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Conventional Reefer Vessels Lose Further Market Share

By The Maritime Executive

January 30, 2019

Total seaborne transport of fresh produce grew by five percent to 116 million tons in 2017, and containerized reefer traffic grew by eight percent. In contrast, conventional reefer vessels which h...

MSC Invests In Portugal's Largest Dry Port

By The Maritime Executive

January 29, 2019

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), through its rail freight operator Medway in Iberia, is making a significant investment in the construction of Portugal’s largest dry port with the construction of...

The Government Shutdown's Effects on the Maritime Industry

By Winston & Strawn

January 23, 2019

[By Charlie Papavisas, Allen Black and Bryant E. Gardner] On December 22, 2018, a continuing resolution passed by Congress to fund a portion of the U.S. Government into the 2019 fiscal year expired...

Salvage Effort Begins for MSC Zoe's Containers

By The Maritime Executive

January 18, 2019

Salvage operations have begun for the recovery of sunken cargo containers from the 19,000 TEU MSC Zoe, which lost about 290 boxes in a storm on the night of January 2. The incident occurred near t...

Port of Kiel: Passenger Traffic Grows, Cargo Slows

By The Maritime Executive

January 17, 2019

Germany's Port of Kiel continues to pursue its growth course in passenger traffic posting a 4.2 percent increase with 2.2 million travelers. However, the port’s cargo sector faced a decrease of 3.5 pe...

2M Makes Permanent Service Shift from Felixstowe to Liverpool

By The Maritime Executive

January 17, 2019

Maersk and MSC have decided to make the temporary shift of their TA4 service from Felixstowe to Liverpool into a permanent schedule change, the Port of Liverpool confirmed this week. The 2M Alliance p...

Total: Shipping is Not Ready for IMO 2020

By The Maritime Executive

January 15, 2019

The head of Total Marine Fuels is concerned that the shipping industry is not ready to implement the IMO 2020 sulfur rule next January, despite years of warnings. "Globally, I feel that the shippi...

Two Cruise Lines Skip Amsterdam Over Passenger Tax

By The Maritime Executive

January 10, 2019

Two cruise lines have decided to skip port calls in Amsterdam in protest over the city's new tax on transit passengers. The new tax, a flat $9 fee per passenger per day for sea and river cruise sh...

Video: MSC Confirms 21 Containers Washed Ashore So Far

By The Maritime Executive

January 9, 2019

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has confirmed that more than 250 containers fell from the MSC Zoe during a night of heavy weather on January 2. MSC has engaged Ardent Global to coordinate the...

Naval Dome Introduces New Dashboard for Optimum Cyber Monitoring

By The Maritime Executive

January 7, 2019

Maritime security specialist Naval Dome has come up with an innovative approach to managing the cyber security status of all protected systems onboard ships, allowing shipboard and shoreside staff to...

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