Pilotage

Shipowner, master convicted in Australia over vessel boarding mishap leading to serious injury

The Australiam government’s Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP), on behalf of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), has successfully prosecuted a ship’s master and a shipping company following a serious accident involving a ship’s pilot on May 25, 2023. On the said date, a pilot attempting to embark the Panama-flagged general cargo ship Boshi […]

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AWARDS 2023 | Best RIB Pilot Boat – Aldebaran – Naiad Design (Whiskey Project Group)

Best RIB Pilot Boat – Aldebaran – Naiad Design (Whiskey Project Group) New Zealand-based Naiad Design (part of the Whiskey Project Group) is renowned globally for its, usually, aluminium-hulled rigid inflatable boats that are used for patrol, rescue, assault, tourist and pilotage, among other...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/pilot-boat-operation/awards-2023-best-rib-pilot-boat-aldebaran-naiad-design-whiskey-project-group/

Polish pilotage operator orders third boat in series

Polish pilotage operator Gdansk Pilot has placed an order for a third boat in a series to be built by the same company. Construction of the 16-metre vessel will commence this year. Delivery is scheduled for the spring of 2025. Like its earlier sisters, the new boat will have self-righting ability,...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/pilot-boat-operation/polish-pilotage-operator-orders-third-boat-in-series/

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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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/passenger-vessel-world/ferries/alaska-based-naval-architecture-firm-to-be-under-new-ownership/

UK’s Forth Ports orders pilot boat pair

UK port operator Forth Ports has placed an order for two new pilot boats to join its fleet working on the Rivers Forth and Tay. The vessels will be built by Holyhead Marine Services in Wales and are scheduled for delivery in 2025. These will become the sixth and seventh boats to join Forth Ports’...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/pilot-boat-operation/uks-forth-ports-orders-pilot-boat-pair/

Qatari offshore operator to welcome two new workboats to fleet

Singapore shipbuilder Lita Ocean has completed construction of two workboats in a series ordered by Qatari offshore support vessel operator Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller. NSW Huwailah and NSW Hassa were built in compliance to Bureau Veritas class rules. Each vessel has a steel hull, an aluminium...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/offshore-operations-maintenance/offshore-maintenance/qatari-offshore-operator-to-welcome-two-new-workboats-to-fleet/

Hamburg Port Authority subsidiary orders new pilot boat

Flotte Hamburg, a subsidiary of Germany’s Hamburg Port Authority, has placed an order for a new pilot boat to be built by Baltic Workboats of Estonia. The vessel, which will be named Hamburg Pilot 1, will have an LOA of 17.95 metres, a beam of 5.87 metres, a draught of only 1.5 metres, a...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/pilot-boat-operation/hamburg-port-authority-subsidiary-orders-new-pilot-boat/

AWARDS 2023 | Best Remote Area Pilot Boat – Svitzer Marlin – Southerly Designs & Dongara Marine

Best Remote Area Pilot Boat – Svitzer Marlin – Southerly Designs & Dongara Marine The rough, hot and rugged Pilbara region of Western Australia is host to some of the biggest and most important ports in the world for the shipment of vast quantities of iron ore, LNG and other bulk minerals. Those...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/pilot-boat-operation/awards-2023-best-remote-area-pilot-boat-svitzer-marlin-dongara-marine-southerly-designs/

EU heeds calls for more efficient accident investigations in maritime transport

To ensure safer maritime journeys in Europe, the European Council presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators have reached a provisional agreement to revise the 2009 directive on the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector. The new legislation forms part of the so-called “maritime safety” legislative package. The revised directive aims to simplify and […]

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/search-and-rescue/eu-heeds-calls-for-more-efficient-accident-investigations-in-maritime-transport/

AWARDS 2023 | Best Medium Pilot Boat – Shipeku – Baltic Workboats

Best Medium Pilot Boat – Shipeku – Baltic Workboats Estonia’s Baltic Workboats is constantly increasing the depth and breadth of its market. This fine, fast wave-piercing aluminium pilot boat will operate in the Gulf of St Lawrence from Montreal in Canada. The self-righting vessel is ice-capable as...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/pilot-boat-operation/awards-2023-best-medium-pilot-boat-shipeku-baltic-workboats/

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