Portuguese shipbuilder Grupo ETE, via subsidiary Navaltagus, recently handed over a new Ro-Pax ferry to the municipal government of the city of Aveiro on Portugal’s western coast. Designed by local naval architecture firm Vera Navis with the aid of SSI software, the ferry has been named Salicornia...
Iranian forces seized a containership operated by Switzerland-based MSC in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, April 13. The Portuguese-flagged MSC Aries was some 80 kilometres off the coast of the UAE when it was boarded by Iranian heliborne troops, who subsequently ordered the crew to bring the...
Both the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the current attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are graphically illustrating the efficacy of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) in the maritime domain. UAVs offer economical, high-endurance search, surveillance, and attack capabilities. Therefore, their use by naval...
Netherlands-based the Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled two new naval ship designs capable of launching and recovering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as well as manned helicopters and boats. The vessels designated by Damen as multi-purpose support ships (MPSS) were designed with the cooperation...
Oh, to be young today! I know, I know, I know, I know, Sophie Ellis Bextor’s 2001 single “Murder on the Dancefloor” is back topping the charts after it appeared in a post cinematic rip-off of The Talented Mr. Ripley, and David Guetta is filling the dancefloors with his Grammy nominated “Baby Don’t...
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 […]
The Russian Navy acquires a submarine while a future Italian Navy surface combatant is launched into the water for the first time. A US builder unveils a new series of battery-powered patrol boats. Finally, the Portuguese Navy places an order for a multi-role vessel for maritime security, research, and emergency response roles. New Project 636.3 […]
Portugal’s first zero-emission, electric ferry has been delivered by Grupo ETE following a christening ceremony at Navaltagus Shipyard in Seixal.
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ESPO have announced they will release their Environmental Report and ECOSLC Report at GreenPort Congress & Cruise, After 26 years of the EcoPorts Network, ESPO presents the 8th Annual Environmental … |
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One of the delights of the offshore market recovery has been the surge in charter rates for platform supply vessels (PSVs) around the world. Tidewater’s triumphant presentation at the Barclays CEO Energy Conference earlier this month showed the potency of the market recovery that the company has driven ever onwards and upwards after its acquisition […]