The Maritime Executive
Articles posted by the international team of staff writers at The Maritime Executive.
MARAD Takes Delivery of Fourth Training Ship, TS Lone Star State
The fourth of the new series of training ships being built for the U.S.’s state maritime academies, the TS Lone Star State, was ha...
Margaritaville Sets Harland & Wolff Conversion and Galveston Introduction
Margaritaville at Sea has selected Harland & Wolff as the location for the conversion of its third cruise ship as part of its expa...
Hengli Heavy Industries Emerges as a Winner of China's Shipbuilding Boom
China's state-owned shipyards are a dominant force in the shipbuilding industry, but their full orderbooks are creating opportunit...
Port Congestion Sets New Record at 4.3M TEU in Stranded Volume
The volume of container capacity stranded due to port congestion has reached a new record high, reports the analytics firm Linerly...
Oman Signals Progress on Hormuz Shipping Corridor Agreement
The foreign minister of Oman announced Tuesday that talks with Iran on the joint management of a Strait of Hormuz shipping corrido...
ZeroUSV Achieves World First with Autonomous Deployment of Surface Drones
[By ZeroUSV] ZeroUSV has achieved a world first by successfully demonstrating the autonomous deployment of multiple autonomous sur...
“British Tanker” Finds Itself Caught in Argentine Political Battle
The provincial government for the southernmost region in Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, used the arrival of a tanker that it labeled...
ClassNK Launches 'Survey Compass,' AI Assistant for Surveys
[By ClassNK] ClassNK has launched ‘Survey Compass,’ an AI assistant that supports shipowners and ship management companies in thei...
In-Depth Suezmax Study Makes CAPEX Case for T-Boss
[By Thordon] An in-depth evaluation study based on reference data from a Suezmax crude oil tanker has demonstrated the benefits of...
ABS Issues Product Design Assessment to Fleetzero’s Battery System
[By ABS] ABS has issued a product design assessment (PDA) to Fleetzero for its Leviathan TM Battery Energy Storage System, marking...