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FMC Investigating Wan Hai as it Continues to Target D&D Fees

By The Maritime Executive

January 3, 2022

After repeated warnings over unfair fees and announcing investigations into the D&D charges from the major carriers, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on December 30, filed an order to start...

Brazilian Agency Advises Public to Avoid Cruise Ships Due to Omicron

By The Maritime Executive

January 3, 2022

On Sunday, Brazilian national health agency Anvisa called on the public to voluntarily avoid cruise ships for at least the first few days of the new year. The warning follows after several medium-size...

Detyens Shipyard Wins $10 Million MSC Contract to Dock USNS Laramie

By The Maritime Executive

January 1, 2022

North Charleston, S.C.,based Detyens Shipyards Inc. has been awarded a $10,051,547 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220523C2142) for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability o...

Evergreen Hands Out Huge Bonuses for Record-Setting Year

By The Maritime Executive

December 31, 2021

Evergreen Marine Corp (EMC), the Taiwanese ocean carrier, is reportedly handing out generous annual bonuses after a great year for the company’s finances. Some employees are reportedly receiving a pri...

Bahamas Forces MSC Cruise Ship to Skip Private Port due to COVID Cases

By The Maritime Executive

December 31, 2021

The Bahamas has become the latest destination to turn away a cruise ship due to reports of cases of COVID-19 aboard, but unlike the other ships which were denied port calls in the Caribbean, the Baham...

China Floats First 24,000 TEU Boxship Built for Evergreen

By The Maritime Executive

December 30, 2021

China’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a division of CSSC, floated Evergreen Line’s newest containership which is being called the world’s largest containership based on rated capacity. The new ship, n...

Ports from Palma to Tahiti Move to Place Limits on Cruise Ships

By The Maritime Executive

December 27, 2021

After years of complaints about overtourism and the impact of mega cruise ships, an increasing number of ports are moving to find ways of restricting cruise ship arrivals. Many destinations favor land...

Teenager Falls to His Death Aboard Cruise Ship MSC Seashore

By The Maritime Executive

December 27, 2021

A teenage passenger aboard the newly-built cruise ship MSC Seashore fell to his death in an apparent suicide last week, according to operator MSC Cruises. At about 0730 in the morning last Wednesd...

Op-Ed: Why Shipping's Clean Technology Revolution is Accelerating

By Noah Silberschmidt

December 23, 2021

Just a few months ago, the sentiment at COP26 was arguably one of positivity and hope, with shipping’s key players showing an unprecedented willingness to step up decarbonisation efforts. However, the...

Caribbean Ports Turning Away Cruise Ships Over Omicron Fears

By The Maritime Executive

December 23, 2021

With fears rising as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads rapidly, ports have once again begun to reject cruise ships hearkening back to the situation in March 2020. The cruise lines for their part...

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