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IMO Postpones More Meetings

By The Maritime Executive

April 5, 2020

The IMO has decided to postpone a number of meetings due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: • the 7th session of the Sub-Committee on Human Element Training and Watchkeeping (HTW) scheduled to...

U.S. Coast Guard Adjusts Mariner Credentialing Rules Due to COVID-19

By The Maritime Executive

April 3, 2020

The U.S. Coast Guard is relaxing some of its credentialing requirements in order to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on vessel and port operations. In particular, it is reducing rules related...

“Do Not Lose Hope” Global Charity Tells Cruise Ship Crews

By The Maritime Executive

April 2, 2020

Global maritime charity Stella Maris (Apostleship of the Sea) has reached out to cruise ship crew members as many are left stranded on board with vessels not being allowed to berth at ports. In a l...

Fincantieri Releases 2019 Financial Results

By The Maritime Executive

April 1, 2020

The Board of Directors of FINCANTIERI S.p.A. (“Fincantieri” or the “Company”), chaired by Giampiero Massolo, has approved the Consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2019, the draft financia...

FMC Investigates Operational Solutions for Ports

By The Maritime Executive

March 31, 2020

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has issued an order authorizing Commissioner Rebecca Dye to identify operational solutions to cargo delivery system challenges related to the coronavirus (COVID-19...

MSC Introduces Mid-Transit Storage Sites for EU-Bound Containers

By The Maritime Executive

March 31, 2020

In a sign of the disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic has created for Asia-Europe trade, number-two ocean carrier MSC announced Tuesday that it is setting up temporary staging sites for containers th...

2M Alliance Announces Deep Cuts to Asia-Europe Services

By The Maritime Executive

March 30, 2020

Maersk and MSC, the world's largest ocean carriers and the two primary partners of the 2M alliance, have implemented deep cuts in service on the core Asia-Europe trade lanes due to the COVID-19 outbre...

Canada Mobilizes Two Navy Ships for COVID-19 Response

By The Maritime Executive

March 30, 2020

Two Royal Canadian Navy ships are being readied to mobilize as part of the nation's COVID-19 response. Rear-Admiral Craig Baines, Commander of Maritime Atlantic Forces, is mobilizing sailors from H...

Cruise Lines Remain Berthed

By Allan E. Jordan

March 30, 2020

Hopes for a quick resumption of global cruise operations are fading as the world continues to struggle to overcome the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In their original announcement, the cruise lines...

FMC: Trans-Pacific Trade is Returning to Normal

By The Maritime Executive

March 26, 2020

The ocean freight sector was hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak's impact on Chinese manufacturing and logistics, and ocean carriers have been forced to blank sailings to and from China and the Unite...

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