I sometimes wish that I had been good enough at maths to have studied naval architecture so as to design all manner of wonderful ships and boats. As I wasn't, however, I do have the pleasure of seeing, studying and appreciating the thousands of vessels created annually by this very global profession.
This week's presentation is incredibly varied in terms of geographic location of designers and vessels as well as by vessel type. All are imaginative, in their own way, and some are quite innovative. The purposes for which the vessels have been designed and built are almost unimaginably varied.
We have anything from Chinese LNG bunkering barges and wind farm interconnector structures to Australian-designed, Bangladeshi-built survey boats for navy use. There are French-built, Dutch-owned floating docks, Norwegian landing craft, and Scottish pollution removal boats.
It's a fascinating spread that presents almost endless ideas and inspiration to Baird Maritime's vessel-owning readers, no matter where located or what their specialisation.
– "The move will also dramatically improve Australia's defence capabilities, aid the AUKUS alliance, and foster a domestic supply chain for the next generation of defence equipment."
– by James Kell, postgraduate research student at the National Security College at the Australian National University in Canberra and vice-president of the ANU Democracy Society
– "In general, the specific feature of Russian marine shipbuilding is that almost all ships are built to ice class."
– by Vitaly Chernov, Editor-in-Chief, IAA PortNews
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Any news or views about the global maritime tourism, ferry and cruise industries? Send it through to editor@bairdmaritime.com ASAP (between now and October 22), so we can add it to this current edition of Naval Architecture Week!
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