• OPINION | FONOPs send a message – but they don’t speak for themselves

    OPINION | FONOPs send a message – but they don’t speak for themselves

  • VESSEL REVIEW | Boqiang 3060 – Chinese construction firm places large-capacity installation jackup into service

    VESSEL REVIEW | Boqiang 3060 – Chinese construction firm places large-capacity installation jackup into service

  • VESSEL REFIT | Haigang Zhiyuan – Chemical tanker re-enters service as China’s first methanol bunkering ship

    VESSEL REFIT | Haigang Zhiyuan – Chemical tanker re-enters service as China’s first methanol bunkering ship

  • COLUMN | On the edge? McDermott, Petrofac, The Metals Company and Cadeler [Offshore Accounts]

    COLUMN | On the edge? McDermott, Petrofac, The Metals Company and Cadeler [Offshore Accounts]

  • COLUMN | Our sea freedoms at stake [Grey Power]

    COLUMN | Our sea freedoms at stake [Grey Power]

  • OPINION | FONOPs send a message – but they don’t speak for themselves
  • VESSEL REVIEW | Boqiang 3060 – Chinese construction firm places large-capacity installation jackup into service
  • VESSEL REFIT | Haigang Zhiyuan – Chemical tanker re-enters service as China’s first methanol bunkering ship
  • COLUMN | On the edge? McDermott, Petrofac, The Metals Company and Cadeler [Offshore Accounts]
  • COLUMN | Our sea freedoms at stake [Grey Power]
OPINION | FONOPs send a message – but they don’t speak for themselves

OPINION | FONOPs send a message – but they don’t speak for themselves

By Kim Heriot-Darragh

The Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) program run by the US Department of Defense has become a symbol of China-US naval competition and of the West’s advocacy for a rules-based order.

BAIRD MARITIME AWARDS
AWARDS 2023 | Best Small WFSV – JLD Virginie – Piriou

AWARDS 2023 | Best Small WFSV – JLD Virginie – Piriou

By Baird Maritime

Best Small WFSV – JLD Virginie – Piriou This is a smart functional little aluminium catamaran that boasts a number of interesting features, especially the aft location of its wheelhouse. Built in Piriou’s busy Vietnam yard, the vessel is very adaptably multi-role. It is safe, fast, comfortable, economical and very ..

OPINION | Out of focus: Australia neglects western Indian Ocean

OPINION | Out of focus: Australia neglects western Indian Ocean

By Tushar Joshi

The Quad partners often discuss the Indo-Pacific, but they hold differing views on what exactly it is.

Report: China responsible for human rights abuses and illegal fishing across the Southwest Indian Ocean

Report: China responsible for human rights abuses and illegal fishing across the Southwest Indian Ocean

By Alex Baird

The Chinese fishing fleet is responsible for systemic illegal fishing and human rights abuses in countries bordering the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO), undercutting China’s claims of supporting sustainable development and thriving blue economies in the region, according to a new report published by the Environmental ..

COLUMN | On the edge? McDermott, Petrofac, The Metals Company and Cadeler [Offshore Accounts]

COLUMN | On the edge? McDermott, Petrofac, The Metals Company and Cadeler [Offshore Accounts]

By Hieronymus Bosch

Lady Gaga famously sang that she was “on the edge of glory”. This week, we look at four companies on the edge of….well, something.

COLUMN | Our sea freedoms at stake [Grey Power]

COLUMN | Our sea freedoms at stake [Grey Power]

By Michael Grey

One does not wish to provoke any sort of angry response from readers, but is it not time that the definition of piracy was updated?

Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

Baird Maritime once more highlights the ever important fishing and aquaculture sector by reviewing newbuild vessels entering service around the world.