based non government organisation The Ocean Cleanup will operate one of its two newest waste collecting vessels in Malaysia later this year. The barge ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-9h-41m ago

Name of BC Ferries’ fourth Salish-class Ro-Pax revealed

BC Ferries amp 8217 fourth Salish class Ro Pax ferry will be named Salish Heron, the company said in a recent press release. The name of the 107 metre, LNG powered vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-9h-52m ago

Svitzer gets two new icebreaking tugs for Scandinavia operations

Svitzer Europe will soon take delivery of the first of two new specially designed icebreaking tugs to support its operations in Scandinavia. The 30 metre, 60 tonne ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-10h-2m ago

Staten Island Ferry’s third Ollis-class vessel formally named

The third and final Ollis class ferry built for the Staten Island Ferry service of the City of New York Department of Transportation NYCDOT was formally named and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-10h-12m ago

Guangdong builder launches new CMSA patrol vessel

Jianglong Shipbuilding launched a new maritime law enforcement vessel at its Guangdong province facilities on Friday, March 26. Hai Xun 11108 will be operated by the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-1d-10h-21m ago

COLUMN | Argentina’s once-proud navy struggles to survive [Naval Gazing]

Argentina’s naval force, the Armada de la Republica Argentina ARA has a long and proud history. For many years the ARA vied with the navies of Brazil and Chile for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-2h-47m ago

Future Chinese research vessel to be electric-powered

China State Shipbuilding Corporation CSSC recently confirmed its plans to build a new maritime scientific research vessel. The DP2 equipped, ice capable vessel will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-2h-54m ago

New 500-pax ferry delivered to Andaman and Nicobar Administration

Indian shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard CSL handed over a new ferry to the Andaman and Nicobar Administration on Saturday, March 27. Named Sindhu, the newbuild is the first ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-3h-14m ago

Agreement reached in German-Norwegian submarine design project

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems TKMS has come to an agreement with the procurement authorities of Germany and Norway on the general conditions for the purchase of six Type ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-4h ago

US Navy decommissions dock landing ship Fort McHenry

The US Navy formally decommissioned the dock landing ship LSD USS Fort McHenry in a ceremony at Naval Station Mayport in Florida on Saturday, March 27. The third ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-4h-19m ago

Future Russian Navy rescue tug to honour decorated WWII salvage officer

United Shipbuilding Corporation’s USC Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant has laid the keel of a new Project 22870 rescue tug slated for the Russian Navy. The vessel, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-4h-48m ago

Construction starts on Austal USA’s new steel shipbuilding facility

Austal USA recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the official start of construction of its first ever steel shipbuilding facility in Mobile, Alabama. The new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-5h-24m ago

Korean Register grants AIP for ammonia bunkering vessel

The Korean Register KR has granted approval in principle AIP for an ammonia bunkering vessel that will be the first vessel of its kind to be built in South Korea. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-5h-37m ago

Oceania Cruises names first Allura-class ship

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings amp 8217 Oceania Cruises has officially named the first in a series of two new vessels ordered by the company from Italian shipbuilder ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-5h-47m ago

Vane Brothers’ newest tug floated out

Salisbury, Maryland based Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corporation recently launched a new tug ordered by Vane Brothers of Baltimore. Rock Hall is the third steel hulled tug ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-7h-10m ago

Russian yard lays keel of new naval support tanker

Russia amp 8217 s Nevsky Shipyard laid the keel of a future ice capable seagoing tanker on Friday, March 26. The vessel will be the first of three Project 23130 tankers to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-8h ago

Short-sea terminal to be opened at Port of Gothenburg

A new terminal service dedicated to intra European container transport is due to commence at the Port of Gothenburg. The terminal will be located at Skandiahamnen amp 8217 s ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-8h-14m ago

New USV enters service with Royal Navy

The Royal Navy has officially welcomed a new unmanned surface vehicle USV into service. Named the Maritime Demonstrator For Operational Experimentation Madfox , it is ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-8h-28m ago

Ashton Marine takes delivery of deck barge from Louisiana builder

Conrad Shipyard of Louisiana has handed over a new deck barge to Ashton Marine, a marine transportation company based in Muskegon, Michigan. Named AM 3600, the 73 by 18 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-10h-2m ago

Inadequate water transfer monitoring caused flooding on moored towboat, NTSB report finds

The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB has published a marine accident brief in relation to the flooding incident on the 25 metre towing vessel Alton St Amant in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-10h-11m ago

Saint Petersburg shipyard launches Project 636.3 sub for Russian Navy

Russia amp 8217 s Admiralty Shipyard launched a new diesel electric submarine at its Saint Petersburg facilities on Friday, March 26. The future Magadan will be the third ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-2d-10h-22m ago

Ever Given fully refloated six days after grounding in Suez Canal

Following a salvage operation involving both local and international organisations, the containership Ever Given, which ran aground and ended up blocking traffic in both ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-48m ago

South African Navy’s first MMIPV floated out

Damen Shipyards Cape Town launched a new South African Navy patrol vessel on Thursday, March 25. The 62 by 11 metre newbuilding is the first of a planned three locally ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-1h-37m ago

Combination carrier delivered to Klaveness

Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding in China handed over a new combination carrier to Klaveness Combination Carriers KCC on Thursday, March 25. Bass is the seventh in a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-1h-49m ago

Boskalis to build two more artificial islands at Marker Wadden nature preserve

Dutch non profit Natuurmonumenten and the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management Rijkswaterstaat has selected local marine ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-1h-58m ago

Titan LNG adds bunkering barge to fleet

Netherlands based Titan LNG has taken delivery of a new LNG bunkering barge to be homeported in the Port of Antwerp. FlexFueler 002 will be operated alongside FlexFueler ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-2h-9m ago

Third new tug delivered to Port of Geraldton

Svitzer Australia and Mid West Ports Authority MWPA recently took delivery of a new tug for operation out of the Port of Geraldton in Western Australia. The Robert ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-2h-24m ago

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

This weekend has seen the dire situation in Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique get even worse, as rebels launched a massive attack on the town of Palma, just ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-2h-42m ago

COLUMN | Notes from an essential service provider [Tug Times]

I was delighted recently to be informed I was considered an essential service provider as part of Hong Kong’s salvage response team and could get a priority booking for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-2h-47m ago

LNG Canada unveils images of future tugs for Kitimat export facility

LNG Canada has unveiled the first images of new harbour and escort tugs that will operate in support of the company amp 8217 s LNG export facility in Kitimat, British ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-2h-52m ago

Ervik Havfiske’s newest factory longliner launched in Turkey

Turkey amp 8217 s Tersan Shipyard has launched a new factory longline fishing vessel ordered by Norwegian seafood company Ervik Havfiske. Designed by Marin Teknikk, Argos ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-3h-28m ago

Keel laid for Jan De Nul installation vessel Voltaire

China amp 8217 s COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry has laid the keel of a new jackup installation vessel ordered by Jan De Nul Group. Jan De Nul said the BV classed Voltaire ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-3h-41m ago

Plymouth Marine Laboratory acquires new USV for science missions

Plymouth Marine Laboratory has acquired a new unmanned surface vehicle USV for scientific missions off the UK coast. Developed by local unmanned systems specialist ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-5h ago

Port of Lowestoft to have dedicated facilities for Southern North Sea OSVs

Associated British Ports ABP has confirmed that the outer harbour at the Port of Lowestoft in Suffolk will be fitted with infrastructure specifically designed to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-5h-9m ago

RWE makes final investment decision on Sofia wind farm in UK waters

German multinational energy company RWE has taken the final investment decision FID on its 1.4GW Sofia Offshore Wind Farm project. The 100 per cent RWE owned project ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-5h-18m ago

UK research organisation to develop wireless charging technology for electric vessels

UK based Perpetual Research Consultancy is currently working to develop technology wherein VHF frequencies will be used for wireless charging of electric vessels. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-3d-5h-32m ago

OPINION | The Mozambique Channel is the next security hotspot

The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Mozambique that the government seems ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-3h-2m ago

EDITORIAL | Wake up, Tasmania!

Having known Robert Clifford for more than fifty years and having followed the fortunes of his company Incat since he founded it in partnership with the late naval ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-3h-7m ago

Yang Ming welcomes 2,800TEU vessel to fleet

Taiwan amp 8217 s Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation recently took delivery of a new 2,800TEU container vessel. The BV classed YM Constancy is the eighth in a series of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-3h-26m ago

Belships acquires Ultramax bulker newbuilding

Norway amp 8217 s Belships has entered into a letter of intent for the acquisition of a new Ultramax bulk carrier currently under construction in China. The 61,000DWT vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-3h-34m ago

Globus Maritime acquires 2018-built Kamsarmax bulker

Greek shipowner Globus Maritime, through a separate wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to purchase a Kamsarmax bulk ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-3h-44m ago

HMM takes delivery of 16,000TEU newbuild

South Korean shipping line HMM took delivery of a new containership in a ceremony at Hyundai Heavy Industries amp 8217 HHI Ulsan shipyard on Monday, March 22. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-3h-52m ago

Yanmar conducts demonstration test of hydrogen fuel cell system

Yanmar Holdings and its subsidiary Yanmar Power Technology Company conducted a field demonstration test of a new maritime fuel cell system in Oita, Japan, on Wednesday, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-4h-21m ago

SeaRoad Shipping’s new charter vessel arrives in Melbourne

SeaRoad Shipping amp 8217 s new charter vessel Liekut arrived ahead of schedule at Station Pier, Melbourne at 08:30 on Thursday, March 25. Chas Kelly, Executive Chairman of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-4h-31m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – March 26, 2021

With crewboats being among the smallest and perhaps least complex vessels in the offshore segment, it comes as no surprise that their numbers worldwide have been ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-4h-42m ago

Qatar Petroleum issues invitation to tender package to shipowners for future LNG carrier fleet

Qatar Petroleum has issued an invitation to tender ITT for the chartering of LNG carriers for its future LNG shipping requirements including its ongoing expansion ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-9h-42m ago

UK firms to develop autonomous geotechnical survey vehicle

UK marine technology company Marine i and engineering and survey specialist Feritech Global are set to collaborate on the world amp 8217 s first autonomous subsea vehicle ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-9h-52m ago

US Navy recovers helicopter lost in 2020 crash off Okinawa

The Supervisor of Salvage and Diving SUPSALV of the US Navy amp 8217 s Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA recovered a downed US Navy helicopter from a depth of 5,814 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-10h-2m ago

Royal Navy frigate nets third drug bust in five weeks

The crew of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose has interdicted illicit narcotics in Middle East waters for the third time in less than five weeks. Earlier this month, in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-10h-11m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – March 26, 2021

Offshore wind projects are maintaining momentum in the Far East and in Europe. However, the oil and gas segment has also been experiencing considerable activity as of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-3w-6d-10h-21m ago

Suez Canal traffic blocked by grounded containership

A containership operated by Taiwan amp 8217 s Evergreen Marine Corporation ran aground while transiting the Suez Canal on Tuesday, March 23, causing vessel traffic in both ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1h-11m ago

James Fisher launches two new business units

James Fisher and Sons has launched a new business unit for serving clients in the renewables sector. Under the James Fisher Renewables brand, the company will support ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2h-21m ago

OPINION | Boosting regional cooperation and training in maritime law enforcement

Maritime law enforcement MLE vessels are non naval vessels employed on maritime law enforcement duties, primarily coastguard vessels, but also vessels of other MLE ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2h-42m ago

Australian Army’s future watercraft to be built locally

Cairns based builders Tropical Reef Shipyard and BME NQ will collaborate on the supply of new multi mission watercraft for the Australian Army. Designed by Chris Tucker ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-3h-9m ago

Uruguay port operator orders Irish-built pilot boats

The MVD Harbour Pilots Society of Montevideo, Uruguay, has selected Irish builder Safehaven Marine for the construction and delivery of two new pilot boats in a series. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-3h-33m ago

Oyster reefs provide habitat and filter water, new NOAA studies show

NOAA Fisheries scientists and their partners at several other academic and research institutions explored how restored oyster reefs help the Chesapeake Bay. They have ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-3h-44m ago

Ocean plastic simulator now covers entire NZ coastline

An advanced ocean plastic simulator first launched in 2019 can now track the movement of virtual plastic pollution along New Zealand amp 8217 s entire coastline. The Ocean ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-4h-2m ago

Labour violations lead to arrests of two Qatari-owned ships in Australia

Australian authorities have detained two vessels owned by a Qatari shipping company for serious labour rights breaches just weeks after the crew on another of the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-4h-18m ago

Philippine Navy to step up patrols following Chinese vessel sightings in EEZ

The Philippine Navy is set to deploy additional ships for conducting increased maritime sovereignty patrols in the portion of the South China Sea that falls within the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-5h-10m ago

Australia’s Poseidon Sea Pilots orders two boats from local builder

Poseidon Sea Pilots, a fully owned subsidiary of Australian Maritime Systems Group, has awarded Queensland boat builder Norman R Wright and Sons a contract for two new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-6h-26m ago

Builder’s trials begin for new Russian Navy support vessel

Russia amp 8217 s Severnaya Verf shipyard has begun conducting builder amp 8217 s sea trials of the Project 23120 logistics support vessel Vsevolod Bobrov. The trials are being ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-7h-5m ago

New Japanese fishery improvement project targets blue shark, swordfish

Tokyo based aquaculture consultancy Seafood Legacy and a number of local partners have launched Japan amp 8217 s first longline blue shark and swordfish fishery improvement ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-10h-2m ago

US senators reintroduce fishery disaster bill

US Senators Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Maria Cantwell of Washington State have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to reform the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-10h-12m ago

North Carolina’s Hatteras Inlet dredging works get additional county funding

The Dare County Board of Commissioners BOC of North Carolina has approved a request to provide the additional funding needed to keep the US Army Corps of .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-10h-21m ago

BOOK REVIEW | Bastard Behind The Lines: The Extraordinary Story of Jock McLaren’s Escape from Sandakan and His Guerrilla War Against the Japanese

This certainly is an extraordinary story of intense high adventure. Jock McLaren was a Scottish born migrant to Australia. Working as a vet in Queensland prior to World ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-1h-11m ago

VESSEL REVIEW | T Damla 8 and T Damla 9 – New shallow-draught tugs take on ship handling and firefighting duties at Turkey’s Aliaga Port

Turkish shipbuilder RMK Marine has delivered the second and final unit in a series of ship handling and firefighting tugs ordered by local vessel owner Dita Denizcilik ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-2h-36m ago

OPINION | China’s problematic solution to its water-security woes

Beijing has long understood that China has a water security problem that could pose an existential threat. In 2005, China’s minister for water resources reportedly ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-2h-42m ago

Chinese yard delivers sixth LNG-powered 23,000TEU newbuild to CMA CGM

China State Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard has handed over a new LNG powered ultra large container vessel ULCV to CMA CGM. Named after a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-3h-15m ago

Philippines’ Bicol River dredging begins

The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR and the Department of Public Works and Highways DPWH commenced dredging works on the Bicol River ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-3h-44m ago

US Coast Guard offloads nearly 9,000 kilograms of drugs in Alameda, California

The crew of the US Coast Guard national security cutter NSC Munro offloaded approximately 3,700 kilograms of seized cocaine and 5,000 kilograms of marijuana at the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-4h-2m ago

Canada’s CSL Group to power half of fleet with new biodiesel

Canadian shipowner CSL Group has confirmed that a new type of second generation biodiesel fuel will be tested on half of its fleet over the course of the 2021 navigation ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-4h-24m ago

NYK, Neste ink diesel transport contract

NYK Bulkship Asia, an NYK Group company based in Singapore, has entered into a contract of affreightment COA with Neste Shipping, a wholly owned subsidiary company of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-4h-35m ago

ClassNK issues AIP for Japanese-designed methanol dual-fuel tanker

ClassNK has issued an approval in principle AIP for the design of a methanol dual fuel tanker developed by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Marine and Engineering Company. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-4h-47m ago

New barges delivered to UK’s Osprey Shipping

Dutch shipbuilder Tabmarine has delivered two new non self propelled barges in a series to UK based transport and logistics specialist Osprey Shipping. The ABS certified ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-5h-3m ago

UK MOD issues notice on potential sale of ex-Royal Navy minehunter

The UK Ministry of Defence MOD , through the Defence Equipment Sales Authority DESA , is inviting expressions of interest for the sale of the decommissioned Royal Navy ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-7h-46m ago

Queensland builder launches pilot boat ordered by PNG port operator

Murarrie, Queensland based boat builder Norman R Wright and Sons recently launched the first of two new pilot boats in a series ordered by PNG Ports Corporation of Papua ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-9h-32m ago

Hurtigruten Svalbard orders high-speed sightseeing boat from Swedish builder

Norwegian operator Hurtigruten has placed an order for a new sightseeing boat to be built by Marell Boats of Sweden. The vessel will be a variant of Marell amp 8217 s highly ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-9h-42m ago

K Line takes delivery of LNG dual-fuel car carrier

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha K Line recently took delivery of a new pure car and truck carrier PCTC from Imabari Shipbuilding amp 8217 s Tadotsu Shipyard. Named Century Highway ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-9h-52m ago

American Queen Steamboat Company welcomes new riverboat to fleet

Indiana based cruise line American Queen Steamboat Company formally welcomed a new paddlewheel vessel to its fleet of riverboats on Sunday, March 21. Built by Gulf Island ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-10h-2m ago

Dredging kicks off at New York’s Braddock Bay

Dredging has begun at Braddock Bay in Monroe County, New York as part of the state government amp 8217 s US$15 million REDI Regional Dredging Project, which removes built up ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-10h-12m ago

NYK completes sample collection for large-scale survey of microplastics in oceans

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha NYK has collected 100 samples at 100 locations as part of a large scale survey of microplastics over a wide ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-10h-21m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Windlass Supplier – Data Hidrolik

Best Windlass Supplier – Data Hidrolik Istanbul based Data Hidrolik is becoming increasingly well known for its high quality hydraulic and electric anchor windlasses, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-1d-11h-46m ago

Future Royal Navy ship to be used for subsea cable protection

The UK Ministry of Defence MOD has unveiled plans to acquire a new purpose built vessel to be used by the Royal Navy for monitoring and protecting undersea cables in UK ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-2h-3m ago

OPINION | Aggressive sea control isn’t an option for India’s navy

An interesting debate has emerged in the pages of The Interpreter involving maritime strategy. Arzan Tarapore wrote an article last month arguing that India should ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-2h-42m ago

Philippines’ Chelsea Logistics sells stake in ferry company 2Go

Philippine conglomerate Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corporation CLC has entered into agreements to sell its entire effective interests of around 31.73 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-2h-52m ago

Texas operator takes delivery of largest US-flagged all-aluminium pilot boat

Sabine Pilots Service of Port Arthur, Texas, recently took delivery of a new custom built pilot boat from Louisiana builder Breaux amp 8217 s Bay Craft. The builder said ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-3h-29m ago

DFDS to add fourth ferry on Rosslare-Dunkirk freight route

DFDS will introduce a fourth freight ferry to the direct ferry service between Rosslare Europort in Ireland and Dunkirk in Northern France. The new freight ferry is Ark ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-3h-50m ago

Florida governor lobbies for federal stimulus funds for port development

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has included seaport relief among his recommendations on how to utilise a portion of federal funds the state is expected to receive via the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-4h-1m ago

Polish yard launches second new icebreaker for Szczecin water authority

Poland amp 8217 s Remontowa Shipbuilding launched a new icebreaker into the water on Thursday, March 18. Tarpan is the second in a series of two icebreakers ordered from the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-4h-16m ago

UK transport department launches £20 million competition for zero-emission ships, infrastructure

Hydrogen powered vessels and e charge points at ports could soon become a common sight in UK seas and in the country amp 8217 s coastal towns, thanks to a £20 million ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-4h-25m ago

Cutter suction dredger delivered to Suez Canal Authority

Royal IHC handed over the new cutter suction dredger Mohab Mameesh to Egypt amp 8217 s Suez Canal Authority SCA on Thursday, March 18. The vessel is now ready for official ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-9h-12m ago

New hopper dredger to serve Dare County, North Carolina

The board of commissioners of Dare County, North Carolina, has confirmed that the county will receive a new shallow draught hopper dredger in April 2022. Named Miss ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-9h-21m ago

US Coast Guard commissions ninth Legend-class cutter

The US Coast Guard cutter Stone was formally welcomed into service as the US Coast Guard amp 8217 s newest national security cutter NSC during a commissioning ceremony in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-9h-32m ago

Construction completed on new towboat for Cooper Marine and Timberlands

Mobile, Alabama based Blakeley BoatWorks BBW has completed construction on a new towboat ordered by Cooper Marine and Timberlands CMT , its sister company under the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-9h-42m ago

US Navy awards funding for additional Virginia-class submarine

General Dynamics Electric Boat GDEB has been awarded a US Navy US$1.89 billion contract modification to fund the construction of one additional Virginia class Block V ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-9h-52m ago

First steel cut for Eregli Port’s newest tug

Med Marine has cut the first steel for a new ASD tug slated for the Port of Karadeniz Ere li on Turkey amp 8217 s Black Sea coast. The Robert Allan Ltd designed tug will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-10h-2m ago

Seanergy Maritime to acquire two additional Capesize vessels

Athens based dry bulk vessel operator Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corporation has entered into agreements with unaffiliated third parties to purchase two Capesize vessels. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-10h-12m ago

Philippine government mulling recruitment of fishermen to aid water cleanup campaign

The Philippine government, through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR is considering to employ the services of local private fishermen in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-8mo-4w-2d-10h-22m ago

Container stack collapse can result in PTSD for seafarers, volunteer group warns

Container Shipping Supporting Seafarers CSSS has voiced concern over the physical and psychological impact of a container stack collapse on the seafarer. CSSS, a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-40m ago

Sanmar adds compact tug for Aegean Sea towing operations

Turkey amp 8217 s Sanmar Shipyards recently added a new compact tug to its own towage fleet. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd, Delicay VIII measures 25.3 by 12 metres and is ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-58m ago

MOL expands into liquefied CO2 ocean transport with acquisition of Norway’s Larvik

Mitsui OSK Lines MOL has confirmed plans to invest in Norway based Larvik Shipping, a ship management company for liquefied CO2 carriers. The acquisition is part of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1h-19m ago

JMSDF commissions second Maya-class destroyer

The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force JMSDF commissioned its second and final Maya class guided missile destroyer in a ceremony in Yokohama on Friday, March 19. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1h-27m ago

CMSA’s newest patrol vessel launched

Jianglong Shipbuilding has launched a new steel aluminium patrol vessel slated for the Guangdong branch of the China Maritime Safety Administration CMSA . Hai Xun 09006 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1h-37m ago

COLUMN | The wind bubble moves to service operation vessels

Speculative capital is now investing in high specification, purpose built ships to support wind farms that have not even yet been installed. We have previously covered ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2h-42m ago

New minehunting UUV delivered to US Navy

General Dynamics Mission Systems recently delivered the first Knifefish surface mine countermeasure unmanned underwater vehicle SMCM UUV system under a contract awarded ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4h-22m ago

Norwegian Institute of Marine Research orders USVs, AUVs from local builder

Kongsberg Maritime has entered into an agreement to supply the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research IMR with four autonomous vessels. The scope of the supply includes ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4h-34m ago

Indonesian Navy takes delivery of first locally built submarine

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME and Indonesian state owned shipbuilder PAL delivered the third of a planned six Nagapasa class diesel electric ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4h-44m ago

Hapag-Lloyd acquires container shipper NileDutch

Hapag Lloyd has entered into a sale and purchase agreement where it will acquire all shares of Dutch container shipping company Nile Dutch Investments NileDutch . The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4h-59m ago

Philippine Coast Guard responds to fire in coastal town in Zamboanga City

The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed vessels and personnel to aid in firefighting and search and rescue SAR efforts after a blaze ignited in a small coastal ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5h-10m ago

Converted PSV re-enters service as Wagenborg standby vessel

Wagenborg Offshore recently commenced operations with the third walk to work vessel to join its fleet. Originally built as a platform supply vessel PSV , the .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5h-27m ago

CWind crewboat sold to Suffolk operator

Global Marine Group amp 8217 s CWind has completed the sale of the catamaran crewboat CWind Endeavour to Wood Marine, a port services operator based in Suffolk, UK. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6h-6m ago

Hobart shipbuilder “extremely disappointed” by Tasmanian government move to buy ferries overseas

A Hobart based shipbuilder has criticised the recent decision by the Tasmanian government to enter negotiations with a competitor from overseas regarding the supply of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-10h-22m ago

US Coast Guard, partners respond to oil spill from burning yacht off Marquesas, Florida

The US Coast Guard is currently overseeing diesel spill clean up operations after a 30 metre pleasure craft caught fire near Marquesas, Florida, on Tuesday, March 16. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-2h-22m ago

OPINION | Russia wants to be a power to be reckoned with in the Indian Ocean

February this year was marked by heightened Russian naval activity in the Indian Ocean. Russian naval task groups drawn from the Baltic and Black Sea fleets took part in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-2h-42m ago

Chinese authorities arrest 11 ships, 171 suspects in anti-smuggling operation

Reuters reports that Chinese customs officials have confirmed the arrest of 11 ships and 171 individuals earlier this week following a multi agency operation against ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-2h-45m ago

Third Awaji-class minesweeper enters service with JMSDF

The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force JMSDF commissioned the ocean minesweeper JS Etajima into service on Tuesday, March 16. The vessel is named after the city of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-3h-23m ago

US Navy awards contract for design studies of new cable ship

The US Navy has awarded UK naval architects BMT a prime contract to conduct industry studies for the navy amp 8217 s T ARC X cable installation and repair ship replacement ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-3h-35m ago

TSM gets new tugs for Seine operations

France amp 8217 s Thomas Services Maritimes TSM has taken delivery of two new RSD tugs in a series from Damen Shipyards Group. TSM will operate the IMO Tier III compliant ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-3h-44m ago

US Coast Guard’s last active Hamilton-class cutter completes final operational patrol

The US Coast Guard cutter Douglas Munro, the service amp 8217 s last operational 115 metre Hamilton class high endurance cutter, returned home to Kodiak, Alaska, on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-7h-2m ago

EU-Norway-UK fisheries deal “flawed,” Shetland fishermen claim

Reacting to the delayed outcome of the EU Norway UK fisheries deal that sets total allowable catches TACs for 2021 for six jointly managed stocks, the Shetland ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-7h-12m ago

Philippine Navy commissions newest frigate

The Philippine Navy commissioned a new warship into service in a ceremony in Manila amp 8217 s South Harbor on Friday, March 19. BRP Antonio Luna is the second of two Jose ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-7h-22m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – March 19, 2021

Service operation vessels SOVs are in the spotlight in this latest roundup following a number of noteworthy orders by both old and new players in the offshore wind ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-9h-42m ago

Russian firm to develop pipeline inspection ROV

Russia amp 8217 s Rubin Central Design Bureau has begun development on a new type of work class remotely operated vehicle ROV optimised for inspecting and servicing ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-9h-51m ago

Princess Cruises’ sixth Royal-class ship floated out

Fincantieri floated out a new cruise ship for Princess Cruises at its Monfalcone facilities on Thursday, March 18. The 3,660 guest Discovery Princess is the sixth ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-10h-2m ago

Indian Navy commissions final Mark IV LCU

The Indian Navy commissioned the final one of eight locally built Mark IV landing craft utility LCU vessels in a ceremony on Thursday, March 18. Like its sisters, L 58 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-10h-11m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – March 19, 2021

Supply vessels have been seeing much of the action in the North Sea and off South America in this latest series of charter awards. The work is generally in support of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-10h-22m ago

Guangzhou tour operator takes delivery of all-electric vessel

Chinese operator Guangzhou Blue Dolphin Cruises has taken delivery of a new sightseeing vessel from local builder Jianglong Shipbuilding. Lan Haitun 2020 amp 8220 Blue ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-23h-21m ago

Boskalis completes new causeway in Bahrain

Royal Boskalis Westminster has completed the construction of a large sand causeway in the sea in the northern part of Bahrain for a future five kilometre long highway. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-23h-37m ago

FIS launches new projects to boost Scottish seafood sector

Fisheries Innovation Scotland FIS has launched two new projects with the aim of exploring digitalisation of the Scottish fishing fleet and understanding the impact of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-23h-46m ago

Crowley Maritime, Esvagt to collaborate on SOV operations in US offshore wind market

Crowley Maritime Corporation and Danish vessel operator Esvagt are set to form a new joint venture with the aim of making Jones Act compliant service operation vessels ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3d-23h-56m ago

Victoria government increases allowed commercial catch of ocean scallops

The Victoria state government has lifted the allowable commercial catch for the state amp 8217 s ocean scallops fishery by more than seven times after new scallop beds were ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-1h-34m ago

COLUMN | Head winds [Grey Power]

There is no doubt about the way the wind is blowing when it comes to “sustainable” power, and a coastal state that has no plans for offshore wind farms is becoming ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-2h-42m ago

Guardian-class patrol boat handed over to PNG Defence Force

Austal Australia delivered a new Guardian class patrol boat to the Australian Department of Defence DOD on Wednesday, March 17. The future HMPNGS Rochus Lokinap was ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-3h-35m ago

Sri Lanka Ports Authority takes delivery of pilot boat

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority SLPA recently took delivery of a new pilot launch from local builder Colombo Dockyard. Designed by Macduff Ship Design and classed by LR, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-3h-57m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Stabilisation System Supplier – Seakeeper

Best Stabilisation System Supplier – Seakeeper United States headquartered Seakeeper has perfected and produces a range of anti roll gyro stabilisation systems for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-4h ago

South Port NZ orders tractor tug from Dutch yard

South Port New Zealand has awarded Damen Shipyards Group of the Netherlands a NZ$9.4 million US$6.8 million contract for the delivery of a new azimuth tractor tug for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-4h-9m ago

BOOK REVIEW | Women of the River: The Supatra Story Through the Century

The story of the four generations of dynamic women who have directed the activities of the Supatra/Chao Phraya ferry and property group are not as well known as they ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-4h-35m ago

Tasmanian government in talks with Finnish shipyard for future Bass Strait ferries

The Tasmanian government has confirmed its preferred course of action as regards replacement of the older government owned passenger vessels that ply Bass Strait. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-9h-51m ago

Dutch design firm launches customisable TSHD series

Netherlands based C Job Naval Architects has launched a new range of customisable trailing suction hopper dredgers TSHDs expected to fill the gap between standard ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-10h-2m ago

New escort tug delivered to Bay-Houston Towing

Bay Houston Towing Company of Galveston, Texas, recently took delivery of a new escort tug from Gulf Island Shipyards of Louisiana. George M is the final one in a series ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-10h-11m ago

Expro, FTAI Ocean form well intervention JV

UK based international oilfield service company Expro Group has formed an exclusive alliance with Singapore based global vessel provider FTAI Ocean, a subsidiary of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-4d-10h-21m ago

OPINION | An oil spill nobody owns

What does the continuing, low intensity conflict between Israel and Iran have to do with the mysterious oil spill that has washed ashore along the coast of Israel and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-2h-42m ago

OPINION | Mandatory cameras overshadow the revision of fisheries control rules

On Thursday, March 11, the European Parliament adopted its position on a new set of rules meant to revise the Union Fisheries Control System. In general terms, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-2h-47m ago

Australian police seize cocaine-filled vessel off NSW coast

A 27 year old South Australian man has appeared in Sydney Central Local Court following the seizure of approximately 200 kilograms of cocaine allegedly located on board a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-3h-6m ago

Royal Caribbean’s second Quantum Ultra-class ship departs for sea trials

Odyssey of the Seas, the second Quantum Ultra class cruise ship ordered by Royal Caribbean International, has begun undergoing sea trials in the North Sea. The program ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-3h-19m ago

Scottish Sea Farms’ newest salmon delousing boat nearing completion

Scottish Sea Farms will soon take delivery of a new delousing boat built by local shipyard Ferguson Marine. The £6 million US$8.34 million Kallista Helen will operate ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-3h-26m ago

Chinese yard launches wellboat slated for Chile

Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard in China launched a new wellboat into the water on Monday, March 15. The ABS classed vessel will have a length of 69.53 metres, a beam of 14 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-4h-12m ago

Wreck of purported British ship sunk in American Revolutionary War found in Savannah, Georgia

The US Army Corps of Engineers USACE may have found the remains of a British warship dating back to the American Revolutionary War. Some cannon, an anchor, and other ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-4h-19m ago

US Coast Guard seizes US$6.6 million in drugs off Puerto Rico

The US Coast Guard patrol boat Reef Shark transferred custody of three suspected smugglers and an estimated US$6.6 million in seized cocaine to federal agents at Coast ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-4h-38m ago

HVO diesel bunkering barge enters service on Thames

UK based GPS Marine has launched a new bunkering service that will supply low emission, hydrotreated vegetable oil HVO diesel fuel to commercial vessels that ply the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-9h-51m ago

Oceanwide’s future expedition ship launched in Croatia

Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit floated out a new expedition cruise vessel on Thursday, March 11. Slated for Netherlands based Oceanwide Expeditions, Janssonius will have ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-10h-1m ago

MOL takes delivery of 60,000DWT wood chip carrier

Mitsui OSK Lines MOL has taken delivery of a new wood chip carrier from local yard Oshima Shipbuilding. The vessel has been named Southern Ace since it will be used to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-10h-12m ago

South Korean yard to build 91,000cbm VLGC trio for European owner

South Korea amp 8217 s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME has been awarded a 265 billion US$234.5 million contract for the construction of three very ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-5d-10h-22m ago

New Elbe River ferry service launched between Cuxhaven, Brunsbüttel

A new ferry service has begun operating on the Elbe River between the northern German states of Lower Saxony and Schleswig Holstein. The 32 kilometre route between the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-1h-23m ago

Bahri, UACC ink long-term charters for nine MR tankers

Saudi Arabia amp 8217 s Bahri, through subsidiary Bahri Chemicals, has entered into a long term time charter agreement with Dubai headquartered international shipping ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-1h-44m ago

COLUMN | Stena Group may give towing a boost [Tug Times]

Stena Group companies have been much in the news recently. On the ferry side, Stena Line has been boasting about the number of women they employ, whilst Stena Bulk has ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-2h-41m ago

New direct cargo service links Port of Gothenburg to South Africa, Oceania

Sweden amp 8217 s Port of Gothenburg began a regular direct service to South Africa and Oceania on Friday, March 12. The Norwegian shipping company Höegh Autoliners will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-3h-25m ago

Avenir LNG takes delivery of 7,500cbm bunkering vessel

Avenir LNG recently took delivery of Avenir Accolade, its second 7,500 cubic metre dual purpose LNG supply and bunkering vessel, from Keppel Offshore and Marine amp 8217 s ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-3h-31m ago

Smoke reported on tour boat while underway in Oslofjord; four rescued

Firefighters from the Vestfold region in eastern Norway were requested to render assistance to a passenger vessel after its crew reported smoke spreading on board and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-3h-46m ago

Germany’s RWE acquires majority stake in Rampion offshore wind farm in English Channel

German multinational energy company RWE has taken over a further 20 per cent stake in the Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex, UK, thus becoming the new majority ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-4h-56m ago

USACE welcomes catamaran to survey fleet

The US Army Corps of Engineers USACE Little Rock District recently took delivery of a new hydrographic survey boat from Alabama builder Silver Ships. The catamaran ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-5h-6m ago

Multi-purpose workboat delivered to Williams Shipping

Netherlands based Neptune Marine has delivered a new multi purpose workboat to Williams Shipping, a marine and logistics contractor headquartered in Southampton, UK. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-6h-53m ago

Svitzer starts operating new hull-cleaning ROV

Svitzer has begun operating a new type of hull cleaning remotely operated vehicle ROV to support its activities in Panama. Svitzer said the ROV can operate in harsh ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-7h-5m ago

Two dead, one missing after cargo ship sinks in storm in Black Sea off Romania

Two people are confirmed dead while a third has gone missing after a cargo ship sank in storm hit waters in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania on Thursday, March 11. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-9h-42m ago

MSC launches new Southeast Asia–US West Coast service

Mediterranean Shipping Company MSC is introducing a new container shipping service in order to fulfil customer demand for cargo between Southeast Asia and the US West ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-9h-51m ago

New US law proposes increased domestic shipbuilding for LNG, crude exports

Three US lawmakers have introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation requiring that increasing percentages of LNG and crude oil exports by the United States be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-10h-1m ago

Washington boat builder reopens Tacoma yard to serve US Navy contract

Bremerton, Washington based Safe Boats International is set to reopen its large craft production facility in Tacoma to enable manufacture of two new Mark VI patrol boats ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-10h-12m ago

New York’s Bayport Fire Department gets new rescue boat

The Bayport Fire Department in New York recently took delivery of a new fire rescue boat from Silver Ships of Alabama. The boat measures 9.1 by three metres and is ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-6d-10h-21m ago

Fire erupts on berthed cruise ship in Corfu, Greece

A fire ignited on board a cruise ship while it was berthed at the Port of Corfu in Greece on Friday, March 12. A spokesman for MSC Cruises said the blaze ignited on MSC ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-1h-21m ago

Iranian owner claims ship damaged in apparent terror attack in Mediterranean

An Iranian shipping company has claimed that the incident that damaged one of its vessels in the Mediterranean last week was an act of terrorism. State owned Islamic ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-1h-51m ago

US Coast Guard, partners rescue five mariners in Micronesian waters

US Coast Guard, US Air Force, and Federated States of Micronesia responders rescued five mariners in the vicinity of Houk Island, Chuuk, on Saturday, March 13. At 19:15 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-2h-17m ago

COLUMN | Do it yourself, Gulf style: Middle Eastern states invest in offshore oilfield services companies [Offshore Accounts]

In Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, public investment by petro states is increasingly focused on squeezing out private sector businesses in oilfield services, especially ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-2h-42m ago

15 abducted from Dutch-owned tanker in Gulf of Guinea

Netherlands based De Poli Tankers has confirmed that 15 people were kidnapped following a pirate attack on one of its vessels in the Gulf of Guinea late last week. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-2h-59m ago

Chinese builder launches CG Railway’s newest Ro-Ro ferry

China amp 8217 s Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding has launched the first of two new rail ferries for CG Railway, a joint venture between subsidiaries of railroad company ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3h-20m ago

Turkish yard delivers seiner/trawler to Norway’s Liegruppen

A new hybrid powered seiner/trawler built by Turkey amp 8217 s Cemre Shipyard has been delivered to Norwegian fishing vessel operator Liegruppen. Developed by Salt Ship ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3h-33m ago

New support ship delivered to Italian Navy

Fincantieri delivered a new logistic support ship to the Italian Navy in a ceremony in Muggiano on Friday, March 12. Vulcano will operate primarily as a supply and at sea ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3h-44m ago

Castor Maritime acquires 2010-built Kamsarmax bulker

Castor Maritime, through a separate wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement to purchase a Kamsarmax dry bulk carrier from an unaffiliated third party. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4h-4m ago

Fiji police launch probe into ferry operator’s alleged abuse of Filipino crews

Fijian police officials have launched an investigation into reports of ongoing abusive treatment by a local shipping line against its own personnel. The probe comes after ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4h-16m ago

Hybrid ferry enters service with Amsterdam’s GVB

Amsterdam public transport provider Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf GVB has taken delivery of a new hybrid ferry from local builder Holland Shipyards Group. IJveer 66 is the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4h-45m ago

Two new vessels join Indonesian fisheries ministry’s patrol fleet

The Indonesian Marine and Fisheries Ministry Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan KKP formally welcomed two new patrol vessels into service on Tuesday, March 9. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4h-56m ago

US Coast Guard commissions 42nd Sentinel-class cutter

USCGC Robert Goldman, Patrol Forces Southwest Asia amp 8217 s newest Sentinel class cutter, was commissioned into service with the US Coast Guard at Key West, Florida, on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5h-16m ago

LR awards AIP for 30,000cbm ammonia-fueled gas carrier

Lloyd amp 8217 s Register LR has awarded an approval in principle AIP to Belgium amp 8217 s Exmar for its ammonia NH3 fueled, 40,000 cubic metre midsize gas carrier MGC ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5h-25m ago

Future Italian Navy offshore patrol ship floated out

Fincantieri launched a new Italian Navy multi purpose offshore patrol ship Pattugliatore Polivalente d amp 8217 Altura PPA at its Genoa facilities on Saturday, March 13. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5h-32m ago

VESSEL REVIEW | Suiso Frontier – Japanese LH2 carrier sets the pace in hydrogen transport

Kawasaki Heavy Industries KHI has delivered a new liquefied hydrogen carrier to the CO2 free Hydrogen Energy Supply chain Technology Research Association HySTRA , a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-2h-42m ago

New research in microbial management reveals potential for improvements in fish farming efficiency

The development of effective microbial management strategies to reduce disease outbreaks in aquaculture is often hindered by limited knowledge of the microbiology in fish ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-5h-34m ago

SeaRoad Shipping’s newest vessel departs for Australia

A vessel chartered by Australia amp 8217 s SeaRoad Shipping departed Cape Town, South Africa, earlier this week and is scheduled to arrive at Melbourne on March 26. Owned by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-6h-19m ago

Irish aquaculture companies receive €1.8 million in government grant funding

The Irish government, through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has awarded €1.8 million US$2.15 million in grants to 28 aquaculture companies to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-6h-30m ago

Shell inks charters for 10 VLCCs

Shell has entered into agreements to charter ten new very large crude carriers VLCCs powered by dual fuel LNG engines. Four of the vessels have been chartered from ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-6h-45m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – March 12, 2021

It amp 8217 s the subsea survey specialists amp 8217 turn in the spotlight this time as shown by a recent slew of project awards by clients in the oil and gas and renewables ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-8h-32m ago

US Coast Guard decommissions patrol boat Dorado

The US Coast Guard decommissioned the Marine Protector class patrol boat Dorado on Wednesday, March 10. Completed in 1998, the 27 metre vessel spent its entire 23 year ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-9h-52m ago

Van Oord awarded extension for Lincolnshire coastal protection works

The UK Environment Agency has awarded Dutch marine projects company Van Oord a contract to continue to protect the Lincolnshire coast for the next four years. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-10h-2m ago

DP World to build container port in East Java

DP World, in partnership with global investment firm Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec CDPQ , have entered into a long term agreement with Indonesian .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-10h-12m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – March 12, 2021

The latest succession of offshore vessel charters to be awarded indicate continuing activity in the UK offshore wind market. However, the recent awards show work is also ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-3d-10h-22m ago

OPINION | France’s burgeoning defence ties with Indonesia

At first glance, given their geographic distance, there seems little pushing France and Indonesia closer together. But from Paris’s perspective, the French territories ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-2h-42m ago

Indian Navy commissions third Kalvari-class submarine

The Indian Navy commissioned its newest diesel electric submarine into service on Wednesday, March 10. INS Karanj is the third submarine in the Kalvari class, which are ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-2h-55m ago

Oregon builder launches Crowley Fuels’ newest petroleum tank barge

Oregon shipbuilder Greenbrier Marine launched a new double hull petroleum tank barge into the water at its Lake Oswego facilities on Monday, March 8. Designed by Jensen ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-9h-12m ago

Two heavy lift ships to rejoin AAL Shipping fleet

AAL Shipping will soon welcome two multi purpose heavy lift vessels back into its fleet. Pacific Action and AAL Gladstone have both served in the AAL fleet in the past. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-9h-22m ago

Ocean Ecology merges with Norwegian aquaculture consultancy

UK based marine survey and research organisation Ocean Ecology has become part of Åkerblå Group, a Norwegian consultancy specialising in fish health, environmental, and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-9h-31m ago

UK firms ink five-year deal to develop diver delivery craft

British advanced maritime technology business SubSea Craft and naval architects Bar Technologies have entered into a new five year contract to further develop a new type ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-9h-42m ago

Destroyer Daniel Inouye delivered to US Navy

The US Navy took delivery of the guided missile destroyer Daniel Inouye from General Dynamics Bath Iron Works on Monday, March 8. Prior to delivery, the ship successfully ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-9h-51m ago

Saam Towage to expand El Salvador operations with new tugs

Saam Towage amp 8217 s operations in El Salvador will be further expanded in the coming weeks following the arrival of two newbuild escort and firefighting tugs from Turkey. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-10h-2m ago

Coral Expeditions takes delivery of second ship in series

Australia based Coral Expeditions has taken delivery of a new expedition cruise vessel from Vard Vung Tau in Vietnam. Coral Geographer is the second vessel in a series to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-10h-12m ago

Draft legislation proposes additional Great Lakes icebreaker for US Coast Guard

Three US senators are reintroducing bipartisan legislation that will codify the US Coast Guard amp 8217 s icebreaking mission on the Great Lakes and increase the icebreaking ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-4d-10h-21m ago

OPINION | Sea denial is not enough: An Australian and Indian perspective

In recent years – and for good reason amp 8211 the strategic commentariat in both Australia and India has become increasingly concerned with the rise of China’s ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-2h-42m ago

Newbuild joins Port of Townsville’s pilot boat fleet

The Port of Townsville in Queensland, Australia, welcomed a new pilot boat into its fleet on Wednesday, March 10. The AU$3.3 million US$2.5 million custom built ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-3h-44m ago

Seaspan orders six 15,000TEU newbuilds

Seaspan Corporation has entered into agreements with an unnamed shipyard for six 15,000TEU containership newbuilds. The are anticipated to begin deliveries in the fourth ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-3h-57m ago

Construction underway on new self-propelled bunkering barge for Intracoastal Marine Fuel

Construction is underway on a self propelled compact tanker barge ordered by Jupiter, Florida operator Intracoastal Marine Fuel. The construction contract for the vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-4h-2m ago

New icebreaker for Szczecin water authority floated out

Poland amp 8217 s Remontowa Shipbuilding has launched a new icebreaker slated for the Regional Water Management Authority in Szczecin. Named Ocelot, the vessel is the first ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-4h-30m ago

Court hearings reveal trawler skipper was distracted prior to fatal 2017 sinking in Sussex Bay

Prosecutors in the UK have stated that the failure of a commercial fishing boat captain to maintain a proper lookout resulted in an incident that left three people dead ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-5h-10m ago

Iran’s navy to welcome locally-built hovercraft into service

Iranian media reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy IRIN will commission a new hovercraft into service later this month. The locally built vessel will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-6h-43m ago

Longliner runs aground, leaks oil off Pointe-aux-Sables, Mauritius

Authorities in Mauritius have confirmed the occurrence of a grounding and oil spill incident involving a foreign flagged fishing vessel northwest of the country amp 8217 s ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-7h-5m ago

Pennsylvania shipyard cuts steel for Maritime Administration’s second NSMV

Philly Shipyard in Pennsylvania has cut the first steel for the second National Security Multi Mission Vessel NSMV slated for the US Department of .. The post ....

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-7h-36m ago

US federal government completes environmental review of proposed 800MW wind farm off Massachusetts

The US federal government, through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management BOEM , has completed the environmental analysis of the proposed Vineyard Wind One offshore wind ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-7h-50m ago

Ex-Stena ferry sold to Philippines’ CLC

A Ro Pax ferry formerly owned by Stena RoRo has been sold to Philippine conglomerate Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corporation CLC . The 195 metre Stena ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-8h-8m ago

Ex-Stena Line ferry sold to Philippines’ CLC

A Ro Pax ferry formerly operated by Stena Line has been sold to Philippine conglomerate Chelsea Logistics and Infrastructure Holdings Corporation CLC . The 195 metre ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-8h-8m ago

South Korean yard delivers sixth shuttle tanker in series to Altera Infrastructure

Samsung Heavy Industries SHI recently handed over a new 103,000DWT shuttle tanker to Altera Infrastructure. Altera Wind is the final one in a series of six DP2 shuttle ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-9h-42m ago

French frigate seizes over US$1.5 million in drugs in Arabian Sea

Combined Maritime Forces CMF has confirmed that a French Navy ship intercepted over 2,900 kilograms of narcotics in the Arabian Sea in a recent operation. After ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-9h-51m ago

Firefighting tug pair delivered to Chinese operator

China amp 8217 s Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard delivered two ASD firefighting tugs in a series to an unnamed local operator on Friday, March 5. The tugs each have a length of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-10h-2m ago

Bank financing secured for two Stena Line ferry newbuildings

Stena Line and Germany amp 8217 s KfW IPEX Bank have entered into a loan agreement of US$180 million to finance two new E Flexer class Ro Pax ferries. The two 238 metre ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-10h-12m ago

New ferry for Hong Kong launched at Chinese yard

China amp 8217 s Jianglong Shipbuilding launched a new all steel ferry at its Guangdong province facilities on Friday, March 5. The 34 by eight metre Fuqiang .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-10h-22m ago

Russia’s newest Project 636.3 submarine to be launched later this month

Russia amp 8217 s United Shipbuilding Corporation USC has confirmed that the Russian Navy amp 8217 s newest Project 636.3 diesel electric submarine will be launched at the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-5d-23h-55m ago

Boluda Towage awarded Baltic Sea maritime rescue contract by German waterways authority

Boluda Towage Europe, through German subsidiary Boluda Deutschland, has been awarded contract for maritime rescue services in the Baltic Sea. The contract awarded by the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-8m ago

Conversion nearly complete on new pilot station boat for Staten Island

Work is nearly completed on the conversion of a former oil spill response vessel OSRV into a pilot station vessel for the Sandy Hook Pilots Association of Staten ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-20m ago

Construction of new Wadden Sea research vessel gets green light

The Netherlands Foundation of Scientific Research Institutes Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten NWO I has approved the investment by the Royal ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-1h-26m ago

DNV awards AIP for South Korean-designed feeder containership

DNV has granted an approval in principle AIP to South Korea amp 8217 s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard HMD for a new design of intra Europe 1,900TEU feeder container vessel. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-1h-50m ago

ClassNK releases guidelines for ROVs, AUVs

ClassNK has released its Guidelines for ROV/AUV, which summarises the performance and safety requirements for remotely operated underwater vehicles ROVs and autonomous ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-2h-2m ago

Keel laid for first Taiwan-built offshore installation vessel

CSBC Corporation has laid the keel for the first offshore installation vessel to be built in Taiwan. Green Jade will be owned by CSBC DEME Wind Engineering CDWE , a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-2h-19m ago

Dutch yard launches third LNG-fueled ship in series for Thun Tankers

Westerbroek, Netherlands shipbuilder Ferus Smit recently launched a new oil/chemical tanker slated for Sweden amp 8217 s Thun Tankers. Thun Equality is the third in a series ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-2h-31m ago

OPINION | Australia should do more than just wait for the Attack-class submarines to arrive

Debate on Australia’s future submarines is understandably focused on the information that floats out of the Defence Department about France’s Naval Group and the $80 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-2h-41m ago

Belgian, Dutch navies choose French-designed USV for minehunting

The Belgian Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy have chosen an unmanned surface vehicle USV developed by France amp 8217 s ECA Group for their joint mine countermeasures ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-9h-41m ago

JMSDF commissions surveillance ship, christens frigate

The Japan Maritime Self Defence Force JMSDF commissioned the ocean surveillance ship JS Aki pictured into service on Thursday, March 4. Built by Mitsui E amp 38 S ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-9h-52m ago

New UK-Morocco direct shipping route to include Port of Poole

A new direct shipping route, which will connect the UK and Morocco, is to be launched before the end of March. The new service will be based out of the Port of Poole and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-10h-2m ago

Philippines’ San Miguel Corporation to assist in Pasig River cleanup

Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corporation SMC will start work to rehabilitate Metro Manila amp 8217 s heavily polluted Pasig River in April, group President and Chief ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-10h-12m ago

Virgin Voyages unveils third ship

Virgin Voyages has unveiled the first images of Resilient Lady, the third ship that will join the company amp 8217 s fleet. The vessel will be homeported in Piraeus and will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-10h-17m ago

Spanish SAR agency gets new RIBs

Spain amp 8217 s Salvamento Maritimo maritime search and rescue SAR agency has taken delivery of two new 7.5 metre aluminium rigid inflatable boats RIBs in a series from ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-1w-6d-10h-21m ago

COLUMN | Update on the subsea survey war: Fugro fights on, Ocean Infinity buys MMT, Reach Subsea transforms? [Offshore Accounts]

A year ago here we highlighted the battle for control of the autonomous underwater vehicle AUV market between Ocean Infinity and Fugro, with both companies ordering ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-2h-42m ago

Eastern Pacific Shipping joins methanol/ammonia marine fuel project

Singapore amp 8217 s Eastern Pacific Shipping EPS has entered into a memorandum of understanding MOU with Dutch chemical company OCI and MAN Energy Solutions to develop ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3h-2m ago

ADNOC Logistics and Services to add six VLCCs to fleet

ADNOC Logistics and Services ADNOC L amp 38 S , the shipping and maritime logistics arm of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC , has acquired six very large crude ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3h-13m ago

Research reveals genetic response of ocean warming, acidification in American lobster

A team of researchers from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole, non profit Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, and the Maine ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3h-23m ago

Atlantic Dawn’s newest trawler hits the water

Turkey amp 8217 s Cemre Shipyard has launched a new midwater pelagic trawler slated for Irish fishing company Atlantic Dawn. Designed by Salt Ship Design and classed by BV, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3h-53m ago

Future Proof Shipping container vessel to undergo hydrogen retrofit

Netherlands based marine transport company Future Proof Shipping FPS has entered into an agreement with Holland Shipyards Group HSG for the installation of a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4h-8m ago

Future US Navy submarine Montana floated out

Huntington Ingalls Industries amp 8217 HII Newport News Shipbuilding launched the future US Navy nuclear powered attack submarine USS Montana into Virginia amp 8217 s James ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4h-33m ago

New cruise port inaugurated in Puerto Princesa, Philippines

A new international cruise port was inaugurated in Puerto Princesa City in the western Philippine island of Palawan on Saturday, March 6. Mayor Lucilo Bayron said the new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5h-2m ago

UAE oyster farm takes delivery of locally built RHIB

UAE oyster farming company Dibba Bay Oysters recently took delivery of a new custom built rigid hull inflatable boat RHIB from local builder Asis Boats. The 9.5 metre ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5h-21m ago

Lydd Ranges Coastal Defences scheme awarded to Van Oord

The UK Environment Agency has awarded Van Oord a contract to design and build a coastal defence scheme at Lydd on the south Kent coast. Van Oord will work in partnership ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5h-29m ago

Royal Canadian Navy’s first AOPS completes cold weather trials

Irving Shipbuilding and the Royal Canadian Navy have completed cold weather and ice trials of the service amp 8217 s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship AOPS , the future ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6h-7m ago

Merger of France’s Seine Axis ports set for June 2021

The ports of Le Havre, Rouen, and Paris in France amp 8217 s Seine Axis region are scheduled to fully merge into a single entity by June 1, 2021. French Prime Minister Jean ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6h-19m ago

Oregon lawmakers call for annual federal funding for dredging, jetty maintenance

A group of legislators from Oregon are pushing the US Office of Management and Budget to provide the US Army Corps of Engineers USACE with annual funding for maritime ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6h-39m ago

DCI’s future dredger to utilise Dutch design

Royal IHC and Cochin Shipyard CSL have entered into a memorandum of understanding MOU to collaborate on the design and construction of new trailing suction hopper ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-7h-20m ago

Baggerbedrijf De Boer secures maintenance dredging work at Scheveningen port

The Municipality of The Hague has awarded a contract for maintenance dredging work for the Port of Scheveningen to Baggerbedrijf De Boer Dutch Dredging following ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-7h-37m ago

OPINION | South Korea aims to build aircraft carrier the country doesn’t need

So you are someone who takes defence policy seriously. We know that, because you’re reading The Strategist. And because you take defence policy seriously, every so ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-2h-42m ago

FEATURE | Dutch-US partnership collaborates on unmanned nearshore surveys

US based unmanned technology company Sea Machines Robotics recently held a webinar in conjunction with Netherlands based survey specialists Deep and Simon Remote Survey ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-3h-2m ago

MSC to open container depot in North Sea Port

Mediterranean Shipping Company MSC will open a new container depot at Vlaeynatie in Terneuzen, thus expanding its presence in the Netherlands amp 8217 North Sea Port ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-6h-43m ago

Netherlands’ Symphony Shipping orders project cargo vessels from local yard

Dutch operator Symphony Shipping has ordered two project cargo vessels in a series from local builder Ferus Smit. The ice class 1A, open top notation vessels will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-6h-56m ago

SAL Heavy Lift to form JV with Jumbo

Germany amp 8217 s SAL Heavy Lift and Dutch transport and installation contractor Jumbo have confirmed their intention to form a new joint venture company. SAL said the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-7h-29m ago

DP World inks 50-year terminal lease agreement with BC’s Nanaimo Port

DP World and the Port of Nanaimo in British Columbia, Canada, have entered into a 50 year lease agreement for Nanaimo amp 8217 s Duke Point Shipping Terminal. The agreement ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-7h-47m ago

New expeditionary survey boat delivered to Royal Netherlands Navy

Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding DSNS and Damen Shipyards Den Helder DSHS handed over a new expeditionary survey boat ESB to the Royal Netherlands Navy on Friday, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-7h-57m ago

OHT’s newest crane vessel floated out

Offshore Heavy Transport amp 8217 s OHT newest installation vessel was launched at the Jiangsu shipyard of China Merchants Heavy Industry CMHI on Sunday, February 28. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-8h-12m ago

US, Canadian Coast Guards rescue 31 fishermen from sinking trawler in high seas off Nova Scotia

The US Coast Guard, the Canadian Coast Guard, and the Royal Canadian Air Force rescued 31 fishermen from a disabled fishing vessel over 200 kilometres south of Halifax, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-8h-26m ago

Alaska lawmaker lobbies for cruise season resumption via new bill

A US legislator from Alaska has introduced a new law that calls for the resumption of the cruise season in the wake of the Canadian government amp 8217 s recent announcement ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-8h-39m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – March 5, 2021

With the offshore sector as busy as ever, new charters expectedly continue to be awarded at a steady pace. It is interesting to note that the succession of recent awards ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-3d-10h-22m ago

Five missing after Chinese longliner capsizes off Okinawa

Japanese media reports that five people have gone missing after a Chinese flagged fishing vessel capsized off Okinawa on Tuesday, March 2. The Japan Coast Guard received ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-2h-8m ago

OPINION | Agalega: A glimpse of India’s remote island military base

The small, remote Mauritian island of North Agalega, located in the south western Indian Ocean, 1,122 kilometres north of Mauritius, is currently a hive of construction ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-2h-42m ago

FEATURE | Why the Philippines’ only luxury cruise ship is no longer sailing

The 106 metre 7107 Islands Cruise, the first – and, so far, only – luxury cruise ship ever owned and operated by a Filipino company, was envisioned as a key component ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-2h-47m ago

Seaspan buys 2019-built boxship pair

Seaspan Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire two containerships on long term charter with an undisclosed global liner customer. The 2019 built vessels ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-4h-37m ago

Shipping company, chief officer convicted for dumping garbage in Great Barrier Reef

Following a prosecution by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority AMSA on Friday, February 26, the chief officer and the owner of a foreign flagged commercial vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-4h-46m ago

EU to join North Pacific Fisheries Commission

The European Union will become the newest member of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission, the European Commission said in a recent statement. Membership in the NPFC ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-4h-55m ago

NZ firm developing new mussel float design for exposed waters

A company based in New Zealand amp 8217 s Tasman District has begun a one year research trial aimed at reducing the number of mussel floats that get lost at sea each year. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-5h-12m ago

Ports of Corpus Christi, Rotterdam ink carbon reduction MOU

The Port of Corpus Christi in Texas and the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands have entered into a memorandum of understanding MOU that will allow the two entities to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-5h-29m ago

US Coast Guard suspends search for missing pilot off Boca Raton, Florida

US Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders have suspended the search for a missing aircraft and its pilot that are believed to have crashed in the waters off Boca Raton, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-6h-41m ago

Svitzer to get new pilot boat for Tanger Med, Morocco

Svitzer will take delivery of a new pilot boat for operation in the Moroccan port of Tanger Med before the end of March. Svitzer Oued Martil is the third pilot boat built ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-6h-59m ago

Ocean Infinity acquires survey company MMT

US based Ocean Infinity has confirmed its acquisition of Swedish survey company MMT, the former said in a press release dated March 2. The acquisition will see ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-7h-31m ago

Fjord Line takes delivery of 109-metre high-speed ferry

Norwegian operator Fjord Line took delivery of a new high speed catamaran Ro Pax ferry from Austal Philippines on Sunday, February 28. Austal CEO Paddy Gregg said the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-7h-42m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Offshore Fish Farm – Havfarm 1 – NSK Ship Design

Best Offshore Fish Farm – Havfarm 1 – NSK Ship Design Long time readers of these pages will recall that Baird Maritime has for many years at least 23 years! been ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-9h-46m ago

Vessel operator, engineers sentenced for oil waste discharge offences in Apra Harbor, Guam

A Singapore based shipping company was sentenced last month in Hagatna, Guam, for illegally discharging oil into Apra Harbor, Guam, and for maintaining false and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-10h-2m ago

Fleetwood RNLI welcomes newest lifeboat

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI station at Fleetwood, Lancashire, recently welcomed its newest inshore lifeboat into service. Harbet replaces Mary ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-10h-12m ago

Four Bears Casino’s newest dinner cruise boat taking shape

Construction is underway on a new steel hulled gaming and dinner cruise boat ordered by Four Bears Casino of New Town, North Dakota. Wisconsin based Lake Assault Boats ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-10h-21m ago

BOOK REVIEW | Special Report – Submarines: Your Questions Answered

Discounting much of the self serving twaddle from the retired admirals and military industrial complex executives who contributed to it, this report from the Australian ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-21h-58m ago

Kongsberg to design low-emission live carrier for Sølvtrans

Kongsberg Maritime has entered into a NOK70 million US$8.27 million contract with Norwegian shipyard Myklebust Verft to design and equip a new live fish carrier for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-22h-50m ago

Wallenius Wilhelmsen returns three more vessels from cold lay-up

In response to growing demand together with rising rates and lack of capacity in the time charter market, Wallenius Wilhelmsen is bringing another three Ro Ro vessels out ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-22h-56m ago

Torm acquires eight MR product tankers

Torm has entered into an agreement to purchase eight 2007 2012 built MR product tanker vessels from Team Tankers Deep Sea for a total cash consideration of US$82.5 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-23h-19m ago

Belships acquires two Ultramax bulkers under construction

Norwegian owner Belships has entered into letters of intent for the acquisition of two new vessels. The 61,000DWT Ultramax bulk carriers of Japanese design are expected ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-23h-33m ago

Austal FY2021 H1 EBIT climbs to AU$70.5 million as company faces regulatory probe in US

Shipbuilder Austal said it achieved another strong half of earnings, according to financial results for the six months ended December 31, 2020 FY2021 H1 , which were ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-23h-38m ago

Strong shipbuilding margins drive Austal H1 EBIT to AU$70.5 million

Austal achieved another strong half of earnings, according to financial results for the six months ended December 31, 2020 FY2021 H1 that were released by the company ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-4d-23h-38m ago

REMINISCENCES | The graveyard watch

Fatigue, I was reading recently, has become a major problem in our meanly manned ships of today. The obvious solution would be to increase the available manpower to a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5d-2h-42m ago

OPINION | What would it take for Australia to walk away from the French submarine deal?

Media reports this week have claimed that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has commissioned a Defence Department review into potential alternatives to the Attack class ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5d-2h-46m ago

Sembcorp dissolves dormant subsidiary, strikes off two others

Sembcorp Marine has confirmed that one of its dormant wholly owned subsidiaries has been dissolved by way of voluntary winding up. The dissolved subsidiary is SembCorp ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5d-2h-51m ago

RNLI assists Royal Navy in removing ordnance dredged off Selsey

Lifeboat crew at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI station at Selsey were called upon to assist the Royal Navy in the disposal of unexploded ordnance that ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5d-3h-1m ago

Israeli authorities clear Greek tanker of involvement in massive oil spill

Greek company Minerva Marine has confirmed that authorities in Israel have cleared one of its managed tankers of any involvement in a recent oil spill incident affecting ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5d-3h-18m ago

New study reveals marine paints as sources of microplastic pollution

Marine paints can be a major source of microplastics according to a new study by environmental geochemists from the University of Oldenburg in Germany. Shipping traffic ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5d-10h-12m ago

US Navy awards contract for 15th expeditionary fast transport

The US Navy has awarded Austal USA a US$235 million undefinitised contract for the detailed design and construction of the 15th Spearhead class expeditionary fast ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-5d-10h-22m ago

Finnish design firm unveils LNG-powered Kielmax feeder ship

Finland amp 8217 s Deltamarin has unveiled the first images of a new design of LNG powered container feeder vessel. The 179 by 31 metre Kielmax design will have capacity ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-53m ago

Serbia’s Albatross merges with Salt Ship Design

Salt Ship Design has completed its acquisition of Serbian naval architects Albatross Ship Design. Salt Ship Design said the two companies have had prior cooperation on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-1h-3m ago

STLC takes delivery of new Project RSD59 cargo ship

United Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s USC Nevsky Shipyard has delivered a new Project RSD59 dry cargo vessel to Russia amp 8217 s State Transport Leasing Company STLC . ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-1h-19m ago

OPINION | How China is bending the rules in the South China Sea

Chinese exercises in the South China Sea last month, and the strong US response, show these disputed waters will not soon be calm. While the focus has largely been on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-2h-47m ago

Philippine Navy retires four vessels

The Philippine Navy decommissioned four of its legacy vessels in a ceremony at Sangley Point, Cavite City, on Monday, March 1. The decommissioned vessels include the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-4h-51m ago

WETA fast ferry sold to Kitsap Transit

Washington State operator Kitsap Transit has purchased a catamaran fast ferry from the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority WETA for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-5h-13m ago

US defence contractor acquires naval architects Gibbs and Cox

US defence and technology company Leidos has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire naval architects Gibbs and Cox for US$380 million. Leidos said the acquisition ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-5h-28m ago

Rohde Nielsen wraps up beach nourishment works in north Funen

Copenhagen based Rohde Nielsen recently completed a beach nourishment project in the northern portion of Denmark amp 8217 s Funen Island. The project involved the placement ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-5h-37m ago

Fifth tug in series delivered to Polish Navy

Poland amp 8217 s Remontowa Shipbuilding handed over a new tug to the Polish Navy on Wednesday, February 24. Leszko is the fifth in a series of six ice class tugs built by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-6h-45m ago

Fire razes vessels at Navotas fish port, Philippines

The Philippine Coast Guard, the Philippine Bureau of Fire Protection BFP , and some Good Samaritan vessels responded to an incident wherein two fishing vessels caught ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-7h-41m ago

Minerva Marine takes delivery of first LNG carrier in series

Greece amp 8217 s Minerva Marine has taken delivery of a new 174,000 cubic metre LNG carrier from Samsung Heavy Industries SHI . Named Minerva Kalymnos, the newbuild is the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-7h-49m ago

Minerva Marine takes delivery of first of LNG carrier in series

Greece amp 8217 s Minerva Marine has taken delivery of a new 174,000 cubic metre LNG carrier from Samsung Heavy Industries SHI . Named Minerva Kalymnos, the newbuild is the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-7h-49m ago

GEAR | Seawork returns for 2021

Both the Seawork and M amp 38 CCE exhibitions are returning in 2021. The three day exhibitions host exhibitors and speakers in a format focusing on innovation, trends and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-2w-6d-8h-6m ago

SAL Heavy Lift, Intermarine open new joint office in São Paulo

SAL Heavy Lift and US based sister company Intermarine will open a new joint office in São Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, March 1. Under the Intermarine Brazil and SAL Heavy ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-45m ago

Teekay Tankers sells Aframax pair for US$32 million

Teekay Tankers has entered into an agreement to sell two of its unemcumbered vessels to an unnamed buyer. The objects of the sale are two 2008 built Aframax tankers. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-59m ago

Construction start of future Port of Helsingborg set for 2026

Construction on the expanded Port of Helsingborg in Sweden can begin in 2026 at the earliest, the port said in a press release. The expanded facility will include a new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-1h-12m ago

Fine and conviction for company caught operating dilapidated barge in Pittwater

The owner of a dilapidated barge who was caught operating the vessel in Pittwater despite a prohibition by authorities, was convicted and fined $5,500 in Sydney ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-1h-24m ago

Malta armed forces’ future flagship launched in Italy

Italy amp 8217 s Vittoria Shipyard launched the hull of a new offshore patrol vessel OPV at its Adria facilities on Saturday, February 27. Once in service, P71 will become ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-1h-46m ago

Bumi Armada posts MYR125 million full-year net profit in 2020

Malaysia based offshore energy facilities and services provider Bumi Armada reported a new profit MYR144.1 million US$35.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-2h-12m ago

COLUMN | Myanmar violence puts Woodside in a difficult position [Offshore Accounts]

Sunday bloody Sunday in Yangon, whilst Woodside CEO puts his foot in his mouth Yesterday was one of the most brutal days in the recent history of Myanmar as police and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-2h-47m ago

Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for January/February 2021

WORK BOAT WORLD: Subsea services company Ashtead Technology has appointed a chief financial officer CFO and four managers for newly created roles across its .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3h-1m ago

Proposals received for London’s Hammersmith ferry service

Transport for London TFL has received proposals from two bidders in its competition to determine the provider of a cross river ferry service near Hammersmith Bridge for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4h-1m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Feed Barge – San Hamana – Crisp Bros. and Haywards

Best Feed Barge – San Hamana – Crisp Bros. and Haywards San Hamana is not the first fish farm feed barge designed and built by Tasmania’s innovative and effective ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4h-9m ago

China installed half of new global offshore wind capacity during 2020, wind energy council reveals

According to the latest data released by the Global Wind Energy Council amp 8217 s GWEC Market Intelligence, the global offshore wind industry had its second best year ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4h-14m ago

Turkish yard floats out live carrier for Norsk Fisketransport

Turkey amp 8217 s Cemre Shipyard launched a new live fish carrier into the water on Saturday, February 27. Classed by DNV GL and designed by Havyard Ship Design, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4h-25m ago

OCCAR awards contract for two U212NFS submarines for Italian Navy

The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation Organisation conjointe de cooperation en matière d’armement OCCAR has awarded Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4h-35m ago

Blast reported on car carrier in Gulf of Oman

UK Maritime Trade Operations UKMTO and security consultancy firm Dryad Global have confirmed that an explosion occurred on board a commercial vessel sailing in the Gulf ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6h-1m ago

COLUMN | Accidents still happen [Tug Times]

amp 8220 To err is human to forgive, divine. amp 8221 Alexander Pope On the face of it, the news for the towing industry is good this month. It has just been announced that, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-2h-42m ago

Philippines’ APFC adds two more ferries to fleet

Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation APFC has taken delivery of two new high speed catamaran Ro Pax ferries. FastCat M17 and FastCat M18 will be operated on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-4h-4m ago

US Coast Guard starts formal investigation into fatal capsizing of crab boat in Tillamook Bay, Oregon

The US Coast Guard has stated that a formal marine casualty investigation has been convened into a recent vessel capsizing incident that resulted in the deaths of two ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-4h-27m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – February 26, 2021

The latest succession of offshore projects worldwide includes both completed works and new ones in the pipeline. There amp 8217 s been plenty of action in offshore wind in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-4h-42m ago

Six LNG-powered ships to service CMA CGM’s US customers

CMA CGM has confirmed that six newbuild containerships will be slated to service the company amp 8217 s customers in the United States. The vessels will each have LNG ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-6h-37m ago

Inadequate maintenance caused catastrophic 2018 fire on Ro-Ro ship off Lowestoft, MAIB report reveals

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch MAIB has released its investigation report into a fire incident that severely damaged a Ro Ro vessel and left one of its ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-7h-7m ago

UK fishers’ federation calls on political parties to condemn Greenpeace’s actions in English Channel

The UK National Federation of Fishermens amp 8217 Organisations NFFO has written to the leaders of main political parties, and to UK fisheries ministers and shadows, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-7h-23m ago

Kim Heng sells barge trio to Bridgewater Marine JV in Taiwan

Singapore amp 8217 s Kim Heng Offshore and Marine, through wholly owned subsidiary Kim Heng Marine and Oilfield KHMO , has sold three of its vessels to Bridgewater Marine ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-10h-2m ago

Tallink Grupp reports net loss of €108.3 million for FY 2020

Tallink Grupp has published its 2020 financial results and reported an unaudited net loss of €108.3 million US$132.3 million for the 2020 financial year net profit ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-10h-12m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – February 26, 2021

Crewboats and processing platforms are the focus of the recent string of newbuilding orders and deliveries of offshore vessels. This time around, new deliveries are ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-10h-21m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – February 26, 2021

Crewboats and processing platforms are the focus of the recent string of newbuilding orders and deliveries of offshore vessels. This time around, new deliveries are ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-3d-10h-21m ago

COLUMN | Upgrades for Taiwan’s maritime forces [Naval Gazing]

People’s Republic of China PRC President Xi Jinping has vowed to take back the “renegade province” of Taiwan during his time in office, and Beijing’s rhetoric ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-2h-41m ago

FEATURE | AUVs play key role in new Antarctic food web research

Researchers at the University of Delaware UD are currently studying to identify whether food resources for various animal species found in West Antarctica are being ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-2h-47m ago

Extension completed on Düzgit’s multi-purpose tug

A tug operated by Turkey amp 8217 s Düzgit Group has completed undergoing a modification program that saw its hull being extended to accommodate a larger working deck. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-3h-20m ago

Nordland Fylkeskommune takes delivery of new catamaran shuttle ferry

Norway amp 8217 s Nordland Fylkeskommune has taken delivery of a new catamaran fast ferry from local builder Brødrene Aa. Named Fredrikke Tønder Olsen, the ferry will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-3h-42m ago

Greece’s Minerva Marine refutes oil spill allegations in Israel

Greek ship management company Minerva Marine has issued an official statement on its website in response to reports that one of its managed vessels had spilled a large ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-4h-7m ago

UK partners propose USV for windfarm site surveys

UK based unmanned surface vehicle USV manufacturer HydroSurv Unmanned Survey and marine technology specialist Sonardyne have agreed to collaborate on a project that ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-4h-48m ago

3D at Depth launches offshore geophysical survey services business

US based commercial LIDAR company 3D at Depth has launched a new offshore Geophysical Survey Services division. The new division will provide optimised surveys to support ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-6h-50m ago

SSE Renewables partners with Acciona for Iberian offshore wind

SSE Renewables and Spanish renewables company Acciona have entered into an exclusivity agreement regarding the formation of a 50/50 joint venture to enter the emerging ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-7h-17m ago

Biennial dredging begins at Port Taranaki

A dredging campaign to keep Port Taranaki amp 8217 s shipping channels clear for trade began on Monday, February 22. The biennial maintenance dredging work is expected to be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-7h-24m ago

Shearwater GeoServices awarded Norwegian Sea OBS 4D survey by Aker BP

Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded an ocean bottom seismic OBS 4D survey by Aker BP at the Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian North Sea. The survey will commence in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-4d-7h-32m ago

COLUMN | Questions for the carriers [Grey Power]

What is going on in the North Pacific, as scarcely a week goes by without stacks of containers hurling themselves into the sea as ships roll extravagantly in the heavy ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-2h-42m ago

MPA, Yara International join ammonia-fuelled tanker joint development project

Ammonia fuelled tanker joint development project JDP consortium members MISC, Lloyd amp 8217 s Register LR , Samsung Heavy Industries SHI , and MAN Energy Solutions ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-3h-15m ago

Caledonian Maritime Assets launches vessel replacement programme

Caledonian Maritime Assets CMAL , in partnership with Transport Scotland and CalMac, is commencing a major programme to replace up to seven small Loch class vessels ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-3h-29m ago

US Coast Guard, Good Samaritan ship assist distressed yacht off Puerto Rico

US Coast Guard air and surface units assisted a distressed sailing vessel that was taking on water with eight people onboard in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 80 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-3h-43m ago

Superstructure removal begins on fire-damaged US Navy amphibious ship Bonhomme Richard

As part of the on going inactivation availability on the fire damaged US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, contractors started the process of removing ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-7h-28m ago

BC Ferries’ fifth Island-class Ro-Pax hits the water

BC Ferries has confirmed that a new Island class battery hybrid Ro Pax vessel was launched into the water at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania on Thursday, February 18. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-8h-4m ago

Guidance for international seafarers’ certificates now available for download on AMSA website

On Tuesday, February 23, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority AMSA advised that interested seafarers may now download and print guidance for international ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-9h-41m ago

Svitzer, Kongsberg Maritime, ABS to develop world’s first commercial tug to be fully remotely controlled

Svitzer, Kongsberg Maritime, and the American Bureau of Shipping ABS have entered into an agreement to jointly develop the world amp 8217 s first commercial tug to be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-9h-52m ago

Sembcorp Marine reports SG$583 million net loss for FY 2020

Sembcorp Marine had a difficult year battling the challenges brought on by the Covid 19 pandemic, the company said in a Singapore Stock Exchange filing on Tuesday, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-10h-2m ago

Hunter Tankers sells oldest vessel

Hunter Group wholly owned subsidiary Hunter Tankers has entered into a memorandum of agreement MOA to sell one of its vessels to an undisclosed Eurasian buyer for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-10h-12m ago

Norway’s Framo acquires 50 per cent stake in innovative offshore salmon farming project

Norwegian pump manufacturer Framo has invested to become a joint partner with fish farming company Lingalaks in the company Stadion Laks. The two companies aim to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-5d-10h-22m ago

COLUMN | BP buys big in offshore wind as SBM and BW jump in too — Part Two [Offshore Accounts]

In Part One here , we examined how BP paid 65 per cent more than its nearest rival to scoop two leases for new windfarms off England and Wales, paying the Queen hundreds ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-2h-41m ago

FEATURE | Tilawa – The strange tale of 2,364 pieces of silver

In 2012 a Brit racing driver, Ross Hyett, set up Argentum Exploration with the purpose of locating and recovering bullion from wartime wrecks. In July 2012 Argentum ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-2h-47m ago

One feared dead after dredger capsizes in Trelleborg, Sweden

One person is feared to have died following a vessel capsizing incident in the Swedish port of Trelleborg on Wednesday, February 17. The incident occurred on the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-3h-54m ago

MSC Cruises unveils first images of future flagship

MSC Cruises recently unveiled the first images of MSC Seashore, a new 339 metre vessel slated to enter service with the company in August 2021. Designed and built by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-4h-20m ago

German yard cuts steel for new LNG-powered ship for P&O Cruises

German shipbuilder Meyer Werft has cut the first steel for a new LNG powered vessel ordered by UK based P amp 38 O Cruises. Arvia will be a sister to Iona, which was ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-4h-39m ago

Guilty plea and conviction for master of fatal Sydney cruise

The master of the Sydney Harbour passenger vessel Lady Rose has pleaded guilty and been convicted of one count of unreasonably placing the safety of another person at ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-4h-50m ago

BOOK REVIEW | Lifting and Lifting Appliances aboard Ship

Mike Wall, who produces a very interesting and practical column for Baird Maritime, is a widely experienced British born and trained marine engineer. For the latter half ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-7h-55m ago

US Navy decommissions three more Cyclone-class patrol ships

The US Navy Cyclone class patrol coastal ships USS Shamal pictured , USS Zephyr, and USS Tornado were recently decommissioned in separate ceremonies at Naval Station ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-9h-32m ago

GC Rieber sells 2011-built IMR vessel

GC Rieber Shipping has entered into an agreement to sell the inspection, maintenance and repair IMR /walk to work vessel Polar Queen. The gangway onboard the 2011 built ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-9h-41m ago

Australian DOD selects locally built workboat for HIPP surveys

Australian workboat builder BtB Marine has confirmed that the company amp 8217 s long range, multi purpose security vessel Indigo is currently being equipped with ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-9h-52m ago

Abu Dhabi Maritime, ADNOC ink waterways safety agreement

In a joint effort to boost maritime safety and to enhance Abu Dhabi amp 8217 s maritime regulations, Abu Dhabi Ports subsidiary Abu Dhabi Maritime and the Abu Dhabi National ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-10h-2m ago

Gibraltar authorities launch probe into explosion on Hong Kong-flagged bulker

The Royal Gibraltar Police RGP has launched an investigation into an explosion on board a foreign cargo vessel at the Port of Gibraltar on Friday, February 19, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-10h-12m ago

Van Oord selected to construct quays in Rotterdam’s Amalia Harbour

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has awarded the construction of some 2.4 kilometres of quays and earth retaining walls in the Princess Amalia Harbour to a consortium ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-9mo-3w-6d-10h-22m ago

Patrol boat pair delivered to Solomon Islands police

The Australian government has handed over two additional special purpose aluminum fast boats to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force RSIPF to assist with patrol and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-57m ago

First steel cut for new TSHD for Great Lakes Dredge and Dock

Conrad Shipyard has cut the first steel for a new trailing suction hopper dredger TSHD ordered by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company GLDD . The dredger will have a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1h-5m ago

New deep suction dredger for Aalten contractor nearing delivery

Holland Shipyards Group subsidiary TV Dredging has completed construction of a new deep suction dredger for Aalten based marine contractor Hoftijzer Verhuur en ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1h-19m ago

Construction begins on South Korean Navy’s first KDX-III destroyer

Hyundai Heavy Industries HHI recently held a steel cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of the South Korean Navy amp 8217 s first KDX III guided missile ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1h-37m ago

France’s next-generation ballistic missile submarines expected to serve into 2090s

French armed forces minister Florence Parly has confirmed that development has begun on a new class of nuclear powered, ballistic missile submarines for the French Navy. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1h-49m ago

Kim Heng forms offshore business JV with Malaysian company

Singapore based Kim Heng Offshore and Marine, through newly incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary Bridgewater Offshore BWOSB , has entered into an agreement to form a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2h-3m ago

Keel laid for Russian trawler Kapitan Korotich

Russian shipyard Severnaya Verf has laid the keel for a new Project 170701 factory trawler ordered by local fishing company Norebo Group. Kapitan Korotich will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2h-16m ago

Livestock ships under Australian inspection spotlight

The maintenance and operation of livestock ships exporting animals from Australia will be under the intense compliance spotlight of the Australian Maritime Safety ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2h-28m ago

Whitehill fisherman gets new stern trawler

Macduff Shipyards has delivered a new stern trawler to Peter Lovie, owner of fishing company Knockhead based in Whitehills, Banffshire. Designed by Macduff Ship Design to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2h-39m ago

COLUMN | BP buys big in offshore wind — Part One [Offshore Accounts]

The Queen of England emerged as the unlikely big winner from the latest auction of offshore windfarm acreage in the UK, potentially raking in over eight billion pounds ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2h-41m ago

Malaysian SAR vessels respond to yacht fire off Langkawi

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency MMEA has responded to an incident wherein a yacht caught fire while anchored in the Malacca Strait off Langkawi Island on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4h-7m ago

P&O Maritime takes delivery of new pilot boat

Australian builder Hart Marine has delivered a new pilot boat to P amp 38 O Maritime Logistics for operation in the waters of Dubai. Named Al Dairah, the newbuild is 17 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4h-37m ago

Dutch water management board orders survey vessel from local builder

Waterschap Scheldestromen, the water management authority in the Dutch city of Middelburg, has awarded Holland Shipyards Group a contract for the construction of a new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4h-52m ago

Philippine Coast Guard deploys boats after tropical storm causes flooding in Surigao Del Sur

The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed rescue boats and other assets to the southern province of Surigao Del Sur to evacuate affected residents after torrential rains ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5h-2m ago

MOL containership conducts biofuel trials

Ocean Network Express ONE and Mitsui OSK Lines MOL have successfully completed the initial trials of a new type of sustainable biofuel on one of MOL amp 8217 s container ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5h-24m ago

Crowley integrates Jensen Maritime into new engineering services group

Crowley Maritime Corporation has fully integrated Seattle based naval architecture firm Jensen Maritime Consultants into the Crowley Engineering Services group. Crowley ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6h-26m ago

New ferry joins Montenegro Shipping fleet

A new Ro Pax ferry has been added to the fleet of Philippine operator Montenegro Shipping Lines. Santa Brigida has a length of 72 metres, capacity for 390 passengers and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-50m ago

OPINION | The power of example: America’s presence in Diego Garcia

In remarks delivered at the US State Department in early February, President Joe Biden championed the rule of law as part of “America’s abiding advantage” and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-2h-47m ago

Third Kalvari-class submarine delivered to Indian Navy

The Indian Navy took delivery of its newest submarine on Monday, February 15. Built by state owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, the future INS Karanj is the third submarine ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-3h-54m ago

Rosmorport hopper barge demonstrates autonomous sailing capability

Russia amp 8217 s Rosmorport has conducted a demonstration of the autonomous navigation capability of the hopper barge Rabochaya. Under the supervision of an onboard crew, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-4h-5m ago

Fire breaks out on fish factory vessel in Port of Tacoma

The US Coast Guard and State of Washington partner agencies are responding to an active fire that ignited on board a commercial fishing vessel moored in Tacoma on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-4h-22m ago

China commissions final two Type 056A corvettes

The People amp 8217 s Liberation Army Navy PLAN recently commissioned the final two Type 056A or Jiangdao class corvettes to be built. The 86 metre vessels have been named ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-4h-40m ago

Dismantling begins on stern of wrecked bulker Wakashio

Chinese salvage company Lianyungang Dali Underwater Engineering has begun work to dismantle the stern of the Japanese owned bulk carrier Wakashio, which ran aground in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-4h-57m ago

Name chosen for Norway’s newest zero-emission fast ferry

The name of a new Norwegian flagged zero emission fast ferry has finally been selected as the development team gears up for the start of construction. The new vessel will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-7h-19m ago

Finnish firm supports river restoration dredging in Xian, China

Finnish builder Aquamec has completed providing support for efforts to restore the Chanhe River in the city of Xian in central China amp 8217 s Shaanxi province. The project ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-7h-31m ago

Maersk reports loss of containers on Los Angeles-bound vessel

Maersk has confirmed that the containership Maersk Eindhoven faced an engine stop in heavy weather on Wednesday, February 17, while en route from Xiamen, China, to Los ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-9h-51m ago

US Coast Guard seizes US$156 million in drugs in three interdictions in Eastern Pacific

Crews aboard two Alameda based US Coast Guard cutters recently interdicted three suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and seized more than 4,000 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-10h-2m ago

Adani Ports acquires Dighi Port

India amp 8217 s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone APSEZ has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of Dighi Port DPL near Mumbai for INR7.05 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-10h-12m ago

AqualisBraemar enters Chinese offshore aquaculture partnership

Norwegian engineering consultancy AqualisBraemar and the East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences have entered into an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3d-10h-22m ago

OPINION | New law expands Chinese coastguard’s jurisdiction to at least the first island chain

China’s new law giving the China Coast Guard more freedom to use force has increased the concerns of China’s neighbours. The Philippines filed a formal rejection of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-2h-42m ago

Royal Navy frigate scores £10.9 million drug haul in Arabian Sea

The Royal Navy has intercepted over 2,400 kilograms of illicit drugs as a result of back to back successful interdictions in the Arabian Sea. The boarding team from the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-2h-57m ago

Turkey’s first locally-built armed USV begins sea trials

The first armed unmanned surface vehicle AUSV to be built in Turkey has finally been launched and has already begun undergoing sea trials. Built by Antalya based ARES ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-3h-26m ago

ZIM, Seaspan ink charters for LNG-fueled containerships

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services and Atlas Corporation amp 8217 s wholly owned subsidiary Seaspan Corporation have entered into a strategic agreement for the long term ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-3h-59m ago

Japanese yard delivers 200,000DWT bulker

Japan Marine United JMU delivered a new bulk carrier to an unnamed owner on Tuesday, February 16. Named Southern Cross, the NK classed newbuild has an LOA of 299.99 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-4h-20m ago

Gibraltar detains vessel over oil spill incident

The government of Gibraltar has ordered the detention of a commercial vessel for causing an oil spill in the waters of the Port of Gibraltar in the early morning hours ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-4h-31m ago

A.P. Moller-Maersk to operate world’s first carbon neutral liner vessel by 2023

A.P. Moller Maersk has confirmed its planned launch of the world amp 8217 s first carbon neutral liner vessel by 2023, seven years ahead of the initial target of 2030. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-4h-51m ago

Italian Navy taps local shipbuilder for design studies of new minehunter

The Italian Navy has awarded local shipbuilder Intermarine a contract for risk reduction and definition studies in connection with a planned series of mine .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-5h-57m ago

South African Navy christens first of three locally-built patrol boats

The South African Navy held a naming ceremony for a new patrol vessel on Friday, February 12. The 62 by 11 metre newbuilding is the first of a planned three .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-6h-52m ago

Australian Defence Force hands over RHIB to Bahrain

The Australian Defence Force ADF handed over a rigid hull inflatable boat RHIB to the Bahrain Defence Force on Tuesday, February 16. The RHIB was formerly assigned to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-7h-11m ago

Malaysia’s Yinson orders rescue boat for FPSO

Malaysian offshore operator Yinson Holdings has placed an order for a new self propelled rescue boat from Austrian deck machinery specialist Palfinger. The boat will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-9h-51m ago

US Navy destroyer seizes illicit weapons off Somalia

The US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill seized illicit shipments of weapons and weapons components from two stateless dhows during a maritime ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-10h-1m ago

PGS targets Lower Congo Basin in new Angola acquisition

PGS, in cooperation with Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis ANPG , has begun a new prefunded, multi client 3D survey in the Lower Congo Basin, near ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-10h-12m ago

Hutchison Ports to conduct feasibility study on Sohar Port expansion

Hutchison Ports, through Oman based subsidiary Hutchison Ports Sohar, has entered into an agreement with Sohar Port and Freezone to conduct a joint feasibility study on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-10h-21m ago

Containerships takes delivery of fifth LNG-powered newbuild

CMA CGM subsidiary Containerships has taken delivery of a new LNG powered vessel from China amp 8217 s Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard. The Handysize vessel has been named ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-23h-18m ago

Dredging wraps up in New York’s Mount Sinai Harbor

The legislature of Suffolk County, New York, has confirmed the completion of dredging works in Mount Sinai Harbor. The long awaited dredging project began in December ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-23h-39m ago

Russian yard lays keel for new live crab carrier

Onezhsky Shipbuilding has laid the keel for a new vessel ordered by Russian Crab Company Group. The newbuilding will be the third in a series of seven vessels designed ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4d-23h-55m ago

Shearwater GeoServices bags 3D OBN work for Petrobras

Petrobras has awarded Shearwater GeoServices a contract for deepwater ocean bottom node OBN seismic acquisition for the Tupi and Iracema projects in the Santos Basin ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-4m ago

Hurtigruten ship to get hybrid power following retrofit

Norway amp 8217 s Green Yard Kleven has been selected to perform conversion work on a coastal vessel owned by local cruise operator Hurtigruten to enable it to run on hybrid ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-14m ago

Port of Amsterdam to open shore charging facility for short sea vessels

The Port of Amsterdam will soon begin making shore power charging services available for short sea vessels following successful tests conducted earlier this month. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-29m ago

UK renewables firm unveils floating tidal energy platform

Edinburgh based Sustainable Marine Energy, through subsidiary Sustainable Marine Energy Canada, has unveiled a new floating tidal energy platform as part of a larger ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-47m ago

Repsol Sinopec, TechnipFMC, Petrofac form partnership for UK North Sea oil and gas recovery

Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has formed a partnership with energy service providers TechnipFMC and Petrofac with the aim of maximising the recovery of oil and gas from the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-1h-44m ago

Ex-Korea Coast Guard chief, nine others acquitted over 2014 fatal ferry sinking

A South Korean court has acquitted the former head of the country amp 8217 s coast guard and nine other individuals of charges of negligent homicide in the wake of a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-2h-42m ago

Dredging begins on Metro Manila’s Marikina River

The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources DENR commenced a new rehabilitation dredging program in Metro Manila amp 8217 s Marikina River on Wednesday, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-5h-15m ago

Eight ships commissioned into Royal Bahrain Naval Force

The Royal Bahrain Naval Force commissioned eight vessels into service in a ceremony held earlier this month. Formally welcomed into the fleet were the 81 metre offshore ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-6h-34m ago

Hutchison to invest in Saudi Arabia’s JCPDI Port

The Royal Commission in Jubail and Yanbu, represented by the Jubail and Yanbu Industrial Services Company, and Hutchison Ports have entered into an agreement to invest ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-6h-59m ago

US builder delivers two new dredgers to Bangladesh

US based Ellicott Dredges has delivered two new dredgers in a series to an unnamed operator in Bangladesh. The truck transportable vessels each have a hull and a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-7h-12m ago

Strength in numbers – mass display of Iranian attack boats

In an unprecedented show of strength, Iran’s Islamic Republican Guard Corps Navy IRGCN has put on a display of what an IRGCN spokesperson said were 340 recently ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-7h-23m ago

US Coast Guard icebreaker completes Arctic research mission

The US Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star is sailing for its homeport of Seattle following a months long Arctic deployment, during which it conducted scientific ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-5d-7h-36m ago

Two dead, one rescued after tug capsizes in bad weather off British Columbia

Canadian authorities have confirmed that two people were killed as a result of a vessel capsizing incident in the waters off British Columbia on Thursday, February 11. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-1h-25m ago

RINA joins project to develop methanol/ammonia-fueled tankers

Classification society RINA and China amp 8217 s Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute SDARI have entered into a joint development project agreement to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-1h-53m ago

Indian Navy orders five dive support vessels from local shipyard

The Indian Navy has awarded Kolkata based shipbuilder Titagarh Wagons a contract for the construction and delivery of five dive support vessels. The vessels amp 8217 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-2h-4m ago

Spanish yard launches new shrimp trawler for Nueva Pescanova

Armon Shipyard in Spain recently floated out a new beam trawler slated for Nueva Pescanova Group amp 8217 s operations in Namibia and Mozambique. Named Ponta Timbué after a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-2h-22m ago

Icelandic operator gets locally-built 15-metre longliner

Icelandic fishing company Útgerðarfélagið Norðureyri has taken delivery of a new longlining boat from local builder Trefjar. Einar Guðnason has a length of 15 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-2h-35m ago

OPINION | CCP governance comes to the South China Sea

Over the past decade, China has earned itself a reputation as a bully in the South China Sea. Its relentless coast guard patrols, frequent maritime militia operations and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-2h-42m ago

First steel cut for Russian Fishery Company’s sixth Project ST192 trawler

Russia amp 8217 s Admiralty Shipyard has cut the first steel for the sixth of 10 Project ST192 freezer trawlers ordered by Russian Fishery Company. The Skipsteknisk designed ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-2h-45m ago

Seaspan to add 10 newbuild LNG dual-fuel containerships to fleet

Seaspan Corporation has entered into agreements with an unnamed shipyard for 10 LNG dual fuel containership newbuilds. The ultra modern vessels are anticipated to begin ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-3h-19m ago

New VLCC delivered to Indonesia’s Pertamina

Japan Marine United JMU has handed over a new very large crude carrier VLCC to Indonesian state owned shipping company Pertamina International Shipping. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-3h-27m ago

BOOK REVIEW | Peril at Sea and Salvage: A Guide for Masters — Sixth Edition

This long overdue amp 8220 bible amp 8221 on the perils of the sea and salvage should not just be required reading and compulsory digestion for ship masters but for all ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-5h-15m ago

SunStone Ships’ newest Infinity-class vessels complete sea trials

SunStone Ships amp 8217 third and fourth Infinity class expedition vessels have successfully completed sea trials, the company said on Friday, February 12. The trials of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-6h-46m ago

Keel laid for Saga Cruises’ new river ship for Danube sailings

A keel laying ceremony was recently held in Vahali Shipyards in Serbia to mark the start of construction of a new river cruise ship ordered by Saga Cruises. Slated for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-7h-38m ago

US Coast Guard cutter Mohawk interdicts US$69 million in drugs

The US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter Mohawk recently returned home to Key West, Florida, after a 59 day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. Mohawk amp 8216 s crew interdicted ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-7h-50m ago

New catamaran fast ferry to operate on Monaco-Ventimiglia route

French builder Advanced Aerodynamic Vessels will soon deliver a new high speed catamaran shuttle ferry for operation between Monaco and the Italian city of Ventimiglia. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-10h-1m ago

USACE to begin dredging Florida’s Okeechobee Waterway

The US Army Corps of Engineers amp 8217 USACE Jacksonville District will begin dredging sections of the Okeechobee Waterway OWW in the vicinity of Jensen Beach and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-10h-12m ago

TSB releases report on 2020 berth strike by BC Ferries Ro-Pax

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada TSB has published an investigation report on the grounding of a Ro Pax ferry in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, on April 18, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-6d-10h-21m ago

COLUMN | A China Sea salvage captain [Tug Times]

Bill Worrall had no intention of becoming a salvage man. Growing up near Liverpool, he always knew he wanted to go to sea, but it was the elegant blue funnels of Alfred ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-2h-41m ago

Three killed, one injured after fire breaks out on OSV off Mumbai

Three people were killed in a fire incident on an offshore supply vessel OSV in the Arabian Sea off India over the weekend. The Indian flagged Greatship Rohini was in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3h-12m ago

Finnish yard lays keel of second expedition ship in series for Swan Hellenic

Helsinki Shipyard has laid the keel of the second in a series of three ultra luxury expedition cruise ships ordered by UK based Swan Hellenic. The vessel will have a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3h-54m ago

NYK orders four LNG-fueled PCTCs

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha NYK has awarded China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Nanjing a contract for the construction of four LNG fueled pure car and truck carriers ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4h-31m ago

Chinese-built Supramax trio to join Eagle Bulk fleet

Eagle Bulk Shipping has purchased three 2011 built Supramax bulk carriers from an unnamed seller. The ships, which will be renamed Montauk Eagle, Newport Eagle, and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4h-46m ago

Castor Maritime acquires two Aframax LR2 tankers with time charters

Castor Maritime, through two separate wholly owned subsidiaries, has entered into agreements to purchase two Aframax LR2 tankers from an unaffiliated third party seller. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4h-54m ago

US Coast Guard takes delivery of 43rd Sentinel-class cutter

The US Coast Guard has taken delivery of the Sentinel class fast response cutter FRC Frederick Hatch from Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana. Frederick Hatch ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5h-1m ago

Shearwater GeoServices awarded two Western Australia multisensor 3D surveys

Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a contract for two 3D surveys for an unnamed client offshore Western Australia. The three month campaign comprises more than 3,200 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5h-11m ago

Taiwan Navigation orders five tugs from Indonesian builder

Taiwan Navigation Company has placed an order for five new harbour tugs with PaxOcean amp 8217 s Graha Trisaka Industri in Indonesia. The Robert Allan Ltd designed, 60 tonne ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5h-16m ago

Inadequate weather monitoring, poor risk assessments caused 2020 collision between two bulkers in BC waters, TSB report reveals

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada TSB recently published its investigation report into an incident wherein two commercial cargo vessels collided in the waters ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5h-28m ago

Major quayside reconstruction underway at Port of Southampton’s newest terminal

A major project to upgrade 430 metres of quayside has begun at the Port of Southampton in support of Ro Ro operations and the new cruise terminal. More than 400 metres of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-9h-42m ago

Standard Drilling subsidiary sells two PSVs for US$6.6 million

Northern Supply, where Standard Drilling has an indirect ownership of 28.1 per cent, has entered into a memorandum of agreement MOA to sell the two medium size platform ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-9h-51m ago

USACE survey vessel assists in rescue of distressed boaters off Florida

The crew of Florida II, a survey vessel operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers USACE Jacksonville District, assisted the US Coast Guard in the rescue of a small ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-10h-2m ago

Ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge to merge into larger facility

The city governments of Antwerp and Bruges have entered into an agreement to merge their respective ports. Once completed, the ports will operate under the name Port of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-10h-11m ago

Qatar’s second Doha-class corvette hits the water, keel laid for fourth

Fincantieri launched a new warship into the water at its Muggiano facilities on Saturday, February 13. Named Damsah, the vessel is the second Doha class corvette that ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-10h-22m ago

South African builder delivers 35-metre patrol boat

South Africa amp 8217 s Paramount Maritime Holdings, through subsidiary Nautic Africa, has delivered a new aluminium patrol and escort vessel to an unnamed Gulf of Guinea ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-41m ago

Ahtna Marine and Construction forms dredging JV with J.F. Brennan

Alaska based Ahtna Marine and Construction Company AMCC has established a new joint venture with Wisconsin marine contractor J.F. Brennan Company. Together, AMCC and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-1h-13m ago

Smyril Line ferry to get increased capacity following retrofit

A Ro Pax ferry operated by Faroe Islands shipping company Smyril Line will boast increased passenger capacity and upgraded onboard facilities upon completion of an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-1h-23m ago

Cruise ship captain, four others to serve jail time for 2019 collision in Venice

Five crewmembers of a cruise ship operated by MSC Cruises have been found guilty of actions that resulted in a collision with another vessel in Venice on June 2, 2019. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-1h-41m ago

COLUMN | A tale of six restructurings: Polarcus, Seadrill, Diamond Offshore, Siem Offshore, SeaBird Exploration, and Pacific Radiance [Offshore Accounts]

Charles Dickens offered only A Tale of Two Cities. This week, I offer a tale of no less than six restructurings, as the crisis in the offshore sector comes to a head. One ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-2h-42m ago

MOL christens new LNG carrier for US-India route

Mitsui OSK Lines MOL held a formal naming ceremony for a new LNG carrier on Tuesday, February 9. Gail Bhuwan will be operated on charter with Indian natural gas company ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-3h-22m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – February 12, 2021

As the world celebrates the start of the Lunar New Year, offshore vessels are busy securing new work in different regions. Drilling operations have been picking up as ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-4h-14m ago

Eneti sells five Ultramaxes for US$88 million

Eneti formerly Scorpio Bulkers has sold five of its dry cargo vessels to an unaffiliated third party for approximately US$88 million. The objects of the transactions ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-5h-3m ago

Spanish shipbuilder joins European Patrol Corvette project

Spanish naval shipbuilder Navantia has entered into a memorandum of understanding MOU with Naviris, the joint venture formed by Italy amp 8217 s Fincantieri and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-5h-13m ago

US Coast Guard cutter Campbell seizes US$215 million in drugs during 63-day patrol

The crew of the US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter Campbell returned to Kittery, Maine, earlier this week following a 63 day counter narcotics patrol in the Eastern ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-5h-26m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – February 12, 2021

With the exciting news from earlier this week about South Korea unveiling plans to build the world amp 8217 s largest offshore wind farm, attention is once again focused on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-10h-27m ago

Guangzhou Fire Department’s newest response boat enters service

A new firefighting and rescue vessel slated for operation on China amp 8217 s Pearl River has been formally inducted into service by the Guangzhou Fire Department. Built by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-23h-22m ago

Seven stowaways arrested for hijacking attempt on bulker in English Channel

Authorities in the UK have arrested seven people in connection with a failed attempt to seize control of a cargo vessel in the English Channel earlier this week. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-3d-23h-45m ago

TAIC releases report on 2019 water taxi capsizing incident off Stewart Island

The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission TAIC has released its report into the September 12, 2019 capsizing incident involving the water taxi ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4d-31m ago

South Holland lifeboat operator gets new 7.8-metre RIB

Gemini Marine has delivered a new rigid inflatable boat RIB to Safetyboat, a lifeboat charter company based in the Dutch province of South Holland. The RIB has an LOA ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4d-41m ago

Wagenborg adds 17,000-cubic-metre cargo vessel to fleet

Dutch operator Royal Wagenborg has taken delivery of a new multi purpose cargo vessel from local builder Royal Niestern Sander. The sister vessel to the 2017 built Egbert ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4d-9h-32m ago

Singaporean partnership to develop new range of electric tugs

Singapore based companies Vallianz Holdings and SeaTech Solutions International have entered into a binding memorandum of understanding MOU to develop a new range of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4d-9h-42m ago

Lyboussakis takes delivery of ASD tug

Greek operator Lyboussakis Salvage and Towage has taken delivery of a new ASD tug for operations out of the Port of Piraeus. Named Lyboussakis Minoas, the vessel has a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4d-9h-52m ago

ABS awards world’s first notation recognising infectious disease mitigation to Singaporean-owned DSV

Southern Star, a dive support vessel owned by Singapore based Tasik Subsea, has become the first ever vessel to be awarded an Infectious Disease Mitigation notation by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4d-10h-2m ago

Solstad PSV trio sold to unnamed buyer

Solstad Offshore, through wholly owned subsidiaries Deep Sea Supply Shipowning and Deep Sea Supply Shipowning I, has sold three platform supply vessels PSVs to an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4d-10h-12m ago

US Coast Guard cutters offload over US$330 million in drugs at Port Everglades, Florida

Two US Coast Guard Atlantic Area based cutters offloaded more than US$330 million worth of illegal narcotics earlier this month at Port Everglades, Florida. The crew of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-4d-10h-21m ago

VESSEL REVIEW | SCF Timmerman – Third in series of new low-emission Atlanticmax LNG carriers for Russia’s SCF

Russian shipowner SCF Group recently took delivery of the third ship in a series of new Atlanticmax LNG carriers built by South Korean shipyard Hyundai Samho Heavy ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-2h-41m ago

Norled’s newest hybrid ferry sails on delivery voyage

The final one in a series of four hybrid electric Ro Pax ferries ordered by Norwegian operator Norled has been completed at Poland amp 8217 s Remontowa Shipbuilding and has ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-3h-21m ago

Zhuhai Fast Ferry Company adds two new catamarans to fleet

Chinese operator Zhuhai Fast Ferry Company has taken delivery of two new catamaran vessels in a series built by AFAI Southern Shipyard. The Incat Crowther designed Xin ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-3h-33m ago

DG Risk Group acquires maritime security firm, provides new vessels for West Africa operations

DG Risk Group has acquired UK based armed maritime security company Protection Vessels International PVI , along with its trading division Halcyon Yacht Security. DG ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-3h-48m ago

Seaspan orders two 24,000TEU newbuildings

Seaspan Corporation has entered into an agreement with an unnamed shipyard for the delivery of two newbuild 24,000TEU container vessels. Deliveries are anticipated to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-4h-7m ago

Seanergy Maritime awarded new time charters, one extension

Athens based dry bulk company Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corporation has been awarded new time charter agreements by two operators in addition to securing an extension on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-4h-32m ago

Euronav acquires two Suezmax tankers under construction

Euronav has entered into an agreement for the acquisition through resale of two eco Suezmax tanker newbuilding contracts. Currently completing construction at the Daehan ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-9h-41m ago

Canada imposes one-year ban on cruise ships, pleasure craft

The Canadian government, through Transport Canada, has issued two new interim orders prohibiting pleasure craft in Canadian Arctic waters and cruise vessels in all ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-9h-51m ago

Three injured after submarine collides with bulk carrier off southern Japan

Japanese government officials have confirmed that one of the country amp 8217 s submarines collided with a commercial vessel off the main southern island of Shikoku at ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-10h-1m ago

Wagenborg Shipping secures wood products transport contract

Following a competitive tender process, UK based timber supplier SCA has awarded Wagenborg Shipping a contract for shipping services, regarding sea traffic volumes of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-10h-12m ago

Port of Tallinn subsidiary wins 10-year concession for icebreaking in Gulf of Finland

TS Shipping, a subsidiary of Port of Tallinn, has won a public tender organised by the Estonian Transport Administration for the provision of annual icebreaking services ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-5d-10h-22m ago

GEAR | Veth Propulsion selected as bow thruster supplier for Concordia Damen

Concordia Damen has selected Veth Propulsion by Twin Disc as the bow thruster supplier for a large scale project involving the construction of a series of 40 Parsifal LNG ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-2h-16m ago

Egyptian transport company taps local shipyard for inland water barge

Following a competitive tender process, Egyptian government owned shipping firm Giza Company for Water and Wastewater GCWW has awarded Port Said based Mohamed R. Eissa ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-2h-25m ago

OPINION | India should prioritise a denial strategy in the Indian Ocean

To break the border stand off between India and China in the Himalayas, some Indian analysts have advocated going on the offensive against China in the Indian Ocean. But ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-2h-42m ago

Stena Line to introduce fossil-free ships before 2030

Ferry company Stena Line has said that it plans to start operating two fossil free, battery powered vessels on the route between Gothenburg and Frederikshavn in Denmark ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-2h-58m ago

GEAR | Maid of the Mist goes electric with Twin Disc thrusters

The ferries that carry tourists around Niagara Falls have integrated Veth Propulsion by Twin Disc technology to become the first zero emission, all electric passenger ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-3h-23m ago

New tuna seiner delivered to France’s Via Ocean

French fishing company Via Ocean has taken delivery of a new steel/aluminium tuna seining vessel from Piriou. Built at Piriou amp 8217 s Vietnam shipyard, Via Alizé has an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-4h-10m ago

Future US Navy destroyer Daniel Inouye completes acceptance trials

The future US Navy destroyer USS Daniel Inouye successfully completed acceptance trials after spending a day underway off the coast of Maine on Thursday, February 4. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-4h-27m ago

Chilean builder awards contract for design of new naval amphibious transport ships

Chile amp 8217 s Asmar Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Company has awarded Vard Marine a contract for design work on a new class of amphibious and military transport vessels ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-4h-35m ago

NYK orders LPG dual fuel VLGCs from Kawasaki

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha NYK has placed an order for two LPG dual fuel very large gas carriers VLGCs to be built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries KHI . NYK said the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-4h-48m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Propeller Supplier – VEEM

Best Propeller Supplier – VEEM West Australia based VEEM has been supplying Australia’s and, more recently, the world’s maritime industry with propellers, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-5h-19m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Gearbox Supplier – ZF Group

Best Gearbox Supplier – ZF Group With numerous references annually on these pages, ZF needs no introduction to Baird Maritime readers. During the past few months alone, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-5h-21m ago

Royal Navy ship surveys two WWII wrecks in Baltic Sea

The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo has investigated the wrecks of two ships that sank with a total of over 16,000 lives lost during World War II. Echo has been on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-6h-11m ago

Poor bridge resource management caused wharf strike by LPG tanker in Puget Sound, NTSB report finds

The National Transportation Safety Boa rd NTSB has said that a ship carrying liquefied petroleum gas struck a Washington State wharf in 2019 because the pilot ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-1w-6d-6h-23m ago

US Navy cruiser interdicts over US$2.8 million in heroin in North Arabian Sea

The US Navy Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea, deployed to US Fifth Fleet and operating in support of Combined Maritime Forces CMF , ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-1h-25m ago

Shipping cartel fines now total AU$83.5 million after WWO conviction in Australia

Norwegian based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean WWO has been convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered by the Australian Federal Court to pay ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-1h-35m ago

World’s largest offshore wind farm to be built in South Korean waters

An offshore wind farm that will be developed off South Korea amp 8217 s southwestern coast will be the largest facility of its kind in the world once it is completed and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-2h-13m ago

COLUMN | “No crew change” clauses [The Wet Detective]

Many in the international shipping community appear to be outraged to be outraged by the recent demands by charterers that charterparties should include a amp 8220 no crew ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-2h-42m ago

OPINION | Australia’s naval presence in the South China Sea is nothing new

In recent years, China has taken a dim view of Australian naval and air activities in the South China Sea. Australia is considered an intruder, an external power that has ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-2h-46m ago

Netherlands’ De Klerk takes delivery of two cargo pontoons

Dutch marine contractor De Klerk has taken delivery of two non self propelled cargo pontoons from Damen Shipyards Group. The 40 by 11 metre Oosterschelde and the 30 by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3h-31m ago

Acceptance trials completed for US Navy’s second YT-808-class tug

The US Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA has confirmed that acceptance trials of the US Navy amp 8217 s second YT 808 class tug have been successfully completed. Like ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4h-1m ago

Canadian government to fund BC wild salmon restoration efforts

The federal government of Canada and the provincial government of British Columbia have confirmed that funding will be made available for four projects with the aim of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4h-11m ago

Keel laid for new Viking Cruises ship

Fincantieri laid the keel for a new cruise ship at its Ancona facilities on Thursday, February 4. Once completed, Viking Mars will have a gross tonnage of 47,800 and 465 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4h-21m ago

US Coast Guard, Russian Marine Rescue Service ink pollution response agreement

The US Coast Guard and the Russian Marine Rescue Service MRS have ratified updates to the Joint Contingency Plan JCP , a bilateral agreement focused on preparing for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-7h-22m ago

Callan Marine awarded long-term dredging contract with Port of Corpus Christi

Callan Marine has been awarded a long term contract for maintenance and new work dredging of the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas. Callan will provide maintenance and new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-7h-57m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Fish Handling System Supplier – Cflow Fish Handling

Best Fish Handling System Supplier – Cflow Fish Handling Moving fish around on fishing boats and between boat and shore is an important part of the fishing business. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-2d-23h-34m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Naval Tug – Rainier – Robert Allan Ltd

Best Naval Tug – Rainier – Robert Allan Ltd Remarkably, for a US Government organisation, the United States Navy has never been reluctant to use foreign intellectual ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-2d-23h-39m ago

BOOK REVIEW | Dunkirk and the Little Ships

Another fine little book from the prolific Osprey Publishing, this time, however, under the trademark of Shire Publications. Whatever the reason for that, it is very much ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-1h-56m ago

USACE to expand North Carolina dredging operations

The US Army Corps of Engineers USACE has confirmed that it will include additional dredging operations in their regular maintenance of Manteo Shallowbag Bay, Silver ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-2h-5m ago

GEAR | ZF unveils new thruster model

ZF recently unveiled its new ZF AT 80 thruster model range, which is available as a 360 degree steerable thruster and as a retractable propulsion system, or as a bow ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-2h-7m ago

Ireland’s future marine research vessel to honour famed explorer

The Marine Institute of Ireland has confirmed that its newest research vessel will be named Tom Crean. The vessel amp 8217 s namesake is a renowned Irish seaman and explorer ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-2h-10m ago

Construction begins on new tug for French port operator

Construction has begun on a new tug ordered by Société Coopérative des Lamaneurs, an operator serving the French ports of Brest and Roscoff. The Piriou designed tug is ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-2h-13m ago

COLUMN | The power and the plight of the whistle-blower [Offshore Accounts]

“I assure you they are nothing more than criminals engaging in criminal stock market manipulation,” thundered a recent correspondent to Baird, following up on one of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-2h-42m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Small Pilot Boat – 13-Metre Pilot Boat – Colnago Marine

Best Small Pilot Boat – 13 Metre Pilot Boat – Colnago Marine These small, 13 metre, Croatian designed and built, all aluminium pilot boats are truly multi purpose. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-3h-25m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Electric Ferry – Rygerelektra – Brødrene Aa

Best Electric Ferry – Rygerelektra – Brødrene Aa “No electric passenger ferry goes so far, so fast,” said Rygerelektra’s proud owner, Anders Rodre. He has ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-3h-31m ago

Kongsberg launches new AUV variant

Kongsberg Maritime has added a new vessel to its Hugin series of autonomous underwater vehicles AUVs . Named Hugin Endurance, the new AUV will have an operational ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-3h-42m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Classification Service – Bureau Veritas

Best Classification Service – Bureau Veritas Classification societies are an interesting breed. They were originally established to ensure that ships were properly ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-5h-1m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Tourist RIB – Osprey – The Whiskey Project (Naiad Design / Yamba Welding and Engineering)

Best Tourist RIB – Osprey – The Whiskey Project Naiad Design / Yamba Welding and Engineering Osprey is a highly refined development of the designer and builder’s ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-6h-52m ago

Avenir LNG’s newest bunkering ship hits the water

Avenir LNG has confirmed that its newest LNG bunkering vessel, Avenir Allegiance, has been launched into the water for the first time. Built by CIMC Sinopacific Offshore ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-10h-2m ago

Cashman wraps up Boston Harbor phase two dredging nearly one year ahead of schedule

Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting of Quincy, Massachusetts, along with joint venture partner The Dutra Group, has completed the second of three phases of the US ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-10h-11m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – February 5, 2021

Platform supply vessels PSVs and construction support vessels CSVs take centre stage in this week amp 8217 s roundup of recently awarded offshore charters. Just as ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-10h-27m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Electric Outboard Motor Supplier – Torqeedo

Best Electric Outboard Motor Supplier – Torqeedo German developed and manufactured Torqeedo electric outboard motors have rapidly become well known globally. While ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-21h-58m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Line Supplier – Fiskevegn

Best Line Supplier – Fiskevegn A very important part of the impressive new combined longliner and Danish seine fishing vessel Atlantic is its long line fishing lines ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-22h-10m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Large Escort Tug – Yong Gang Xiao Tuo 60 – Robert Allan Ltd

Best Large Escort Tug – Yong Gang Xiao Tuo 60 – Robert Allan Ltd The Chinese port of Ningbo Zhoushan is located south east of mega city Shanghai. Set in a still very ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-22h-15m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Monitoring System Supplier – Marinelec Technologies

Best Monitoring System Supplier – Marinelec Technologies Marinelec Technologies based in Quimper, Brittany, is rapidly developing a name for itself well beyond its ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-3d-22h-25m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best RIB Patrol Boat – 57782 – One2Three Naval Architects and PFG Group

Best RIB Patrol Boat – 57782 – One2Three Naval Architects and PFG Group Sydney based naval architects One2Three Designs and Hobart HDPE specialist boat builder PFG ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-1h-22m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Large Tourist Vessel – Ocean Explorer – One2Three Naval Architects and Commercial Marine Australia/Wildcat Marine

Best Large Tourist Vessel – Ocean Explorer – One2Three Naval Architects and Commercial Marine Australia/Wildcat Marine Built for Hamilton Island based Explore Group, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-1h-26m ago

OPINION | Why Indonesia seizing an Iranian tanker is purely over domestic law

The Indonesian Coast Guard BAKAMLA last week seized two oil tankers – one Iranian flagged, the other from Panama – inside Indonesia’s waters. The two tankers are ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-2h-42m ago

MSC Cruises takes delivery of LNG-powered ship

MSC Cruises took delivery of a new LNG powered cruise ship from French builder Chantier de l amp 8217 Atlantique on Monday, February 1. The 331 by 16 metre MSC Virtuosa ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-5h-7m ago

UK firm delivers first unit in new submarine rescue vehicle series

UK based Forum Energy Technologies FET has completed manufacturing a highly advanced submarine rescue vehicle SRV for an undisclosed customer. The LR classed SRV is ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-5h-23m ago

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue gets two new response boats

Metal Shark Boats has delivered two new response craft to Miami Dade Fire Rescue MDFR of Florida. The welded aluminium FB 21 and FB 73 each have a length of 16.7 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-5h-30m ago

Ports of Jersey orders multi-purpose tug

Damen Shipyards Group has won a competitive tender process for the supply of a new multi purpose tug for the marine services department of the Ports of Jersey. The tug ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-6h-28m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Lobster Boat – Force of Nature – Southerly Designs and Dongara Marine

Best Lobster Boat – Force of Nature – Southerly Designs and Dongara Marine An elegant, efficient, yacht like and very safe fishing boat from the globally renowned ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-10h-45m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Small Ferry – Tricia – Southerly Designs and Dongara Marine

Best Small Ferry – Tricia – Southerly Designs and Dongara Marine A very efficient, low wash, sheltered waters ferry built for Western Australia amp 8217 s Public ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-10h-51m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Multi-Purpose Workboat – Zodiak II and Planeta I – Remontowa Group

Best Multi Purpose Workboat – Zodiak II and Planeta I – Remontowa Group The Polish government ordered this very impressive pair of truly multi purpose workboats from ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-10h-56m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Experimental Craft – Thunder Child II – Safehaven Marine

Best Experimental Craft – Thunder Child II – Safehaven Marine “Best Experimental Craft” hardly begins to describe this amazing vessel. It represents a double ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-4d-11h-3m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Small Escort Tug – A. Thomas Higgins – Robert Allan Ltd

Best Small Escort Tug – A. Thomas Higgins – Robert Allan Ltd Only an American owner could name a tug this way and want it to look like a traditional American boat, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-5d-15m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best OSV – DSV – Belov Amaralina and Belov Humaita – Robert Allan Ltd

Best OSV – DSV – Belov Amaralina and Belov Humaita – Robert Allan Ltd This pair of powerful, purposeful offshore service vessels have a characteristic Robert Allan ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-5d-41m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Oil Spill Response Boat – Maia – Baltic Workboats

Best Oil Spill Response Boat – Maia – Baltic Workboats The many and varied output of boats from Estonia based Baltic Workboats feature frequently on Baird Maritime ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-5d-3h-21m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Side Thruster Supplier – Veth Propulsion

Best Side Thruster Supplier – Veth Propulsion Papendracht, Netherlands based Veth Propulsion marks 70 years in business in 2021. Specialising in thrusters and rudder ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-5d-4h-1m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Small Harbour Tug – Bogacay XXXVIII – Sanmar Shipyards

Best Small Harbour Tug – Bogacay XXXVIII – Sanmar Shipyards Renowned Turkish builder of Robert Allan Ltd designed tugs, Sanmar Shipyards usually builds for export. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-5d-4h-18m ago

Scotline takes delivery of third bulker in series

UK shipowner Scotline Marine Holdings has taken delivery of a new 4,850DWT bulk carrier from Dutch builder Royal Bodewes. The 90 metre Scot Ranger is the third in a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-14m ago

MOL’s newest LNG carrier starts sailings under Uniper charter

An LNG carrier jointly owned by Mitsui OSK Lines MOL and Itochu Corporation has been delivered and has begun serving a long term time charter with Dusseldorf based ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-47m ago

Sea Lines launches new Turkey-Romania Ro-Ro service

Turkish shipping company Sea Lines will commence sailings on a new Ro Ro route along the Black Sea between Karasu in Turkey and Constanta in Romania. The route will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-55m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Motion Controls Supplier – Humphree

Best Motion Controls Supplier – Humphree Humphree motion control systems appear on these pages almost weekly. Established 19 years ago by a group of very experienced ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-58m ago

Delivery postponed for Havila Voyages’ first two ships

Havila Voyages has confirmed that the first two ships in its fleet, Havila Castor and Havila Capella, have been delayed and will instead be setting sail in the summer of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-1h-1m ago

First steel cut for new tug for China’s Qingdao Port

China amp 8217 s Rizhao Gangda Shipbuilding Heavy Industry has cut the first steel for a new ASD harbour tug ordered by local operator Shandong Ports Authority. The Robert ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-1h-11m ago

Saam closes acquisition of 70 per cent of Colombia’s Intertug

Saam Towage has finalised the deal to purchase 70 per cent of post capitalisation shares of Colombian operator Intertug. Through this investment of US$49.7 million, Saam ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-1h-19m ago

Grimaldi adds 65,000DWT car carrier to fleet

Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of a new pure car and truck carrier PCTC from Chinese shipbuilder Yangfan. The 65,000DWT Grande Texas is the sixth in a series of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-1h-24m ago

Abu Dhabi Ports, Allianz Marine form offshore logistics JV

Abu Dhabi Ports, through shipping arm Safeen, has entered into an agreement with Dubai based vessel operator Allianz Marine and Logistics Services AMLS to launch a new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-1h-35m ago

US Coast Guard cutter Spencer returns home after US$10 million drug bust

The US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter Spencer has returned home to Boston, Massachusetts, after a 59 day patrol during which it seized narcotics valued at over US$10 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-1h-46m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Compact Tug – Yalova 3 – Sanmar Shipyards

Best Compact Tug – Yalova 3 – Sanmar Shipyards The Robert Allan Ltd/Sanmar Shipyards collaboration is on a roll with numerous tugs of all shapes, sizes, performance ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-2h-16m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Large Pilot Boat – Mira – Camarc Design and Next Generation Shipyards

Best Large Pilot Boat – Mira – Camarc Design and Next Generation Shipyards Even after 25 years of continual and significant refinement, these Camarc pilot boats ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-2h-20m ago

COLUMN | The ocean on a plank [Tug Times]

amp 8220 When the Deities protect you, it is possible to cross the ocean on a plank of wood. Without their help, you may drown in a wayside ditch. amp 8221 amp 8211 Chinese ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-2h-42m ago

Philippine Navy’s second Jose Rizal-class frigate delivered ahead of schedule

Representatives of the Philippine Department of National Defense DND and the Philippine Navy formally took delivery of the guided missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna from ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-20h-23m ago

New river ship to join Viking Cruises’ Nile fleet

Viking Cruises will expand its fleet in Egypt with the introduction of Viking Aton, a new state of the art river vessel. Built specifically to navigate the Nile River, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-20h-36m ago

Damen launches first unit in new large crewboat series

Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey has launched the first vessel in a new series of high speed, 120 passenger crewboats. The aluminium vessel will have a length of 73.6 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-20h-52m ago

Newly acquired tugs to boost Saam’s towing operations in Ecuador

Saam Towage amp 8217 s operations in Ecuador will be expanded with the acquisition of two tugs, the first of which arrived recently following a delivery voyage from its ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-21h-3m ago

Northern Ireland firm unveils images of new hydrofoil demonstrator vessel

Northern Ireland based Artemis Technologies unveiled the first images of a new demonstrator vessel intended to operate as a testbed for the company amp 8217 s proprietary ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-2w-6d-21h-19m ago

COLUMN | A tale of restructuring: Keppel (kind of) quits the rig building business (but not really), Borr Drilling, Grupo R, Guangdong Zhenrong – Part One [Offshore Accounts]

Headlines don’t tell the truth Last week saw a major strategic announcement from Keppel Offshore and Marine. Four or more separate publications, including the venerable ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-2h-41m ago

MOL completes integration of dry bulk businesses under new company

Mitsui OSK Lines MOL has confirmed that wholly owned subsidiary Mitsui OSK Kinkai will be renamed MOL Drybulk following the recently completed integration of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-2h-44m ago

Eagle Bulk acquires 2017-built Ultramax vessel

Eagle Bulk Shipping has completed the purchase of a high specification, scrubber fitted Ultramax bulk carrier from an unnamed owner. The ship was constructed at Chengxi ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-2h-52m ago

EDITORIAL | Covid-19 results in lowest ferry fatality toll ever in 2020

Thanks very largely to the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic, 2020 had the least number of fatal ferry accidents and fatalities since our records commenced in 1966, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-2h-59m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best OSV Crewboat – Ventus Formosa – BMT

Best OSV Crewboat – Ventus Formosa – BMT Taiwan is rapidly developing its offshore wind farm sector, so it obviously requires considerable OSV heft. British based BMT ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3h-17m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best River Ferry – Riva Express 4 – Chao Phraya Express Boat Company and Asimar Shipyard

Best River Ferry – Riva Express 4 – Chao Phraya Express Boat Company and Asimar Shipyard This fine ferry and its three sisters have been a long time coming. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3h-20m ago

South Korea’s first zero-emission domestic ferry to enter service in 2022

The Busan Port Authority of South Korea has unveiled plans to put the country amp 8217 s first zero emission domestic ferry into service by 2022. The catamaran vessel will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3h-24m ago

Vale Commodore Dante La. Jimenez PCGA

I have again been saddened by the recent loss of another of my Filipino friends. This time it was Commodore Dante La. Jimenez, who died last week of an aortic aneurysm. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3h-36m ago

US Coast Guard to hold virtual formal hearing on fatal crab boat sinking off Alaska

The US Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct a formal hearing to consider evidence related to the sinking of the crab fishing vessel Scandies Rose. The hearing will take ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3h-51m ago

Attica orders catamaran ferry trio from Norwegian builder

Athens based Attica Group, a provider of ferry services for passengers and cargo in the eastern Mediterranean, has awarded Norwegian shipbuilder Brødrene a NOK220 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4h-8m ago

US Coast Guard suspends search for missing pilot off Washington State

The US Coast Guard has ordered the suspension of an operation to locate a missing private aircraft that is believed to have crashed in the waters of the Strait of Juan de ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3d-3h-9m ago

Norway’s Intership places repeat wellboat order with Spanish yard

Spain amp 8217 s Zamakona Yards has received an order from Norwegian operator Intership for a new wellboat for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2022. The Salt Ship designed ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3d-4h-6m ago

League City Volunteer Fire Department gets new response boat

The League City Volunteer Fire Department of League City, Texas, recently took delivery of a new response craft from Alabama based Silver Ships. The custom built, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3d-4h-38m ago

David Evans uses autonomous tech in Galveston Bay survey work for NOAA

DEA Marine Services, a division of Washington based David Evans and Associates DEA , is performing a survey of Western Galveston Bay in Texas using an autonomous ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3d-4h-46m ago

Swedish defence awards contracts for warship acquisitions, upgrades

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration Försvarets materielverk FMV and local defence contractor Saab have entered into two agreements concerning mid life ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3d-4h-57m ago

Wealth Line takes delivery of 82,000DWT bulker

Panama registered shipowner Wealth Line took delivery of a new bulk carrier on Tuesday, January 26. Classed by LR and built in China by Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3d-5h-23m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – January 29, 2021

The latest succession of offshore vessel charters are mainly for construction, supply, and maintenance projects with various clients in the North Sea, Africa, South ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3d-5h-35m ago

Chinese-owned dredger seized for overstaying in Philippine waters

Philippine authorities have detained a Chinese owned dredger after it was discovered that the vessel was still in Philippine waters more than a year after its compulsory ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3d-10h-22m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – January 29, 2021

Acquisitions of both new and secondhand offshore vessels, as well as vessel newbuilding orders, continue at a steady pace as January 2021 comes to a close. Interestingly, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-3d-10h-27m ago

Dutch research foundation awards vessel newbuilding contract to Kampen yard

The Netherlands Foundation of Scientific Research Institutes Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten NWO I has awarded Thecla Bodewes Shipyards of Kampen a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d ago

Oyo Corporation joins Japanese offshore wind geotechnical investigation project

Japanese geoscience specialist Oyo Corporation has entered into a memorandum of understanding MOU with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha NYK and Fugro wherein the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-12m ago

Belgium’s Verbeke Shipping orders tug from Dutch builder

Belgian operator Verbeke Shipping has placed an order for a multi purpose tug to be built by Netherlands based Neptune Marine. The tug will have IMO Tier III compliant ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-20m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Small Ro-Pax – Nairana – Incat Crowther

Best Small Ro Pax – Nairana – Incat Crowther With its ever increasing tourist volume, Bruny Island, located south of Hobart in Tasmania, was in urgent need of a more ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-28m ago

DHT Holdings acquires 2016-built VLCC pair

Bermuda based DHT Holdings has entered into agreement to acquire two very large crude carriers VLCCs from an unnamed owner for a total of US$136 million. The vessels ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-31m ago

OPINION | The US Navy needs to admit it can’t outbuild China

The most often quoted line of the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu is that, amp 8220 supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-2h-42m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Medium Ferry – Zanzibar 1 – CoCo Yachts

Best Medium Ferry – Zanzibar 1 – CoCo Yachts Netherlands based CoCo Yachts is developing a strong reputation for sleek, efficient, yacht like fast ferries. Zanzibar 1 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-3h-53m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Compact Cargo Vessel – Captain Ben Moore – Incat Crowther

Best Compact Cargo Vessel – Captain Ben Moore – Incat Crowther Intended to remove five trucks from the oft congested roads of New England and New York, Captain Ben ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-8h-37m ago

New landing craft delivered to Utah Division of Parks and Recreation

Alabama based Silver Ships has delivered a new landing craft to the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, a sub agency under the state amp 8217 s Department of Natural ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-19h-9m ago

Tug Malta takes delivery of 25-metre newbuild

Malta tug operator Tug Malta has taken delivery of a new reversed stern drive RSD tug from Damen Shipyards Group. Named Senglea after a historic Maltese city, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-19h-19m ago

Ems ferry arrives in Netherlands for LNG retrofit

A Ro Pax ferry owned by German operator Ems recently arrived at the facilities of Dutch shipyard Royal Niestern Sander to begin undergoing conversion work that will allow ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-19h-32m ago

JAXPORT expands berthing space at Blount Island container terminal

Jacksonville Port Authority JAXPORT contractors have completed the latest phase in a total of US$104 million in berth enhancements at the existing SSA Jacksonville ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-19h-50m ago

Keel laid for US Navy’s 13th expeditionary fast transport

Austal USA recently laid the keel of the future USNS Apalachicola, the 13th Spearhead class expeditionary fast transport EPF ordered by the US Navy. The 103 metre EPF ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-4d-19h-59m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Emergency RIB – 6.7-metre Disaster Response Landing Craft – Marine Specialised Technology

Best Emergency RIB – 6.7 metre Disaster Response Landing Craft – Marine Specialised Technology Too small to be individually named, these very impressive, air liftable ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-1h-9m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Transport Vessel – Inkanyamba – Incat Crowther

Best Transport Vessel – Inkanyamba – Incat Crowther Named for a legendary Zulu snake, Inkanyamba was ordered by ARMSCOR, the maritime purchasing division of the South ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-1h-18m ago

COLUMN | Reverse engineering and adaptation enable Iran’s naval expansion [Naval Gazing]

Years of international sanctions against Iran have obliged the nation’s maritime force providers to engage in large scale reverse engineering. A wide range of foreign ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-2h-41m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Medium Ro-Pax – Hjellestad – LMG Marin

Best Medium Ro Pax – Hjellestad – LMG Marin Unusually for a Norwegian coastal Ro Pax ferry, Hjellestad is of all aluminium construction. That, however, is not all ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-3h-42m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Medium Patrol Boat – Sabah – Camarc Design

Best Medium Patrol Boat – Sabah – Camarc Design A true multi national cooperation, the steel/aluminium fast patrol boat Sabah has involved a British designer, a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-3h-54m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Crab Boat – Aodh Na Mara – Macduff Ship Design

Best Crab Boat – Aodh Na Mara – Macduff Ship Design Presenting another remarkable multi national ship building co operation, Aodh Na Mara brought together a Scottish ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-3h-59m ago

Bulk carrier runs aground in southern Sri Lanka

A bulk carrier with a cargo of cement clinker ran aground in the Kuda Ravana Kotuwa reef in southern Sri Lanka on Saturday, January 23. The Liberian flagged Eurosun had ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-19h-43m ago

Australia cancels submarine rescue system contract

The Australian government and the Australia subsidiary of US based underwater technology firm Phoenix International have both agreed to terminate an existing contract for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-20h-10m ago

Massachusetts operator to expand dredging fleet

Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting of Quincy, Massachusetts, has awarded a contract to IHC America to design a new 4,900 cubic metre trailing suction hopper dredger ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-20h-24m ago

Three rescued from sinking crab boat in Humboldt Bay, California

The US Coast Guard rescued three people after their commercial crab fishing boat lost propulsion and collided with the jetties while attempting to transit through the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-20h-34m ago

TDI-Brooks wraps up survey off Equatorial Guinea

TDI Brooks International has completed a geophysical and geotechnical campaign for Trident Equatorial Guinea in the Elon field off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-20h-41m ago

Louisiana boatbuilder to supply long-range USVs to US Marine Corps

Metal Shark Boats of Louisiana has been selected to develop and implement the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel LRUSV system for the US Marine Corps. This tiered, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-21h-34m ago

Rosmorport begins operating berth at Ust-Luga fertiliser transshipment terminal

Rosmorport has begun operations at a newly completed berth at a new specialised terminal for transshipment of mineral fertilisers at the Port of Ust Luga. The .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-21h-48m ago

MSC ships to trial new Quadrise low-emission biofuel

UK based Quadrise Fuels International has entered into a joint development agreement JDA with MSC Shipmanagement of Cyprus MSC , a 100 per cent subsidiary of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-5d-21h-56m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Factory Ship – Barentsevo More – Skipsteknisk

Best Factory Ship – Barentsevo More – Skipsteknisk The renowned Norwegian firm of naval architects, Skipteknisk, is responsible for this fine, powerful and tough ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-6d-32m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Ship Delivery Service – International Maritime Services

Best Ship Delivery Service – International Maritime Services International Maritime Services, or IMS, as it is better known, is a Perth based but globally operating ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-6d-46m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Small Diesel Engine Supplier – Volvo Penta

Best Small Diesel Engine Supplier – Volvo Penta Sweden based global engine supplier Volvo Penta is renowned for its quality, refinement, constant development and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-6d-2h-31m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Lighting Supplier – Hella Marine

Best Lighting Supplier – Hella Marine Hella Marine specialises in marine lighting that is now almost entirely LED. With a vast range covering the requirements of the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-6d-5h-20m ago

One killed, 15 abducted following pirate attack on containership in Gulf of Guinea

A violent pirate attack on a containership in the Gulf of Guinea has left one crewman dead, maritime security consultancy Dryad Global has confirmed. The attack on the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-6d-19h-57m ago

Port of Houston gets USACE green light, funding for channel expansion

The Port of Houston has been awarded a amp 8220 new start amp 8221 designation and US$19.5 million in federal funds from the US Army Corps of Engineers USACE to begin ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-6d-20h-29m ago

Cruise ship Pacific Princess sold to unnamed buyer

Princess Cruises has confirmed the sale of the vessel Pacific Princess to an undisclosed buyer. The 670 guest ship was originally built in 1999 for Norway based ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-6d-20h-41m ago

Jan De Nul welcomes two new dredgers to fleet

Jan De Nul Group has taken delivery of two new dredgers: the cutter suction dredger CSD Willem van Rubroeck pictured and the trailing suction hopper dredger TSHD ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-3w-6d-20h-56m ago

Awards Criteria

When it came time to decide the winners for this year, we again turned to the blueprint originally devised in 2012. With only minor tweaks and improvements, the judging .. The post Awards Criteria appeared first on Baird Maritime. ....

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-21m ago

Two more 11-metre RIBs delivered to Hellenic Coast Guard

Rafnar Hellas has delivered the fifth and sixth units in a series of 10 rigid inflatable boats RIBs ordered for the Hellenic Coast Guard. The boats each have a length ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-54m ago

Spanish shipyard wins US Navy vessel maintenance contract

Spanish shipyard Navantia has been awarded a contract to provide repair and maintenance support for US Navy vessels including the service amp 8217 s Arleigh Burke class ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-1h-6m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Longliner – Atlantic – Skipsteknisk and Tersan Shipyard

Best Longliner amp 8211 Atlantic amp 8211 Skipsteknisk and Tersan Shipyard The beautiful and very impressive global roaming longliner Atlantic represents the absolute ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-1h-18m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Landing Craft – Terror – Coastal Workboats

Best Landing Craft – Terror – Incat Crowther and Coastal Workboats An interesting and obviously successful collaboration between a leading Australian designer and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-2h-7m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Small Fish Farm Support Vessel – Grieg 04 – Flugga Boats

Best Small Fish Farm Support Vessel amp 8211 Grieg 04 amp 8211 Flugga Boats Flugga Boats, located in the remote Shetland Islands, to the north of Scotland, may seem like an ......

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AWARDS 2020 | Best Towing Winch Supplier – DMT Marine Equipment

Best Towing Winch Supplier amp 8211 DMT Marine Equipment   There are many well known and respected deck equipment manufacturers around the world but one really stood out ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-2h-20m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Ocean Tug – VB Guardian – Piriou

Best Ocean Tug – VB Guardian – Piriou and Piriou Vietnam VB Guardian is one of a series of purposeful, classy, all steel, 30 metre harbour and ocean tugs for a very ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-2h-40m ago

COLUMN | Falling Knives and Walking Away: Sete Brasil, Petrobras, Keppel Corp., Knarr Drilling and Magni Partners [Part Two]

Last week we looked here at how China State Shipbuilding Corporation has decided to restart work on a pair of unfinished deepwater drilling rigs in Shanghai Shipyard at ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-2h-42m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Interceptor – 15-metre interceptor – Marell Boats

Best Interceptor amp 8211 15 metre interceptor amp 8211 Marell Boats Sleek, smart, and fast, the aluminium/FRP composite Marell 15 metre interceptor is a very impressive, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-3h-1m ago

AWARDS 2020 | Best Large Patrol Boat – Gabriela Silang – OCEA

Best Large Patrol Boat amp 8211 Gabriela Silang amp 8211 OCEA amp 160 This is a very special vessel. Effectively, it is a multi purpose warship that has been custom designed ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-6h-48m ago

Philippine Coast Guard’s El Nido station gets new speedboat

The Philippine Coast Guard has acquired a speedboat for use in patrols off Palawan province, particularly the waters surrounding the holiday island destination of El ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-8h-18m ago

Kitsap Transit takes delivery of catamaran ferry

Washington State operator Kitsap Transit has taken delivery of a new catamaran ferry that will serve the company amp 8217 s Seattle Southworth Kingston route. Enetai is the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-10mo-4w-8h-32m ago

COLUMN | Elon Musk buys two Valaris rigs for SpaceX [Offshore Accounts]

We have previously seen unwanted deepwater rigs scrapped in the breakers yards of Turkey, or held for conversion into subsea mining vessels by Allseas, as the drilling ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2h-42m ago

Norwegian firm awarded contract to scrap frigate Helge Ingstad

The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency NDMA has awarded local company Norscrap West a contract for the scrapping of the frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad, which sank following ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4h-19m ago

Clay carrier sinks off Sibongkok Island, Indonesia; all 15 crew safe

A cargo vessel carrying over 600 tonnes of clay sank off Sibongkok Island in Western Indonesia amp 8217 s Bangka Belitung Islands province on Wednesday, January 20. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4h-38m ago

Royal Navy survey ship joins search for unexploded ordnance off Lithuania

The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo has been in the Baltic Sea with the Lithuanian Naval Force on operations to hunt for unexploded ordnance, some of which date back to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-5h-14m ago

US Coast Guard commissions cutter Charles Moulthrope

The US Coast Guard commissioned one of its newest Sentinel class fast response cutters FRCs in a ceremony in Portsmouth, Virginia, on Thursday, January 21. USCGC ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-5h-27m ago

South Korea’s TaiYoung adds second 3,700DWT newbuild to fleet

South Korea amp 8217 s TaiYoung Shipping took delivery of a new cargo vessel from Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard in China on Thursday, January 21. TY Pony is the second in a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-5h-39m ago

Castor Maritime acquires 2006-built Capesize bulker

Cyprus registered Castor Maritime, through a separate wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement to purchase a 2006 built Capesize dry bulk vessel from an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-6h-23m ago

Ørsted takes final investment decision on first renewable hydrogen project

Ørsted has decided to take the final investment decision on the H2RES renewable hydrogen demonstration project at Avedøre Holme in Copenhagen, Denmark. H2RES will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-6h-43m ago

Samskip launches Ireland-Amsterdam direct container service

Samskip has expanded its selection of shortsea container connections between Ireland and North Continental Europe by introducing a new dedicated service link into ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-6h-49m ago

GEV, Pacific Hydro ink MOU on hydrogen export

Australian companies Global Energy Ventures GEV and Pacific Hydro Australia Developments have entered into a four year memorandum of understanding MOU to explore ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-7h-15m ago

Boluda acquires Iskes Towage and Salvage

Boluda Corporacion Maritima, through subsidiary Boluda Towage, has acquired the business activities and assets of Netherlands based Iskes Towage and Salvage. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-7h-23m ago

AFMA to intensify crackdown on VMS non-compliance in February

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority AFMA has stated that it will be closely monitoring and cracking down on vessel monitoring system VMS non compliance with ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-7h-30m ago

NIDCO’s newest ferry departs on delivery voyage

A new catamaran fast ferry ordered by the Trinidad and Tobago government amp 8217 s National Infrastructure Development Company NIDCO has departed the Hobart facilities of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-7h-39m ago

DEME starts maintenance dredging of Scheldt

DEME Group has begun conducting maintenance dredging of the Scheldt River in western Belgium. The company is using the aptly named Scheldt River, an LNG dual fuel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-7h-52m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – January 22, 2021

The latest series of recently announced offshore energy projects around the world covers an assortment that includes installation, decommissioning, drilling, and IMR, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-8h-1m ago

GEAR | Capital Link’s German Maritime Forum begins January 28 online

Capital Link’s annual German Maritime Forum will take place digitally on Thursday, January 28, 2021 from 12:00 to 18:05 Central European Time. The event is held in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-9h-15m ago

TFG Marine to start bunkering operations from Falmouth in the UK

TFG Marine, a Geneva based joint venture company created by Trafigura and shipping firms Frontline and Golden Ocean, will start bunkering operations this month for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-2h-41m ago

OPINION | Does Soviet naval strategy provide a template for China’s maritime ambitions?

In 1976, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Georgyevich Gorshkov published his exposition of Soviet maritime strategy under the title The sea power of the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-2h-55m ago

KSS Line taps Hyundai Heavy for VLGC newbuilding

South Korean shipowner KSS Line has awarded Hyundai Heavy Industries HHI a 87.6 billion US$79.5 million contract for a new very large gas carrier VLGC . The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-3h-14m ago

Australian seafood industry records bumper Christmas sales in 2020

Seafood sales in Australia for the month of December 2020 witnessed a 30 per cent growth compared to December 2019, Seafood Industry Australia SIA said in a recent ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-3h-22m ago

River Parrett flood control dredging kicks off

Dredging work has commenced at a section of the River Parrett in Somerset to reduce flood risks to local residents, properties, roads, and land, the Somerset Rivers ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-4h-53m ago

Sea-Cargo Ro-Ro ship to commence operations with tiltable rotor sails

A Ro Ro vessel operated by North Sea transport provider Sea Cargo has been fitted with a rotor sail propulsion system developed Helsinki based Norsepower. The .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-5h-19m ago

UK MOD orders autonomous minesweepers for Royal Navy

The UK Ministry of Defence MOD has awarded Atlas Elektronik UK AEUK a £25 million US$34.2 million contract for the supply of three examples of its Combined ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-5h-34m ago

Alfa Group’s newest dry cargo ship floated out

Russia amp 8217 s Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard launched a new cargo vessel into the water on Wednesday, January 20. Named Viktor Andryukhin, the newbuilding is a Project RSD59 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-6h-48m ago

Iceland’s Fisk Seafood to acquire local longlining company

Iceland amp 8217 s Fisk Seafood has entered into an agreement to acquire local fishing vessel operator Ölduósi. The acquisition also covers Ölduósi amp 8217 s sole vessel, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-7h ago

Mental health pilot program to benefit Australia’s seafood industry

A mental health and wellbeing pilot program specifically designed for the Australian commercial seafood industry is taking shape following the launch of the .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-7h-31m ago

Repairs approved for Coos Bay Port’s north jetty

The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay said that repairs of the port amp 8217 s north jetty will be carried out this year following the recent confirmation by Congress ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-7h-59m ago

Sydney boatbuilder to supply RIBs to Royal Australian Navy under AU$9 million contract

Sydney based company Britton Maritime Systems has been awarded a contract to build 12 new rigid inflatable boats RIBs in a series for the Royal Australian Navy. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-8h-10m ago

MARAD authorises construction of two additional multi-mission vessels

The US Department of Transportation amp 8217 s Maritime Administration MARAD has authorised the construction of two additional national security multi mission vessels ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-8h-18m ago

New tug delivered to Port of Shanghai

China amp 8217 s Sanlin Shipyard has delivered a new harbour tug to the Port of Shanghai. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd, Hai Gang 501 amp 8220 Harbour 501 amp 8221 will be used ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-8h-28m ago

Teekay Petrojarl awards FPSO recycling contract to MARS Europe

Modern American Recycling Services, through Denmark based subsidiary Modern American Recycling Services Europe MARS Europe , has been awarded a contract by Teekay ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-8h-41m ago

Offshore Heavy Transport to open Denmark office

Norwegian operator Offshore Heavy Transport OHT is set to open a new office in Denmark to serve as a base for operational and commercial activity related to wind ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-22h-24m ago

US Navy names future vessel to honour Muscogee Creek Nation

A future US Navy Navajo class towing, salvage, and rescue ship will be named USNS Muscogee Creek Nation to honour the self governed Native American tribe located in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-22h-42m ago

Rosmorport wraps up phase one of construction at Vanino coal export terminal

Rosmorport has successfully completed the first phase of construction of a new coal transshipment facility at the far eastern Russian seaport of Vanino. Rosmorport claims ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-23h-15m ago

Somat adds general purpose tug to Sicily towage fleet

Somat, a subsidiary of Italy amp 8217 s Cafimar Group, has taken delivery of a new ASD harbour tug from Turkish builder Med Marine. The Robert Allan Ltd designed Gordo has ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-23h-25m ago

Lundin, Wintershall awarded exploration licences offshore Norway

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has awarded offshore exploration licence interests to Lundin Energy and Wintershall Dea. The award to Lundin includes 15 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1d-23h-39m ago

Royal Caribbean to sell Azamara cruise brand to New York equity firm

Royal Caribbean Group has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Azamara Cruises brand to Sycamore Partners, a New York based private equity firm specialising in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-7m ago

BOOK REVIEW | Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy’s Revenge

This is an excellent book that is excitingly written and brilliantly explained by way of historical facts and technical, political and geographic details. One of the best ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-5h ago

South Australia oyster producer posts $1.8 million in revenues in Q4 2020

South Australia oyster producer Angel Seafood posted a 36 per cent increase in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, the company ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-5h-24m ago

NZ oyster producer posts $1.8 million in revenues in Q4 2020

New Zealand oyster producer Angel Seafood posted a 36 per cent increase in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year, the company said ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-5h-24m ago

Russian firm unveils concept designs for future aircraft carrier, landing ship

United Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s USC Nevskoye Planning and Design Bureau has unveiled the first concept design images of an aircraft carrier pictured and a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-6h-5m ago

Patrol boat finds new use as research vessel for University of Southern Mississippi

Alabama boatbuilder Silver Ships has completed conversion work on a patrol vessel to enable it to be used for marine research activities. Originally built by Silver Ships ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-6h-34m ago

Port Hedland fisher faces potential $5,000 fine for setting illegal crab traps

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development DPIRD reminds fishers to use the correct gear when fishing for mud crabs in Western Australia amp 8217 s ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-6h-49m ago

COSCO Shipping resumes work on new chemical logistics facility in Singapore

COSCO Shipping International Singapore has now obtained a partial temporary occupation permit from the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore BCA for the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-6h-59m ago

Scorpio Bulkers Ultramax pair sold for US$35 million

Scorpio Bulkers has entered into an agreement to sell two Ultramax vessels in its fleet to an unaffiliated third party. The 2015 built SBI Leo pictured and SBI Lyra ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-7h-30m ago

MOL refutes online news article on Wakashio oil spill

Mitsui OSK Lines MOL has released a statement on its website in response to an article published on Forbes.com on January 6 titled amp 8220 Explosive Documents Reveal BP ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-7h-50m ago

First steel cut for new methanol-fuelled tanker for Proman Stena Bulk

Guangzhou Shipyard International GSI in China has cut the first steel for the lead ship in a series of three new methanol fuelled tankers ordered by Proman Stena Bulk. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-19h-23m ago

Austal launches new high-speed electric ferry series

Austal Australia has launched a new series of electric powered, high speed ferries with the introduction of a battery powered catamaran design. The vessel will have an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2d-19h-40m ago

AFMA seeks public comment on rebuilding strategies for orange roughy, blue warehou

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority AFMA has begun undertaking a five year review of the rebuilding strategies for orange roughy and blue warehou and is ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-2h-27m ago

REMINISCENCES | Staying stable at all times

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 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-2h-42m ago

Construction begins on new LNG-powered MR product tanker for SCF Group

Russia amp 8217 s Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex recently held a steel cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of a new MR product tanker for local shipowner SCF ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-3h-6m ago

New 208,000DWT bulker delivered to Leo Ocean

A new bulk carrier was handed over to Panama registered shipowner Leo Ocean on Friday, January 15. Built by Japan Marine United JMU , Azul Tierra amp 8220 Blue ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-3h-19m ago

Yorke Peninsula snapper stocks to be replenished under $500,000 project

The depleted stocks of snapper in two inlets of South Australia amp 8217 s Yorke Peninsula are set to undergo a much needed replenishment program initiated by the state ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-3h-32m ago

ICTSI completes berth expansion at Manila International Container Terminal

International Container Terminal Services ICTSI has completed a berth expansion project at the Manila International Container Terminal MICT , effectively raising the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-4h-14m ago

United Heavy Lift expands fleet with 14,000DWT newbuild

United Heavy Lift UHL officially welcomed a new vessel to its fleet on Monday, January 18. The DNV GL classed UHL Faith is the first in a series of eight vessels to be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-4h-25m ago

Avance Gas orders VLGC newbuildings from South Korean yard

Avance Gas has entered into shipbuilding contracts for two very large gas carriers VLGCs with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME in South Korea. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-4h-40m ago

Norway’s BTG gets 82,000DWT bulker

Norwegian shipowner Bulk Trading Group BTG took delivery of a new bulk carrier from Japan Marine United JMU on Friday, January 15. The DNV GL classed BTG Apo has an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-4h-57m ago

Equinor to test floating solar plant concept

Equinor has partnered with engineering firm Moss Maritime for the development of a new offshore solar power plant off the island of Frøya in Norway amp 8217 s Trøndelag ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-5h-15m ago

Four dead, three missing after freighter breaks in two in Black Sea off Turkey

Four people were killed and three others have gone missing after a commercial vessel broke in two and sank in the Black Sea just off northern Turkey amp 8217 s Bartin ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-6h-10m ago

Seven rescued as supply vessel sinks near Sabah

Personnel on a Royal Malaysian Navy craft have successfully rescued all seven crewmembers of an offshore supply vessel that sank off the east coast of Sandakan in Sabah ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-7h-9m ago

Philippine shipyard proposes bigger vessels for navy

Philippine shipbuilder Propmech Corporation has confirmed that it is coordinating closely with local defence officials regarding the possible construction of larger ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-8h-1m ago

Royal Navy icebreaker resumes operational sailings following overhaul

The Royal Navy amp 8217 s only ice patrol ship is back at sea after a £14 million US$19 million , ten month revamp to enhance its ability to work in Antarctica. HMS ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-18h-50m ago

Awilco LNG wins short-term charter

Awilco LNG has entered into a two to three month time charter agreement with an unnamed counterparty. The object of the charter is WilPride, a 2013 built, .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-19h-4m ago

Reach Subsea, Kongsberg developing unmanned mother ships for ROVs

For the past 18 months, Reach Subsea has been developing new and future proof, sustainable solutions for subsea services. The project, named Reach Remote, is carried out ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-19h-15m ago

New tender RIB to be delivered to UK maritime archaeology charity

The Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust MAST , a UK based research charity, will soon take delivery of a new rigid inflatable boat RIB from Ribcraft RIBs. The 5.85 metre ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-21h-41m ago

LNG-fuelled bulker pair to serve Pilbara iron ore export route

Pilbara Ports Authority PPA has confirmed that two newbuild bulk carriers will be used to transport Pilbara iron ore to South Korea on a new service that will see a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-21h-56m ago

SCF Group takes delivery of LNG carrier for Shell charter

Russia amp 8217 s SCF Group took delivery of a new LNG carrier from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries on Friday, January 15. The same day that it was delivered, the .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-22h-17m ago

Cargo ship aids in rescue of four from sinking yacht off Sardinia

A cargo vessel came to the aid of four men who had gone adrift in the waters off Sardinia after their boat suffered engine failure and water ingress on Saturday, January ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3d-22h-29m ago

COLUMN | Falling knives and walking away: drilling contractors, Chinese yards, Korean cast-offs, Northern Drilling, SinoOcean and the Tiger rigs – Part One [Offshore Accounts]

Sometimes it is not only easier to walk away, but actually better The deepwater drilling industry is in crisis, as you know. In 2020, four major owners of deepwater rigs ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-2h-42m ago

New Brittany Ferries E-Flexer Ro-Pax hits the water

The next ship slated to join Brittany Ferries amp 8217 fleet was recently launched into the water for the first time. Built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Weihai, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-6h-33m ago

Finnish yard launches Costa Cruises’ newest LNG-powered ship

Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku floated out a new cruise ship into the water on Friday, January 15. Ordered by Costa Cruises, the 337 metre Costa Toscana will be powered ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-6h-45m ago

Names confirmed for five future US Navy ships

US Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite has confirmed the official selection of names for three surface warships, a submarine, and a towing and salvage vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-6h-59m ago

Magseis Fairfield wraps up deepwater OBN seismic survey in Mexico

Magseis Fairfield has completed a deepwater ocean bottom node OBN seismic survey in Mexico. The survey, which was on behalf of an unnamed customer, was carried out in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-7h-23m ago

First US-flagged offshore LNG ATB to begin operations

Q LNG Transport has confirmed that the first offshore LNG bunkering and articulated tug and barge ATB unit to sail under the US flag is now ready for operations. Built ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-7h-34m ago

Locally-built tug handed over to Polish Navy

Remontowa Shipbuilding of Gdansk recently handed over a new 30 metre tug to the Polish Navy. Semko is one of six tugs ordered by the navy from Remontowa following the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-7h-45m ago

Hydrocarbon exposure leaves two dead on FPSO in Côte d’Ivoire

Two people are confirmed to have died in an incident on a floating production storage and offloading FPSO vessel operated by BW Offshore in Côte d amp 8217 Ivoire on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-7h-54m ago

CNOOC added to US commerce department’s entity list

The Bureau of Industry and Security BIS of the US Department of Commerce has added China National Offshore Oil Corporation CNOOC to its Entity List. Commerce ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-9h-13m ago

Seatronics bags ROV orders worth

Seatronics, the unmanned systems subsidiary of UK based Acteon Group, has received orders totalling £1.8 million US$2.45 million from various undisclosed clients for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-19h-25m ago

Fishers fined $11,200 in NSW sanctuary zone

NSW Department of Primary Industries DPI fisheries officers handed down 26 penalty notices, totalling $11,200, and issued 22 warnings to fishers in the Port Stephens ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-19h-40m ago

Piracy and armed robbery incidents in Asia see 17 per cent increase in 2020

A total of 97 incidents of piracy and armed robbery were reported in Asia in 2020, comprising 95 actual incidents and 2 attempted incidents, the Regional Cooperation ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4d-21h-38m ago

ADVERT | 15-18-metre catamaran crewboat wanted

Wanted to buy: crew transfer vessel Specifications as follows: 15 18m catamaran design 10 15 pax capacity Good Condition Capable of 25 knots Please phone Storm on 0415 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3h-45m ago

FEATURE | Chinese imports heading for 50 per cent market share of the dry bulk market after a turbulent year

The turbulence of the past year has in many ways clouded the underlying fundamentals in the dry bulk shipping market, but with 2020 now behind us, we are in a better ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3h-57m ago

UK Crown prosecutors drop charges against two Nigerians for attempted tanker hijacking

The UK Crown Prosecution Service CPS has released a statement on its decision to discontinue the prosecution of two Nigerian nationals in connection with an attempt to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4h-5m ago

Second Keris-class littoral mission ship delivered to Royal Malaysian Navy

The Royal Malaysian Navy recently took delivery of its second Keris class littoral mission ship LMS . Built by China Shipbuilding and Offshore International, the future ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4h-30m ago

Canadian Armed Forces awards boat support contract to BC RHIB builder

Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the country amp 8217 s Department of National Defence, has awarded a CA$16.5 million US$13 million contract to Zodiac ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-5h-17m ago

US tech firm unveils 22-metre wind- and solar-powered unmanned vessel

US based Saildrone has launched a 22 metre example of its uncrewed surface vehicle series. Powered by wind and solar energy, the vessel is designed to be capable of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-6h-36m ago

Svitzer Australia welcomes second new tug to Port of Geraldton

Svitzer Australia has taken delivery of the second of three tugs for the Port of Geraldton and Mid West Ports Authority in Western Australia. Svitzer Abrolhos is a Robert ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-6h-46m ago

Jan De Nul’s newest dredger completes initial sea trials

Jan De Nul Group has confirmed that the initial sea trials of Galileo Galilei, its newest trailing suction hopper dredger TSHD , have been successfully completed. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-6h-57m ago

Russia orders two more Borei-A ballistic missile submarines

Russian shipyard Sevmash has been selected to build two additional Project 955A or Borei A class nuclear powered, ballistic missile submarines for the country amp 8217 s ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-7h-17m ago

18 rescued after boat suffers water ingress in southern Philippines

A total of 18 people were rescued from a passenger vessel that was in danger of sinking off Basilan province in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, January 13. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-7h-29m ago

Sydney Harbour’s oldest Freshwater-class ferry to be retained for weekend sailings

A second Freshwater class vessel will continue to operate on Sydney Harbour, following further consultation and feedback from the community, Transport for NSW confirmed ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-7h-47m ago

Chinese shipyard launches patrol vessel slated for Hainan Free Trade Port

Jianglong Shipbuilding has launched a new steel aluminium patrol vessel ordered by the China Maritime Safety Administration CMSA . Once completed, Hai Xun 11108 will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-8h-12m ago

Research vessel Investigator completes six-week science voyage in Southern Ocean

Australian researchers have returned from a six week marine science voyage investigating the critical role of ocean life in capturing atmospheric carbon. In the most ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-8h-22m ago

Silversea’s third Silver Muse-class ship floated out in Italy

Fincantieri launched a new cruise ship into the water at its Ancona facilities on Thursday, January 14. Silver Dawn will be the third ship in the Silver Muse class and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-8h-45m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – January 15, 2021

Charters for offshore vessels are already on the rise this early in 2021, indicating the much anticipated growth of a resilient sector that is steadily overcoming the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-9h-42m ago

Multiconsult, Argeo to cooperate on marine survey methods

Norwegian companies Multiconsult and Argeo have entered into a strategic cooperation to significantly improve quality marine surveys and increase construction insight of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-23h-51m ago

Gulf of Guinea records highest ever number of crew kidnapped in 2020

The International Maritime Bureau IMB amp 8217 s annual piracy report recorded an increase of piracy and armed robbery incidents in 2020. In 2020, the IMB amp 8217 s Piracy ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-15m ago

US Navy’s newest fleet oiler hits the water

General Dynamics NASSCO launched the lead ship of the US Navy amp 8217 s John Lewis class fleet oilers at its San Diego shipyard on Tuesday, January 12. Once in service, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-30m ago

Elbit Systems to supply USVs to Asia-Pacific naval operator

Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract to supply examples of its Seagull unmanned surface vehicle USV to an unnamed naval operator in the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-46m ago

US Coast Guard suspends search for missing fishermen off Midway Island

The US Coast Guard has suspended the active search for the 10 crewmembers of the Taiwanese flagged fishing vessel Yong Yu Sing No 18 who went missing approximately 885 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-1h-26m ago

COLUMN | A little knowledge is a dangerous thing [Tug Times]

Tug companies in the Far East might be expected to recoil in horror at a recent report published by the US National Bureau of Economic Research. Written by academics at ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-2h-42m ago

SHUAA-led consortium successfully buys out AED1.13 billion debt of Dubai-based Stanford Marine Group

Asset management and investment banking platform SHUAA Capital has successfully completed a debt buyout of the AED1.13 billion US$308 million facility of UAE based ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-5h-14m ago

New coastal barge service launched on Thames

The Port of Tilbury and grain processing company ADM Erith have successfully launched a twice daily coastal barge operation to deliver thousands of tonnes of oil seed ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-5h-32m ago

Continental Bitumen orders product tankers from Chinese yard

French shipowner Continental Bitumen has placed an order for two product tankers in a series from China amp 8217 s Wuhu Shipyard. The vessels will each have independent ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-5h-40m ago

North Tyneside shipyard to be rebuilt as offshore support hub

UK based Shepherd Offshore has acquired the former Swan Hunter shipyard located in Wallsend, North Tyneside, with the aim of developing the site as an offshore energy and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-6h-17m ago

Maritime NZ issues flags to approved America’s Cup viewing operators

Maritime NZ has distributed more than 110 distinctive yellow and pink flags to approved commercial operators providing on the water viewing for the Prada Cup racing ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-6h-36m ago

NZ tour operator adds whale watching boat to fleet

New Zealand tour operator Whale Watch Kaikoura recently welcomed a new vessel to its fleet. The newbuild is the second Whale Watch vessel to be named Te Ao Marama. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-6h-53m ago

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock wins US$60 million in new projects in Georgia, Florida

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company GLDD has confirmed the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling US$60.9 million to be included in the year end 2020 backlog ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-7h-14m ago

Forth Ports acquires Scottish towing company

Forth Ports has confirmed its acquisition of the entire share capital of Targe Towing, a towing service provider headquartered in Montrose, Scotland. Targe owns a fleet ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-19h-5m ago

Good Samaritans rescue 22 after bulker sinks in Philippine Sea

Fishermen on a Taiwanese flagged vessel have successfully rescued all 22 crewmembers of a Panamanian flagged bulk carrier after it capsized and sank in the Philippine Sea ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-19h-53m ago

UK yard delivers maritime security hovercraft to Estonian, Hong Kong operators

Southampton based Griffon Hoverwork has delivered two newbuild hovercraft to the Estonian Border Guard and the Hong Kong Marine Police, respectively. Each vessel has ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-20h-31m ago

Diana Shipping secures three time charters

Diana Shipping, through a separate wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into a time charter contract with Geneva based Cargill International for the Capesize dry bulk ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-23h-22m ago

GasLog takes delivery of LNG carrier

Greek shipowner GasLog has taken delivery of a new LNG carrier from Samsung Heavy Industries. Shortly after delivery, GasLog Galveston began serving a seven year time ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-23h-31m ago

TGS kicks off multi-client 3D survey offshore Brazil

TGS has begun work on the Espirito Santo multi client 3D seismic survey offshore Brazil. The survey will cover an area of approximately 2,694 square kilometres. Fast ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-23h-38m ago

Initial sea trials completed for new tour boat for Dawan District

Jianglong Shipbuilding has completed the initial series of sea trials of a new tour boat ordered by Chinese tour operator Zhuhai Jiuzhou Blue Trunk Line Investment ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-1d-23h-59m ago

COLUMN | Dive in diving: Boskalis, Rever Offshore, James Fisher, Mozambique [Offshore Accounts]

Boskalis buys Rever Boskalis announced here it has purchased beleaguered North Sea diving outfit Rever Offshore from Rever’s private equity owners Fara Holdco on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-2h-42m ago

Tug pair delivered to Ningbo-Zhoushan port

The Port of Ningbo Zhoushan in China amp 8217 s Zhejiang province took delivery of two newbuild 2,942kW ASD tugs in a series from local builder Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-3h-49m ago

Philippine Coast Guard, partners respond to ferry grounding in Cebu

The Philippine Coast Guard and local partner agencies have responded to an incident involving a vessel that ran aground in Cebu province on Tuesday, January 12. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-4h-1m ago

Construction begins on 470-pax tour boat for China’s Oujiang River

China amp 8217 s Jianglong Shipbuilding has held a steel cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction of a new sightseeing vessel ordered by local operator District ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-4h-27m ago

ICES to share North Atlantic fisheries research data with UK under new MOU

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICES has entered into a memorandum of understanding MOU with the UK government on the sharing of scientific ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-4h-52m ago

Cockles, paua back in sea after NZ MPI intervention

Almost 3,000 cockles and 150 undersized paua are back in the sea after successful interventions by the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries MPI and local police. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-8h-24m ago

EU, Greenland agree on new fisheries partnership

The European Union and the government of Greenland have concluded negotiations for a new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement SFPA and a new protocol that will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-8h-38m ago

Scorpio Bulkers sells 2017-built Ultramax

Scorpio Bulkers has entered into an agreement to sell one of its vessels to an unaffiliated third party. The object of the US$18.65 million transaction is SBI Libra, an ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-8h-48m ago

Wilhelmsen subsidiary acquires stake in former navy base near Tromsø

Wilhelmsen group company WilNor Governmental Services WGS has acquired 66 per cent of the shares in the Olavsvern Group, which operates a decommissioned Royal Norwegian ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-18h-33m ago

CIMC Raffles, Huadian Heavy Industries to cooperate on offshore wind projects

Chinese firms Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard and Huadian Heavy Industries have entered into a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement on the development of new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-18h-46m ago

Germany’s SFK orders three more ferries from Dutch builder

German operator Schlepp und Fährgesellschaft Kiel SFK has placed an order for three additional hybrid ferries from Holland Shipyards Group. The newbuildings will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-19h-20m ago

Port of Gdansk reports key stages of €1.3 billion infrastructure improvement plan will be completed in 2021

The Port of Gdansk has said that key projects within the largest investment programme in its history, covering €1.3 billion US$1.58 billion of infrastructure ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-20h-22m ago

US Coast Guard cutter Stone scores drug haul off Dominican Republic

While in transit to conduct joint operations off the coast of Guyana as part of Operation Southern Cross, the US Coast Guard national security cutter Stone encountered ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-2d-21h-16m ago

OPINION | Will China turn off Asia’s tap?

Even after Asia’s economies climb out of the Covid 19 recession, China’s strategy of frenetically building dams and reservoirs on transnational rivers will confront ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-2h-42m ago

Carnival to sell four additional ships in 2021

Carnival Corporation is set to accelerate the removal of four more of its vessels from service, the company said in a statement dated January 11. The four vessels were ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-2h-45m ago

GEAR | Volvo Penta launches new assisted docking system

Volvo Penta has introduced a new fully integrated assisted docking system. The system is designed to give the captain better control when docking a boat by automating his ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-3h-12m ago

CMA CGM christens fifth LNG-fuelled 23,000TEU newbuilding in series

CMA CGM officially named a new LNG fuelled containership on Friday, January 8. CMA CGM Rivoli is the fifth in a series of nine 23,000TEU vessels ordered from China State ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-4h-4m ago

Turkey imposes nine per cent increase in marine pollution fines

The levels of marine pollution fines being applied by environmental authorities in Turkey have been increased by 9.11 per cent, P amp 38 I club Standard Club said through ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-4h-22m ago

HHLA’s newly acquired Trieste cargo terminal ready to commence operations

German port operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik HHLA has confirmed that its announced acquisition of 50.01 per cent of the multi function terminal Piattaforma ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-4h-38m ago

Klaveness takes delivery of sixth combination carrier in series from Chinese yard

Klaveness Combination Carriers KCC took delivery of a new cargo vessel from Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding in China on Monday, January 11. The vessel has been named ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-4h-49m ago

NOAA orders research vessel for Puerto Rico maritime non-profit

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA has placed an order for a new catamaran research vessel for operation on near coastal and ocean routes by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-6h-53m ago

Fjord1’s newest hybrid ferry launched in Turkey

Turkey amp 8217 s Tersan Shipyard has launched a new double ended Ro Pax ferry being built for Norwegian operator Fjord1. Once completed, the DNV GL classed vessel will have ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-7h-12m ago

Construction completed on new diving bell ship for German waterways administration

Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld in the Netherlands has completed construction of a new diving bell ship ordered by the German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-7h-46m ago

New water taxi service launched on India’s Valapattanam River following vessel delivery

Indian builder Navgathi Marine Design and Constructions has delivered the second unit in a series of four water taxis ordered by the Kerala State Water Transport ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-8h ago

AMSA issues recommendations from NTSB probe into fatal 2019 dive boat fire off California

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority AMSA has issued Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety Alert 1/2021, which the agency says is intended to raise awareness of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-8h-26m ago

Dubai operator adds marina tender to fleet

An unnamed marina operator in Dubai has taken delivery of a new rigid inflatable boat RIB from local builder Asis Boats. The eight metre, custom built craft is equipped ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-8h-43m ago

Four kidnapped tanker crewmen released from captivity

US based Diamond S Shipping has confirmed that the four crewmembers who had been kidnapped from one of its product tankers on November 29, 2020, were released from ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-8h-59m ago

Boluda France, HST to form crew transfer joint venture business

Towage specialist Boluda France and UK based vessel operator High Speed Transfers HST have entered into a memorandum of understanding MOU regarding the establishment ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-21h-49m ago

Brazilian Navy selects local builder to supply new hospital ship

The Brazilian Navy has awarded local shipyard Estaleiro Bibi Eireli a contract for the construction of a new hospital ship. It will be the sixth hospital ship to be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-21h-58m ago

Ex-South Korean corvette commissioned into Colombian Navy

A warship formerly operated by the South Korean Navy was commissioned into service with the Colombian Navy in a ceremony on Wednesday, January 6. The 88 metre, 950 tonne ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-3d-22h-22m ago

COLUMN | Weather wise, or design foolish? [Grey Power]

There was an amazing satellite image taken of what was supposed to be the largest and deepest depression that had ever been recorded in the North Pacific. And it was ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-2h-42m ago

Ferry rescues distressed fishermen off Guimaras Island, Philippines

A Ro Pax ferry came to the aid of four fishermen whose boat sustained damage in rough seas off the island province of Guimaras in the west central Philippines on Sunday, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-2h-58m ago

Spanish shipyard to build new patrol vessel for Royal Moroccan Navy

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has been selected to supply the Royal Moroccan Navy with a new offshore patrol vessel OPV , the company said via social media on Friday, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-3h-18m ago

Royal Navy commissions patrol ship HMS Spey

The Royal Navy commissioned its newest River class offshore patrol vessel OPV in a ceremony on Thursday, January 7. HMS Spey was delivered to Portsmouth Naval Base in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-4h-18m ago

Ferry runs aground while sailing through storm-hit waters in Canary Islands

Stormy weather caused a passenger vessel to run aground near Gran Canaria in Spain amp 8217 s Canary Islands on the evening local time of Thursday, January 7. The Fred ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-4h-30m ago

AMSA issues 24-month ban on livestock carrier

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority AMSA has issued its most severe banning to date to the master and operator of the Marshall Islands flagged livestock carrier ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-7h-1m ago

Crude oil export begins at South Texas Gateway following deepwater dock completion

Houston based infrastructure specialist Buckeye Partners has confirmed that crude oil export operations have commenced at the second deepwater dock at South Texas Gateway ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-7h-28m ago

Construction completed on new water injection dredger for NC Ports

St Johns Ship Building SJSB in Palatka, Florida, has completed construction of a new water injection dredger ordered by the North Carolina State Ports Authority NC ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-7h-47m ago

Acta Marine opens new office in Saint-Nazaire

Dutch offshore services provider Acta Marine has established a new office in Saint Nazaire in anticipation of new offshore wind projects in France. A wide range of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-8h-1m ago

RNLI renders aid to grounded trawler in Balscadden Bay, Ireland

A lifeboat crew from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI in Howth on Ireland amp 8217 s east coast came to the aid of a trawler that ran aground just outside ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-8h-9m ago

Capital Gas Ship Management takes delivery of second LNG carrier in series

Greek shipowner Capital Gas Ship Management Corporation took delivery of a new LNG carrier from Hyundai Heavy Industries HHI . Aristidis I has a total cargo capacity of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-20h-50m ago

Indonesian vessels respond to crashed airliner in Java Sea

The Indonesian Navy, the Indonesian National Police, local search and rescue SAR agency Basarnas, and various other partners have deployed some of their vessels in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-4d-21h-58m ago

Washington State Ferries opens new terminal in Mukilteo

Washington State Ferries WSF has officially begun operations of its new Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal. The new facility, the first new ferry terminal to be opened ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-6d-21h-23m ago

Wan Hai launches new China-Vietnam express service

Wan Hai Lines will launch a new weekly express service between East China and Ho Chi Minh City to expand on its intra Asia network. The service will be operated by two ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-6d-21h-38m ago

Globus Maritime secures charter for Panamax bulker

Greek shipowner Globus Maritime has secured a new time charter for the 2005 built Panamax bulk carrier Moon Globe. The vessel will be chartered by an unaffiliated third ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-1w-6d-21h-57m ago

Finland unveils icebreaker concept demonstrator with removable bow

The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency FTIA has launched a new icebreaker concept vessel equipped with an innovative hybrid motorised removable bow. The vessel, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1h-21m ago

Yang Ming sets up subsidiary in France

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation has set up a new subsidiary with NAXCO Group in France. Named Yang Ming France, the new business officially began operations on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1h-33m ago

First steel cut for US Navy destroyer Jeremiah Denton

Huntington Ingalls Industries amp 8217 HII Ingalls Shipbuilding division has cut the first 100 tonnes of steel to be used for the construction of the US Navy Arleigh ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1h-53m ago

Washington Department of Ecology revises Puget Sound net pen permits for steelhead

After public review and feedback, the Washington Department of Ecology has revised four water quality permits to allow sterile, all female steelhead to be raised in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2h-15m ago

OPINION | China’s fishery deal with PNG: wolf-warrior diplomacy or just business?

The signing of a $204 million memorandum of understanding between a Chinese government backed fishery company and the Papua New Guinea government to build a .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2h-47m ago

Turkish-built tug to support coal transport in Israel

Israel amp 8217 s National Coal Supply Corporation NCSC has taken delivery of a new shallow draught tug to support its coal procurement and transportation activities. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3h-9m ago

Egyptian Navy takes delivery of locally-built corvette

The Egyptian Navy has taken delivery of the second ship in the El Fateh class of corvettes. The future ENS Port Said is also the first of three El Fateh class ships to be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3h-24m ago

German waterways authority to welcome new hybrid ferry into service

The German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration Wasser und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes WSV will soon take delivery of a new hybrid Ro Pax ferry from ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3h-44m ago

Caledonian Maritime Assets awards ferry design contract

Caledonian Maritime Assets CMAL has awarded a contract to international design and engineering firm BMT to provide consultancy services for the concept design of a new ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-5h-55m ago

Construction completed on new response boat for Guangzhou Fire Department

China amp 8217 s Jianglong Shipbuilding has completed construction of a new firefighting boat for operation in the waters of the Dawan District off Guangdong province. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-6h-8m ago

Avenir LNG’s newest bunkering vessel floated out

Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering has launched a new dual purpose bunkering and supply vessel ordered by London based Avenir LNG. Once completed, Avenir ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-6h-25m ago

MISC takes delivery of second VLEC from South Korean yard

Malaysia amp 8217 s MISC has taken delivery of Seri Erlang, its second very large ethane carrier VLEC . The newbuild is the second of six VLECs ordered by MISC from Samsung ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-6h-33m ago

Greece’s United Overseas Group to acquire UAE tanker operator

UAE based United Arab Chemical Carriers UACC has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by United Overseas Group UOG of Greece. A wholly owned ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-6h-46m ago

ADVERT | Boat rack for sale – Henderson, WA

210 position boat rack for sale for the cost of disassembly. Location: 46 Jessie Lee Street Henderson WA We have had a quotation completed and the cost to disassemble is ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-8h-3m ago

Work Boat World Offshore Projects Roundup – January 8, 2021

The New Year brings good news for the global offshore projects sector, with key contracts being approved and others already underway and some even successfully concluded. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-10h-31m ago

Scorpio Bulkers sells 2018-built Kamsarmax vessel

Scorpio Bulkers has entered into an agreement with an unaffiliated third party to sell one of its Kamsarmax vessels. The object of the transaction was SBI Lynx, which was ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-20h-10m ago

Scotline’s newest bulker begins sea trials

Dutch shipbuilder Royal Bodewes has begun conducting sea trials of a new bulk carrier ordered by Scotline Marine Holdings. The 90 metre, 4,850DWT Scot Ranger has ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-20h-38m ago

Svitzer orders additional tug to serve Port of London

Svitzer Europe has awarded a contract to Damen Shipyards Group for the delivery of an ASD tug to support operations in the Port of London. Svitzer Thames will arrive in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-21h-31m ago

DP World to develop Senegal’s Ndayane port

DP World and the government of Senegal have entered into agreements for the development of a deep water port at Ndayane, approximately 50 kilometres from the existing ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-21h-38m ago

Pan Ocean secures time charter with Galp

South Korean shipowner Pan Ocean has entered into a time charter contract for one LNG carrier with Galp Energia of Portugal. The US$115 million contract commenced on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-21h-46m ago

New ferry to serve Yeu Island in Bay of Biscay

The government of the Pays de la Loire region in western France has placed an order for a new Ro Pax ferry to be built by local shipyard Piriou. Designed by Stirling ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-18m ago

Wallenius Wilhelmsen returns nine ships from lay-up

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has put nine of its laid up ships back in service to address reduced capacity and rising rates in the charter market. Plans are in place to ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-41m ago

Norsk Fisketransport takes delivery of wellboat

Norwegian aquaculture company Norsk Fisketransport has taken delivery of a new salmon wellboat from local builder New Havyard Ship Technology. Designed by Havyard Design ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-50m ago

New EU-UK trade agreement outlines joint fish stocks management

The European Union and the United Kingdom have agreed on a new framework for the joint management of fish stocks in EU and UK waters following the recent conclusion of a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-58m ago

COLUMN | False economy: remote-controlled autonomous ships? [Offshore Accounts]

The news that the bulk carrier Wakashio grounded off Mauritius and broke in two in August last year because the crew were navigating dangerously close to the shore in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-4h-31m ago

AET takes delivery of DP2 shuttle tanker

Singapore based AET has taken delivery of a new Suezmax shuttle tanker from Samsung Heavy Industries SHI . The DP2 equipped Eagle Pilar has been purpose built for ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-4h-56m ago

USACE to dredge California’s Hueneme port

The US Army Corps of Engineers USACE Los Angeles District has unveiled plans to dredge the Port of Hueneme main channel starting in early January with a projected ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-5h-7m ago

Newbuild tanker to serve Chemship’s US-Mediterranean route

A newbuild chemical tanker was recently handed over to Rotterdam based shipowner Chemship. The 16,000DWT, 134 by 21 metre Chemical Fighter was built by Asakawa ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-5h-17m ago

Ukraine to get US-built patrol boats

Bremerton, Washington based Safe Boats International has been awarded a US$19.9 million contract for long lead time material acquisition as well as pre production and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-5h-33m ago

US Coast Guard, partners search for 10 missing fishermen off Midway Island

The US Coast Guard, US Navy, and Good Samaritans are searching for a life raft from an adrift 28 metre Taiwanese fishing vessel approximately 885 kilometres northeast of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-6h-13m ago

Louisiana yard to build two oceanographic ships for NOAA

The US Navy has awarded Thoma Sea Marine Constructors of Houma, Louisiana, a contract for the design and construction of two new oceanographic ships that will be operated ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-17h-54m ago

Hyundai Heavy expects merger with DSME to close in H1 2021

The chairman of Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings HHIH has said that he expects the company amp 8217 s planned acquisition of rival shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-18h-15m ago

Breakwaters at new tuna port in Chennai nearing completion

Construction is nearly completed on a pair of breakwaters at a new tuna fishing port that will be able to accommodate up to 800 vessels in Chennai, India. The breakwaters ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-18h-45m ago

Pingtan Marine refrigerated fish carrier begins operational sailings following refit

Fuzhou based deepwater fishing company Pingtan Marine Enterprise has begun operational sailings of what it claims is the largest fishery support vessel ever to sail under ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-1d-19h-13m ago

Mongla Port Authority awards contract for channel deepening works

The Mongla Port Authority in southwestern Bangladesh has awarded a contract for deepening works to a partnership formed by Chinese firms Jianshu Haihong Construction ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-1h-39m ago

Iowa contractor gets new electric dredger

Booneville, Iowa based marine contractor Legacy Materials has taken delivery of a new electric powered cutter suction dredger CSD from Custom Dredge Works of Topeka, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-1h-56m ago

Calhoun Port expansion to commence this year

The Calhoun Port Authority CPA in Point Comfort, Texas, has confirmed that the expansion of Calhoun Port will commence within this year. Congress amp 8217 recent passage ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-2h-15m ago

COLUMN | Forging ahead despite the coronavirus [Tug Times]

We read so much about the disruptions to business caused by the Covid 19 virus, and many of us see the effects every day in our own businesses, so it is quite remarkable ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-2h-42m ago

Modernisation underway on Bering Sea factory trawler

Work is currently underway to modernise a 204 metre fishing vessel owned by US based O amp 8217 Hara Corporation. Originally completed as a tuna longliner in 1974, Alaska ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-3h-12m ago

Gdansk shipyard launches new Polish Navy minehunter, tug

Remontowa Shipbuilding of Gdansk, Poland, has launched a new mine countermeasures vessel MCMV and a new tug for the Polish Navy. The future ORP Mewa .. The post ....

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-3h-44m ago

Qatar’s Nakilat takes delivery of LNG carrier

Qatari shipowner Nakilat has taken delivery of a newbuild LNG carrier from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME . Named Global Star, the vessel is the second ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-3h-58m ago

European Defence Agency to support multi-national corvette development programme

The European Defence Agency amp 8217 s EDA steering board recently approved the launch of a specific EDA ad hoc project that will contribute to the implementation of a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-7h-49m ago

Patrol boat pair delivered to Zhuhai City Transportation Bureau

China amp 8217 s Jianglong Shipbuilding has delivered two steel aluminium patrol vessels in a series to the Zhuhai City Transportation Bureau in Guangdong province. Zhuhai ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-8h-5m ago

Tallink Grupp reports 61 per cent drop in passenger volumes in 2020 due to Covid-19

Estonia amp 8217 s Tallink Grupp has published its 2020 fourth quarter and December passenger and cargo statistics, which reveal the total impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-8h-19m ago

BOOK REVIEW | I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

This excellent book is one of the new breed of World War II histories that incorporate substantial comment from some of the few remaining participants in that war. It ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-8h-32m ago

US Coast Guard, Good Samaritans rescue distressed boater near Puerto Rico

The crew of the US Coast Guard fast response cutter Joseph Napier combined efforts with the Hong Kong flagged containership CSCL Long Beach and the Singaporean flagged ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-8h-41m ago

Saam Towage takes delivery of Turkish-built tug

Saam Towage recently took delivery of a tug to be used in the company amp 8217 s operations in Ecuador. Efesan Port, which was built and formerly operated by Turkey amp 8217 s ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-8h-54m ago

Russia suspends search for 16 missing fishermen in Barents Sea

Authorities in Russia have ordered the suspension of the search for the missing crew of a fishing vessel that sank in the northern Barents Sea within the Arctic Circle ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-20h-18m ago

Iranian forces seize South Korean tanker for alleged pollution in Strait of Hormuz

A South Korean flagged commercial vessel was seized by Iranian paramilitary forces in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, January 4, officials in Seoul have confirmed. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-2d-20h-47m ago

New Year’s Day armed robbery attempt foiled on berthed car carrier in Casablanca

An armed robbery attempt on a berthed commercial vessel in Morocco on the first day of the new year ended in failure after the crew managed to fight off the perpetrators, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-1h-43m ago

COLUMN | Container losses [The Wet Detective]

More than 80 per cent of goods traded worldwide travel on one of the more than 90,000 cargo vessels plying the world’s oceans. At the heart of it all is the freight ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-2h-42m ago

Newbuild gas carrier handed over to Flex LNG

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME handed over a new LNG carrier to Flex LNG on Friday, January 1. Flex Freedom is the eleventh vessel to join the Flex LNG ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-2h-55m ago

New research highlights benefits of restoring Hong Kong’s oyster reefs

New research produced jointly by the Swire Institute of Marine Science SWIMS of the University of Hong Kong HKU and The Nature Conservancy TNC , published recently ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-3h-31m ago

Indian Navy ship transports aid for flood-stricken areas in Vietnam, Cambodia

The Indian Navy corvette INS Kiltan has completed transporting humanitarian relief to Vietnam and Cambodia to benefit communities in the two countries that have been ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-3h-51m ago

Singapore’s first LNG bunkering vessel delivered to owner

Keppel Offshore and Marine Keppel O amp 38 M has delivered Singapore amp 8217 s first LNG bunkering vessel, FueLNG Bellina, to FueLNG. Designed by Keppel Marine and Deepwater ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-4h-11m ago

ClassNK releases guideline for survey and facilities of LNG bunkering ships

ClassNK has released its Guideline for Survey and Facilities/Equipment of LNG Bunkering Ships, which outlines the additional safety requirements of liquefied gas carriers ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-4h-19m ago

EQT Infrastructure submits offer to acquire all outstanding shares in Norway’s Torghatten

EQT Infrastructure V fund, through HATI BidCo, has launched an offer to acquire all outstanding shares in Norwegian air, sea, and land transport company Torghatten ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-4h-29m ago

Brittany Ferries welcomes Cotentin back to fleet

After nearly eight years in the Baltic, the Ro Pax ferry Cotentin has returned to Brittany Ferries and the route for which it was originally built in 2007, carrying ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-4h-45m ago

Indian Navy takes delivery of final Mark IV LCU

The Indian Navy took delivery of the final one of eight Mark IV landing craft utility LCU vessels from local builder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers GRSE on ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-5h-1m ago

Krill harvesters’ association to support South Georgia fishery monitoring

The Association of Responsible Krill Harvesting Companies ARK has agreed to use some of its vessels to help monitor the status of the krill population in the waters ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-8h-35m ago

Construction begins on Royal Australian Navy’s fourth Arafura-class patrol ship

Australian shipbuilder Civmec has begun construction on the fourth Arafura class offshore patrol vessel OPV slated for the Royal Australian Navy. The vessel and nine ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-8h-50m ago

Indian Army taps local builder to supply new patrol boats

The Indian Army has awarded a contract to Goa Shipyard GSL for the construction of 12 fast patrol boats. The GRP hulled craft will be capable of surveillance and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-9h-11m ago

Myanmar’s first submarine commissioned into service

An ex Indian Navy diesel electric submarine has been commissioned into service with the Myanmar Navy, making it the latter country amp 8217 s first ever submarine. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-21h-41m ago

Minerva Marine takes delivery of LNG carrier

Greek shipowner Minerva Marine has taken delivery of the first in a series of two new LNG carriers built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME . Minerva ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-22h-28m ago

Maintenance dredging completed at North Queensland’s Mackay Port

Maintenance dredging works have been successfully completed on schedule at the Port of Mackay in North Queensland. The dredging was in line with the Queensland Government ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-23h-22m ago

US federal government spending bill includes funding for four more coast guard fast response cutters

US President Donald Trump has signed into law the omnibus spending bill for Fiscal Year 2021, which includes funding for four more Sentinel class fast response cutters ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-3d-23h-42m ago

Genco Shipping acquires Ultramax bulker trio, sells six Handysizes

US based Genco Shipping and Trading has entered into an agreement to acquire three modern, eco Ultramax vessels in exchange for six older Handysize vessels. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-38m ago

Awilco Drilling cites breaches for terminating rig newbuilding contract with Singaporean yard

Awilco Rig 2 AR2 , a wholly owned subsidiary of Awilco Drilling, has notified Singapore based shipbuilder Keppel FELS that it has exercised its contractual termination ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-54m ago

REMINISCENCES | The trouble with deck cargo

On our long passages back and forth to the antipodes, we never really liked to carry cargo on deck. Outward bound, we would sometimes be landed with hazardous goods ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-2h-52m ago

Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for November/December 2020

WORK BOAT WORLD: Jonas Tegström has been appointed the new CEO of waterjet propulsion supplier Marine Jet Power MJP . He succeeds interim CEO, Claes Rudling, who will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-3h-2m ago

French builder completes amphibious interceptor pair for US Navy

The US Navy will soon take delivery of two amphibious interceptor craft built by France amp 8217 s Iguana Pro. The boats will be used for patrols and will be capable of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-3h-5m ago

Indian Navy welcomes ferry to fleet

The Indian Navy has inducted a new ferry into service for use in logistical support duties. Madhur is one of seven 250 passenger vessels in a series built for the navy by ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-3h-13m ago

Two charged over failed hijacking of tanker off Isle of Wight

The Southampton Magistrates Court in the UK has charged two individuals in connection with a failed attempt to hijack an oil tanker in the English Channel off the Isle of ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-4h-22m ago

US Navy issues RFP for prototypes of new UUV class

The US Navy has released a request for proposals RFP for the design, development, and fabrication of the Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA Program Executive Office ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-5h-11m ago

Second Daegu-class frigate delivered to South Korean Navy

The South Korean Navy recently took delivery of a new guided missile frigate from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME . The future ROKS Gyeongnam is the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-5h-21m ago

Philippine Coast Guard joins search for missing boat with six on board

The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed vessels and personnel to attempt to locate a small boat that has gone missing in the waters between the southern island provinces ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-7h-25m ago

Saltchuk Marine to expand ship assist operations

Seattle based Saltchuk Marine has acquired Centerline Logistics amp 8217 harbour ship assist operations in California and the Pacific Northwest. Eight ship assist tugs ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-7h-41m ago

Keel laid for new Ro-Ro ferry for IVP Ship Invest

German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft FSG has laid the keel for a new freight only Ro Ro ferry ordered by UK based IVP Ship Invest. The newbuilding will ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-7h-50m ago

Interlake acquires ferry, ATB from Great Lakes operators

Interlake Holding Company has completed its acquisition of two vessels formerly owned by Michigan based companies operating on the Great Lakes. The purchased vessels are ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-8h-13m ago

Russian Navy commissions first Project 20385 corvette

The Russian Navy has commissioned its first Project 20385 corvette into service. Built by the Severnaya Verf shipyard of United Shipbuilding Corporation USC , ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-8h-32m ago

Jiangsu ports get new tugs

China amp 8217 s Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard has handed over two newbuild ASD tugs in a series to separate local port operators in Jiangsu Province. Zhen Gang Tuo 4001 and ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-2w-4d-8h-56m ago

REMINISCENCES | The best little shipyard in the world

Carrington Slipways, “the best little shipyard in the world”. A phrase that I heard often from shipowners right through to the yard workers themselves. A family owned ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-3h-32m ago

OPINION | Russia and China team up on the Indian Ocean

Two recent naval exercises demonstrate the potential for Russia China cooperation in the Indian Ocean, and how the two present a much greater threat to a continued US ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-3h-37m ago

OPINION | Index reveals areas needing improvement to ensure Australia’s maritime security

Stable Seas recently released its third annual Maritime Security Index with one very important addition. This year, the geographic scope was expanded to include Australia ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-3h-42m ago

Gas shippers Epic Gas, Lauritzen Kosan to merge

Gas shipping companies Epic Gas and Lauritzen Kosan have entered into a transaction agreement to combine their fleet and business activities under a single entity. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-4h-48m ago

South Korea’s Pan Ocean to invest in LNG carrier newbuilding

South Korean shipowner Pan Ocean has confirmed its plans to acquire a newbuild vessel to expand its LNG transport business, the company said in a recent regulatory ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-4h-56m ago

Construction begins on fifth Project ST192 trawler for Russian Fishery Company

United Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s USC Admiralty Shipyard has cut the first steel for a new freezer trawler ordered by Russian Fishery Company. The vessel will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-5h-6m ago

Naming ceremony held for U-Ming’s newest VLOC

U Ming Marine Transport Corporation, through fully owned subsidiary U Ming Marine Transport Singapore, recently held a virtual naming ceremony for its newest very large ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-5h-14m ago

Eagle Bulk acquires scrubber-fitted Ultramax pair

US based Eagle Bulk Shipping has purchased two modern scrubber fitted Ultramax bulk carriers from unnamed owners. The first vessel, which was built in 2015 and will be ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-5h-25m ago

BW LPG completes sea trials of third retrofitted gas carrier

BW LPG has completed conducting sea trials of the very large gas carrier VLGC BW Orion following a recent retrofit programme that replaced the ship amp 8217 s .. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-5h-33m ago

First steel cut for new DP2 heavy lift ships for Spliethoff

China amp 8217 s Mawei Shipyard has cut the first steel for two new heavy lift vessels in a series ordered by Dutch shipowner Spliethoff. The vessels will each have a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-5h-56m ago

Containership disabled off Portugal following engine room fire

A Danish flagged containership has lost power and gone adrift off Portugal amp 8217 s southern coast after a fire broke out in its engine room on Saturday, December 26. ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-7h-16m ago

ASCO ship resumes sailings following overhaul

The Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company ASCO has resumed operational sailings of the 3,100DWT dry cargo vessel Garadagh following a lengthy overhaul period. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-7h-43m ago

Zhoushan City tour operator orders 380-pax vessel

Chinese operator Zhoushan Putuo Huandao Passenger Transport has awarded Jianglong Shipbuilding a contract for the construction of a new steel aluminium sightseeing vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-8h-2m ago

German Navy gets additional minehunting UUVs

Huntington Ingalls Industries HII has delivered a batch of newbuild Remus 100 unmanned underwater vehicles UUVs to the German Navy. The UUVs have an endurance of 12 ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-8h-12m ago

Russian fisheries research institute orders vessels from local builder

The Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography has placed an order for two Project 17050 research vessels from local builder Nevsky Shipyard. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-9h-21m ago

New Hellenic Coast Guard RIB to be used in Aegean Sea

Rafnar, through Athens based subsidiary Rafnar Hellas, has delivered a new rigid inflatable boat RIB to the Hellenic Coast Guard. The 11 metre RIB is the fifth in a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-9h-32m ago

Newbuild joins Rosmorport’s hopper barge fleet

Russia amp 8217 s Onezhsky Shipbuilding has delivered a new self propelled hopper barge to local port operator Rosmorport. Named Smelaya, the 56 by 11 metre vessel has a ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-9h-41m ago

Fast response cutter Robert Goldman delivered to US Coast Guard

The US Coast Guard has taken delivery of the future USCGC Robert Goldman, the 42nd Sentinel class fast response cutter built by Bollinger Shipyards. The 46 metre vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-9h-52m ago

Littlestone RNLI welcomes newest lifeboat

A new lifeboat has been delivered to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI station at Littlestone in Kent. The eight metre boat has been named Jean McIvor in ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-10h-1m ago

Landing ship Pyotr Morgunov handed over to Russian Navy

United Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s USC Yantar Baltic Shipbuilding Plant has handed over the newbuild large landing ship Pyotr Morgunov to the Russian Navy. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-3w-2d-10h-12m ago

BOOK REVIEW | Mosul: Australia’s Secret War Inside the ISIS Caliphate

When this book first arrived from the publisher, your reviewer was tempted to bin it. Its rather “sensationalist” cover reminded him of the avalanche of books about ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-1d-21h-53m ago

MAIB releases preliminary assessment of explosion that sank crab boat off Norfolk

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch MAIB has released its preliminary assessment of an incident wherein an explosion occurred aboard the fishing vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-1d-22h-2m ago

Sea trials completed for Minerva’s newest LNG carrier

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering DSME has completed sea trials of Minerva Psara, the first in a series of two LNG carriers being built for Greek shipowner ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-1d-22h-18m ago

Russia’s Sakhalinlizingflot takes delivery of ice-class ferry

Russian operator Sakhalinlizingflot has taken delivery of the Project PV22 ice class ferry Admiral Nevelskoy from United Shipbuilding Corporation amp 8217 s USC Nevsky ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-1d-22h-29m ago

COLUMN | The twelve days of offshore Christmas: Brent Crude, ammonia fuel cells, Myanmar, floating wind turbines, Bourbon, and Standard Drilling – Part Two [Offshore Accounts]

Not long until Christmas now! As the big day gets closer, you will have seen Esvagt, Swire, Seacor, Cairn Energy, Vantage and Shearwater featuring in Part One of our ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-2h-47m ago

REMINISCENCES | In the drydock

I was reading an account of a visit of a highly sophisticated ship to a repair yard for some very involved upgrading and servicing. It all seemed to run like clockwork, ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-3h-2m ago

Shearwater GeoServices awarded Western Offshore India 3D contract by ONGC

Shearwater GeoServices has been awarded a 3D broadband marine seismic acquisition contract by India amp 8217 s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ONGC in the Western Offshore ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-3h-27m ago

Entire Stockholm Norvik Port now operational

Ports of Stockholm has confirmed that the entire Stockholm Norvik Port has completed undergoing construction and is now operational. The port amp 8217 s container terminal ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-3h-42m ago

Two Royal Caribbean ships sold to Asia-Pacific operator

Royal Caribbean International has sold two of its vessels to an undisclosed third party based in the Asia Pacific region. The objects of the sale are the 1990 built ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-3h-53m ago

Russian shipyard launches research vessel Severnny Polyus

Russia amp 8217 s Admiralty Shipyard has launched the Project 00903 ice capable research vessel Severnny Polyus at its Saint Petersburg facilities. Once completed, the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-4h-14m ago

Future US Navy destroyer Daniel Inouye completes builder’s trials

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has completed builder amp 8217 s trials of the future USS Daniel Inouye, a US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyer. The vessel honours the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-4h-25m ago

UK design firm joins project to develop new diver delivery submersible

UK naval architects Bar Technologies has been chosen to support local maritime technology business SubSea Craft in the design and build of an advanced submersible diver ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-4h-36m ago

New Japanese shipbuilding JV set for 2021 launch

The official start of operations of a new joint venture company formed between Japan amp 8217 s two largest shipbuilders has been scheduled for January 1, 2021. Both Japan ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-4h-54m ago

Oretol Nigeria orders dredger, workboat from Dutch builder

Oretol Nigeria has placed an order for a new 2,819kW cutter suction dredger and a 14 metre multi purpose workboat from Netherlands based Royal IHC. The dredger will have ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-5h-8m ago

LDA, Tidal Transit JV tapped to provide crewboats for GE Renewable Energy at Saint-Nazaire wind farm

French companies Louis Dreyfus Armateurs LDA and Tidal Transit have been awarded a contract by GE Renewable Energy for the provision of two crewboats for the ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-6h-28m ago

Polarcus secures 4D project in the Far East

Polarcus has entered into a memorandum of agreement Sovcomflot group subsidiary SCF GEO for the provision of 4D marine seismic acquisition services in the Far East. The ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-6h-37m ago

Carnival Cruise Line welcomes Mardi Gras to fleet

Carnival Cruise Line took delivery of the newbuild cruise ship Mardi Gras in a live virtual ceremony at Meyer Turku yard in Finland on Friday, December 18. The 340 metre ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-6h-45m ago

DOF sells 2002-built PSV

DOF Rederi, a wholly owned subsidiary of DOF, has completed the sale of the platform supply vessel PSV Skandi Buchan to an international buyer. The 2002 built vessel ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-6h-59m ago

Esvagt takes delivery of first windfarm service vessel in series from Norwegian yard

Danish operator Esvagt took delivery of a new windfarm service vessel from Norwegian builder New Havyard Ship Technology on Friday, December 18. Designed by Havyard ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-7h-7m ago

Solstad, ExxonMobil ink frame agreement for Brazil exploration activities

Solstad Offshore has entered into a frame agreement with ExxonMobil Exploração Brasil for the provision of supply vessel services supporting the latter amp 8217 s ......

Baird Maritime Published 3y-11mo-4w-2d-7h-18m ago

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