Livestock transport vessel Al Kuwait recently returned to Australia from the Arabian Gulf and had reported that some of the crew members felt ill with slight flu like ..
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APL England detained in Brisbane after losing containers overboard
Last night, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) detained the APL England in the Port of Brisbane, following the loss of about 40 containers off Sydney on ..
Port of Fremantle receives new bunkering vessel
Absolute 1, the Port of Fremantle’s newest bunkering vessel, replaced her predecessor Vacamonte on April 21. At 6,087 GRT, Absolute 1 is significantly bigger than ..
COLUMN | A shipping puzzle [The Boroscope]
Do fourteen ships constitute an industry? That’s my current tally of the number of ships in the Australian shipping industry. You can even name them all – the four ..
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/dry-cargo-world/column-a-shipping-puzzle-the-boroscope/
REMINISCENCES | What’s up, Doc?
We are thinking a lot about medical professionals in these virus-infected days, people have been rightly identified as heroes for their hazardous work in combating the ..
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/dry-cargo-world/reminiscences-whats-up-doc/
Guardian Geomatics bags Australia-Singapore cable route survey
Australian marine survey company Guardian Geomatics has been awarded a cable route survey contract by Singapore-based electricity provider Sun Cable. The survey will ..
BOOK REVIEW | The Clarksons Registers (Bulk Carrier/Chemical Tanker/Containership/Gas Carrier/Tanker)
In the first quarter of each year the Clarksons Registers appear. Their arrival is a great occasion for anyone interested in the wider shipping market, in individual ..
COLUMN | The end of the world: are we there yet? [Tug Times]
It is hard not to write about the Covid-19 pandemic at the moment, since it is dominating public discourse and headlines around the world, but there are so many different ..
Welcome to Tug and Salvage Week!
Tugs fascinate me. In the more than fifty years I have been connected with the maritime business they have been practically continually launched and, most importantly, ..
COLUMN | After Covid-19 – it’s anyone’s guess [Grey Power]
It surely won’t last forever, but the scars from this contagion upon the maritime world seem likely to persist. They don’t like to admit that their forecasts ..