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Executive Interview: Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder & CEO, NAMEPA

Published Sep 11, 2026 11:25 PM by Jack O'Connell

Carleen Lyden Walker is one of the best-known figures in maritime – founder of her own marketing business, co-founder of NAMEPA, f...

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First LNG Carrier with Two Wind Sails Named Ahead of Commissioning

Published Sep 10, 2026 7:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines celebrated the naming of the first LNG carrier fitted with rigid sails, which is also the first vessel...

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At SMM, ABS Says the Best Green Investments are Agility and Efficiency

Published Sep 7, 2026 2:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

In a panel event just before the opening of SMM 2026, the American Bureau of Shipping updated its outlook for the state of green s...

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IMO Concludes Next Round of Net-Zero Discussions Still Divided

Published Sep 4, 2026 4:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

The International Maritime Organization completed its next working group session discussing efforts to reach a decarbonization app...

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Norway Seizes Russian Research Vessel as Ukraine Pursues Crimea Claims

Published Sep 2, 2026 10:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Governor of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, confirmed that under court authority, they have today, September 2, taken contr...

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Maersk to Test First Wind Rotor on a Containership

Published Sep 2, 2026 6:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

Maersk, working with the British wind propulsion company Anemoi, plans to test the feasibility of wind-assisted propulsion on one...

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Bulker Demonstrates Wind Propulsion Integrated with Solar Power

Published Aug 27, 2026 8:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Demonstrations are underway on an innovative power solution retrofitted to an ultramax bulker as part of a four-year research proj...

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Op-Ed: FMC Chairman DiBella Calls for Rethinking IMO’s Net-Zero Framework

Published Aug 21, 2026 1:02 PM by Laura DiBella

The Net-Zero Framework (NZF), currently under consideration at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), is an effort to redu...

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Study: Wealthy Countries Fuel Illegal Fishing in Poor Countries

Published Aug 16, 2026 10:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Consumers in wealthy nations are fueling a rampant illegal fishing trade that has become a multibillion-dollar industry, and the m...

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Nine Killed in Toxic Gas Accident at HKC-Certified Shipbreaking Yard

Published Aug 16, 2026 9:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Friday, nine shipbreaking workers were killed and six more injured by exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas at the Ferdous Steel shi...

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