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Japan Plans Next Generation Containership for Zero Emissions and Efficiency

Published Apr 19, 2024 9:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A Japanese consortium made up of coastal shipping company Imoto Lines and marine software company Marindows is launching...

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Shipping Trade Groups Call on UN to Protect Seafarers

Published Apr 19, 2024 1:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Sixteen commercial maritime industry associations joined together in a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nat...

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Docking Accident in Naples Injures Many Ferry Passengers

Published Apr 19, 2024 11:12 AM by The Maritime Executive

  Italian authorities were responding to multiple injuries among the passengers aboard a high-speed ferry that slammed int...

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U.S. Challenges China's Ambitions With Exercises in S. China Sea

Published Apr 18, 2024 8:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippines and the United States are planning to stage a naval exercise in the South China Sea next week, drawing strenuous o...

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Inland Barge Designed to Transport Ammonia and Extract LCO2 Along the Rhine

Published Apr 18, 2024 7:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A German inland shipping company that already has developed expertise in transporting gases that have been liquified und...

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World’s Largest Hydrogen-Powered RoPax to be Built at Norway’s Myklebust

Published Apr 18, 2024 5:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

The designs have been finalized and the shipyard was chosen for an ambitious project to build two of the world’s largest hyd...

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Engineer Looking for Water Leak was Likely Electrocuted Aboard Stena Ferry

Published Apr 18, 2024 4:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

Swedish investigators now believe that an engineer working aboard a Stena ropax in Scandinavia likely died of electrocution and no...

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Hapag Wins Tender from Leading Brands to Provide Biomethane Shipping

Published Apr 17, 2024 5:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

  In a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to demonstrate the potential of collective efforts to drive the decarbonizati...

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MSC Works to Release Crew and Cargo from Ship Seized by Iran

Published Apr 17, 2024 2:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Diplomatic and commercial efforts are underway to gain the freedom of the crew from the MSC Aries containership that Ira...

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South Koreans Find Cocaine Abandoned by Smugglers in Vessel’s Sea Chest

Published Apr 16, 2024 3:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

  South Korean authorities believe they have found a cocaine shipment that got away from the smugglers and may have been t...

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