Non-Naval (Maritime Security)

Alaska-based naval architecture firm to be under new ownership

The Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, Washington, has entered into a strategic partnership with Anchorage, Alaska-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Coastwise Corporation wherein the latter will become a new division under EBDG. Coastwise Corporation has been rebranded as Coastwise Engineering. This division will continue to provide superior naval architecture services to […]

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RIB delivered to French maritime affairs directorate

French boatbuilder Sillinger recently handed over a new rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to the French Directorate General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture (La direction générale des affaires maritimes, de la pêche et de l’aguaculture; DGAMPA). The boat has a deep V aluminium hull, a...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/ribs-and-rhibs/rib-delivered-to-french-maritime-affairs-directorate/

Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | February 16 – Norwegian ambulance catamarans, Saudi fireboat orders and more

Deliveries include a rescue boat for an Australian volunteer organisation, a firefighting launch for a government operator in the US state of Virginia, and two ambulance boats for a Norwegian shipping company. A Russian rescue and patrol vessel is unveiled for the first time. Finally, a Saudi customer places orders for new fireboats to be […]

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Two dead following boat pursuit near Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands

Two Chinese nationals were killed after their vessel capsized while being pursued by Taiwanese authorities in the waters off the Kinmen archipelago on Wednesday, February 14. The unnamed vessel that originated from mainland China had approached to within one nautical mile off Kinmen when it was...

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AWARDS 2023 | Best Medium Patrol Boat – Balchik – Baltic Workboats

Best Medium Patrol Boat – Balchik – Baltic Workboats At 45 metres LOA, this patrol boat is nearing the maximum size of boats built, to date, by the fast growing Estonian aluminium boat designer and builder Baltic Workboats (BWB). Much of BWB’s production is for export and, as it was built for the...

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AWARDS 2023 | Best Assault Craft – Lightning – Ultimate Boats

Best Assault Craft – Lightning – Ultimate Boats These large, open and fast RIB assault boats have been designed for a multitude of roles. Obviously built for military operations, they are MILSPEC but remain quite simple in both construction and fit out. They will be easy to own and economical to...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/non-naval/awards-2023-best-assault-craft-lightning-ultimate-boats/

OPINION | Russia’s shadow tanker fleet runs into trouble

Barring new evasive techniques by Kremlin technocrats, the rapid rise in Russia’s shadow tanker fleet since the Ukraine war may be reversing as pressure is brought to bear on India and other countries that have discreetly helped Russia beat oil and gas shipping sanctions. The agency waging its own...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/tanker-world/opinion-russias-shadow-tanker-fleet-runs-into-trouble/

Louisiana boatbuilder opens third manufacturing facility

US-based boatbuilder Metal Shark Boats is expanding its presence in its home state of Louisiana with the addition of a third manufacturing facility. Metal Shark, which recently sold its Alabama-based ship refit and repair business to Birdon America, opened a 40,000-square-foot (3,716-square-metre) manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish. Together with Metal Shark’s nearby Jeanerette and Franklin […]

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Two killed in vessel collision off Batangas, Philippines

Two people were killed while two others suffered injuries following a vessel collision incident off Batangas province in the Philippines on Wednesday, January 31. The Philippine Coast Guard said the fast ferry Ocean Jet 6 was sailing from Batangas Port to Calapan City in nearby Oriental Mindoro...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/passenger-vessel-world/ferries/two-killed-in-vessel-collision-off-batangas-philippines/

COLUMN | Canada loses control of its shipbuilding budget: Seaspan, Davie and Irving turn up the heat on Ottawa [Offshore Accounts]

The sentiments of American singer-songwriter Teddy Swims on his single Lose Control seems a most appropriate soundtrack for Canada this week, especially as it comes from his debut album, the wonderfully titled I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1). We have project blow-outs, schedule blow-outs, and some massive delays to report in Canada. Shipbuilding is […]

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