On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a partridge in a pear tree, according to the ancient English carol, but at Baird Maritime, that’s the cue for a dozen topical features about the offshore industry. Lovers of festive traditions get scrolling, as for the fourth year in a row, we […]
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COLUMN | Why blaming makes things worse [Grey Power]
For years, clever people in the shipping industry have railed against the institutionalised “blame culture,” which ensures that any investigation into anything that went wrong ceases the moment somebody has been discovered who can be blamed. You might suggest that there is nothing unique to the...
REMINISCENCES | On designing the ideal lifejacket
I was looking at an image of a ship’s company at boat drill the other day, the crew all wearing their great bulky lifejackets, which clearly do the job they were designed for, but can only be described as cumbersome. You have to stow the wretched things somewhere and there have been endless...
OPINION | The sticky case of Indonesia, a seized Iranian oil tanker, and legal jurisdiction
The two giant freighters floated “dark” in the open ocean not far from Indonesia. Their positioning transponders switched off, neither tanker displayed a national flag – but one ship was known to have claimed Iranian registration, the other to have made at least eight visits to Venezuela in recent...
Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for July/August 2023
WORK BOAT WORLD: Anna Müller has been appointed as President of Volvo Penta and member of the Volvo Group management. She will replace Heléne Mellquist, who will leave the Volvo Group to join the investment company Latour as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Müller started her...
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IMO adopts revised strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping
Member States of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) have adopted the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships, with enhanced targets to tackl ..
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COLUMN | Saipem lives again, Mozambique restart is slated whilst more small island Caribbean corruption emerges [Offshore Accounts]
A year ago we were reporting on the crisis at Saipem. The company’s shares had crashed and the CEO was on his way out as the company racked up over a billion dollars of ..
World Maritime University publishes domestic ferry safety study
The World Maritime University (WMU) has released a study focusing on domestic ferry operations, particularly the safety concerns within such operations worldwide. Titled ..
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OPINION | Japan and ASEAN: 50 years of maritime strategy
In a partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that now spans 50 years, Japan has played an important role in addressing the non-traditional mar ..
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COLUMN | Future fuels: it’s anybody’s guess [Grey Power]
As everyone raves on about “net zero” while lighting fires on the pavement outside the IMO building to keep the protesters warm (as the “Just stop oil” fanatics i ..
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