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UK MCA Plans Enhanced Inspections Before Cruise Ships Resume Service

By The Maritime Executive

April 2, 2021

UK authorities are expected to announce a series of requirements for the cruise industry in the coming weeks before the anticipated return to operations projected to start in mid-May after a further r...

Italy Formalizes Ban on Large Ships Docking in Venice

By The Maritime Executive

April 1, 2021

The Italian government is moving forward with its efforts to take advantage of the current pause in the cruise operations to enforce a permanent ban on large cruise ships from docking at the historic...

Biden Names Commissioner Daniel Maffei as Chairman of FMC

By The Maritime Executive

March 30, 2021

President Joe Biden has designated Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei as the new Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, the FMC announced Tuesday. Maffei is a sitting member of the FMC and replac...

MSC: Knock-On Effects of Suez Shutdown May Last for Months

By The Maritime Executive

March 30, 2021

The grounded boxship Ever Given has been refloated and removed from the southern section of the Suez Canal, and she is anchored in the Great Bitter Lake for a damage inspection. Traffic has resume...

More Cruise Lines Join UK Summer Restart

By The Maritime Executive

March 29, 2021

The cruise industry continues to announce summer programs designed to take advantage of the UK’s plans to incrementally reduce travel restrictions related to COVID-19. So far, 10 cruise lines ha...

Damen Shipyards Cape Town Launches SA Navy's 1st MMIPV

By The Maritime Executive

March 29, 2021

On 25 March 2021, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) launched the first of three Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) procured by ARMSCOR for the South African Navy (SAN). The vessels will...

Key Steps Towards a High Performing Maritime Industry

By Mikael Lind et al.

March 29, 2021

[By Mikael Lind, Richard T. Watson and Wolfgang Lehmacher] Building the future Achievement of an efficient, resilient, safe, and sustainable maritime ecosystem is a multi-year, multi-stage proje...

Giant MSC Boxship Badly Damaged in Allision at Port of Istanbul

By The Maritime Executive

March 28, 2021

The 19,000 TEU boxship MSC Tina allided with a pier at the Port of Istanbul on Saturday, leaving a deep gash down the side of her hull. The impact badly damaged the vessel and the pier at Istanbul...

Suez Canal Grounding Gives Rise to Fraudulent Claims Online

By Ankur Kundu

March 26, 2021

A global crisis hits the shipping industry, and guess what's the first thing to spread faster than COVID? Misinformation. Here are just a few of the fraudulent social media posts that have spread...

Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Will Resume Summer Mediterranean Cruises

By The Maritime Executive

March 25, 2021

The Royal Caribbean Group is continuing to move forward with its plans to resume cruise operations further expanding its international cruises. Two of the company’s brands added summer cruise pr...

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