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Genting’s Resorts World Emerges as Buyer of P&O Australia Cruise Ship

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Salvage Efforts Refloat Canada's Beloved Storybook Tugboat Theodore TOO

Published Dec 20, 2024 6:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A team of salvage experts that included divers and even the Canadian Coast Guard rushed this week to the rescue of an iconic tugboat after the little vessel suddenly took on water and partially submerged at the Ontario Shipyard in Port Weller. Used to promote the maritime industry and water conservation, the little vessel won the hearts of Canadians as a replica of a famous TV storybook character. The tugboat named Theodore TOO developed a loyal following so much...

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Soren Toft

World Shipping Council Enters 2025 with New Team Led by MSC’s Toft

Published Dec 20, 2024 5:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

  As liner shipping continues to face a growing list of challenges, the industry’s leading lobbyist group, the World Shipping Council, will enter 2025 with a new leadership team. The board of directors of the group which represents container and vehicle shipping elected its new Chair and Vice Chair who will join the group’s new president and CEO who took the role in July 2024 after the retirement of the long-term head of the group. Soren Toft, CEO of MSC...

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Second MARAD Training Ship Patriot State Set for First Cadet Voyage

Published Dec 20, 2024 4:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Massachusetts Maritime Academy announced the inaugural schedule for the second of the Maritime Administration’s new training ships which are being dedicated to the state maritime colleges. The TS Patriot State was delivered to the Academy last fall, and today they announced she will depart on January 11 for a training cruise to the Caribbean which is expected to last till the end of February. “The campus has been abuzz since the Patriot State arrived this fall, and as we...

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Biden Administration Approves Eleventh U.S. Offshore Wind Project

Published Dec 20, 2024 3:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Racing to put the offshore wind industry on a sound footing before the close of the Biden administration, the Department of the Interior today approved what will become the eleventh large-scale offshore wind farm off the coastal United States. The project known as SouthCoast Wind will generate 2.4 GW of offshore wind energy for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The notice of availability of the Joint Record of Decision comes after Massachusetts issued approvals in October and the two states...

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Biden Administration Approves Eleventh U.S. Offshore Wind Project

  Racing to put the offshore wind industry on a sound footing before the close of the Biden administration, the Department of the Interior today approved what will become the eleventh large-scale offshore wind farm off the coastal United States. The project known as SouthCoast Wind will generate 2.4 GW of offshore wind energy for Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The notice of availability of the Joint Record of Decision comes after Massachusetts issued approvals in October and the two states...

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Hanwha Completes $100 Million Acquisition of Philly Shipyard

  South Korea’s Hanwha Group completed the acquisition of Philly Shipyard on December 19 in a deal valued at approximately $100 million. The company emphasized its plans for the growth of the yard’s operations and has openly spoken of its goal to use the yard to expand into U.S. naval defense contracting. Hanwha reported it received approval from the Committee on Foreign Invest in the United States in September 2024 as the clearance for it to acquire the yard from...

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Environment

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Autonomous Drone Subs Help Researchers Study Arctic Plankton

  [By Ingebjørg Hestvik] Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, May 2022: It’s spring, the sun is shining – which means the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean are about to bloom. Long bright days and rising temperatures have awakened the phytoplankton. The spring bloom has begun, and populations of these tiny plankton are growing explosively beneath the surface. From a boat out on the fjord, Tore Mo-Bjørkelund launches a robot into the sea. Then another one. The robots are two lightweight autonomous...

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Soren Toft

World Shipping Council Enters 2025 with New Team Led by MSC’s Toft

  As liner shipping continues to face a growing list of challenges, the industry’s leading lobbyist group, the World Shipping Council, will enter 2025 with a new leadership team. The board of directors of the group which represents container and vehicle shipping elected its new Chair and Vice Chair who will join the group’s new president and CEO who took the role in July 2024 after the retirement of the long-term head of the group. Soren Toft, CEO of MSC...

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