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Somalia Detains Boxship Over Cut Internet Cable

The Somali government has detained the container feeder MSC Alice on charges that her anchor cut the undersea fiber-optic cables that carry the nation's internet traffic. Somalia has had no terres...

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Historic Northwest Passage Voyage Begins

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Maple, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Sitka, Alaska, departed on a historic voyage through the Northwest Passage on Wednesday. This summer marks th...

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Preserving a Great Public-Private Partnership

Public-private partnerships are very much in vogue in Washington. Policymakers rightfully point to PPPs – or P3s – to build more infrastructure, modernize the air traffic control system an...

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Mass GPS Spoofing Attack in Black Sea?

An apparent mass and blatant, GPS spoofing attack involving over 20 vessels in the Black Sea last month has navigation experts and maritime executives scratching their heads. The event first came...

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St Petersburg Prepares for LNG Bunkering Opportunity

Record cruise passenger numbers through the Port of St Petersburg this summer show why Russia’s only seaport with specialized passenger terminals is also committed to a major bunkering upgrade b...

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COSCO Bids for OOCL

China's COSCO Shipping has offered to buy Orient Overseas International (OOIL) for about HK$49 billion ($6.3 billion). If the deal goes ahead, COSCO will obtain OOIL subsidiary OOCL and displace C...

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Cruise Tourism On the Rise in UAE

Cruise tourism is on the rise in the UAE. In Dubai, 625,000 passengers arrived on nearly 160 ships over the course of the 2016/17 season – a 15 percent increase year over year. Many of the ship...

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Petya Attack Shows the Need for Cybersecurity Rules

For the last several years, the International Maritime Organization has been discussing the possible implications of cyber-attacks to the global commerce. Last June, the IMO published its Interim Guid...

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USMMA Makes Progress Towards Reaccreditation

Last June, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education warned the United States Merchant Marine Academy that it faced the loss of its accreditation if it did not address issues related to sexual...

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Low Carbon Industry Alliance Launched at IMO

Leading shipowners and operators, classification societies, engine and technology builders and suppliers, big data providers and oil companies have signed up to a new Global Industry Alliance (GIA) to...