The Maritime Executive
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Video: WHOI Researchers Visit Wreck of Shackleton's Final Ship
A team of researchers are under way on an expedition to survey the famed shipwrecks of explorers Sir Ernest Shackleton and Captain...
TOTE Wins U.S. Navy's First Vessel Construction Manager Contract
TOTE Services, which pioneered the idea of a third-party construction manager for U.S. government shipbuilding programs, has won t...
Iran Attacks Two Emirati Tankers Off Oman, Killing One Crewmember
The UAE's defense ministry says that two tankers connected to its oil industry were attacked by Iran while transiting the Strait o...
Photos: Four of the "Five Sisters" Meet for Historic Race off Cape Cod
On Friday, four out of the well-known "Five Sisters" training ships carried out a race around Cape Cod, Massachusetts en route to...
Seafarer Pleads Guilty to Concealing Cocaine on Tanker for Mexican Cartel
A Philippine seafarer who had been working as an able-bodied seaman on an oil tanker pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles district cour...
Diana Gives Genco Shareholders Two More Weeks on the Tender Offer
Diana Shipping is continuing its battle to acquire Genco despite having been rebuffed by Genco’s board and losing in its attempt t...
Kongsberg Maritime Acquires Berg Propulsion
Kongsberg Maritime is moving to strengthen its offering in marine propulsion through the acquisition of Berg Propulsion. The acqui...
Turn Services Adds M/V War Admiral to Eight-Boat Construction Program
[By: Laborde Products] Turn Services has added the M/V War Admiral as the second vessel completed in an ongoing eight-boat constru...
Damen Naval Contracts Libra-Plast for PES Project
[By: Damen Naval] Damen Naval has signed a procurement contract with Libra-Plast AS in Norway for the delivery of all watertight,...
Video: U.S. Forces Use Unmanned Bomb Boat to Attack Iranian Shipyard
U.S. forces have used modern one-way attack drones in combat for the first disclosed time, according to U.S. Central Command, brin...