The Maritime Executive
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Pirates Kidnap Chinese Crewmembers From Fishing Vessel off Gabon
On Monday, armed pirates boarded a trawler off the coast of Gabon and kidnapped multiple foreign crewmembers, according to the Gab...
Former U.S. Navy Sailor Gets 16-Year Sentence for $12,000 Worth of Spying
A former U.S. Navy sailor who was paid a mere $12,000 over an 18-month period for spying for China has been sentenced to more than...
Birdon Awarded US Coast Guard Contract for Response Boat–Small Demonstrator
[By: Birdon America, Inc.] Birdon America, Inc. has been awarded a firm fixed price contract to build a Response Boat-Small (RB-S)...
RINA & HPC “Promoting Green Ports & Connectivity in Caspian Region" Project
[By: RINA] RINA, a global consulting engineering, inspection and certification group, and HPC Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC), a lea...
Ukraine's Special Forces Hit Three Russian Oil Platforms in the Caspian
On Sunday, Ukraine's military reported another round of long-range strikes on Russian oil platforms in the Caspian Sea, the latest...
Hapag’s Terminal Operator Takes Full Ownership of Port Everglades Facility
Hapag-Lloyd’s Hanseatic Global Terminals is continuing to execute on its growth strategy, with reports that it has taken full owne...
HMM and HD KSOE Start Demonstration and Testing of Wing Sail on Tanker
South Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and HMM are starting a demonstration and test period for Korea’s first...
Baltimore’s Sparrows Point Container Terminal Receives Key Permits
Plans to develop a new container terminal as part of the redevelopment of the Sparrow’s Point region of Baltimore marked key steps...
Revolution Wind Receives Court Injunction Against Trump’s Stop-Work Order
The Revolution Wind offshore wind farm won a preliminary injunction against the Department of the Interior’s December stop-work or...
Trump Could Add 25 Percent Tariff on Chinese Goods to Get Leverage on Iran
On Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump announced that the White House will impose a 25 percent tariff on all countries that t...