The Maritime Executive
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Texas A&M Maritime Academy Training Ship Lone Star State is Heading Home
[By Ryan Anderson, Division of Marketing & Communications, Texas A&M Maritime Academy] For nearly two decades, the Texas A&M Marit...
ICTSI Expands Southern Africa Market Grip with TLG Acquisition
The Philippines-based ports operator ICTSI is signaling intentions to tighten its grip on the Southern Africa ports and logistics...
Gulf War Forces Antarctic Expedition Firm to Replace Historic Liner
The start-up Terra Nova Expeditions announced this week that it has been forced to change plans for its inaugural expedition cruis...
Putin Visits Zvezda Shipyard Building Arctic 2 LNG Tankers
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been spending a lot of time in recent weeks visiting the Russian Far East – an area where he...
UK Shipbuilding and RFA Mark Milestone as Keel is Laid for Support Vessel
Officials from the UK’s Ministry of Defence, the Royal Navy, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and Navantia UK gather at the Appledore sh...
Container Fleet Smashes 34M TEU Record as Fleet Growth Accelerates
Growth in the container segment of the shipping industry has been making headlines for a long time, but it just smashed through a...
Leaking Chemical Cargo Blamed for Fire and Poisoning Killing Two Crew
An Indonesian cargo ship burst into flames on Monday in a devastating fire. The authorities now suspect it was the result of a che...
“Pink Corridor” to Explore Nuclear-Powered Transatlantic Container Shipping
A new project focusing on the challenges of developing a so-called “pink corridor” for nuclear-powered transatlantic container shi...
US Counters China’s Pacific Forays with Cook Islands Port Investment
The U.S. government is taking actions to counter China’s incursions in the Cook Islands while pushing its own interests for critic...
Video: Breakaway Tanker Stopped by Roadway Bridge Supports
A small Malaysian product tanker went out of control of the tugs that were relocating the ship on Wednesday, September 2, and beca...