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Fassmer Service America LLC Completes Closed Lifeboat Tankers

By The Maritime Executive

March 28, 2016

Fassmer Service America LLC completes construction and sea trials of 4 X CL-T 9.4 (closed lifeboat tanker 9.4 meter) for the USNS Kanawha. They are 69 passenger lifeboats equipped with a sprinkler sy...

Hapag-Lloyd Up Beat on Future

By The Maritime Executive

March 24, 2016

German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd said it expected a clear increase in operating profit (EBIT) this year thanks to a market recovery, ongoing synergies from its merger with Chilean sector pe...

VIKING Parades Top Safety Offerings at Seatrade Cruise Global 2016

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2016

Marine safety equipment leader VIKING Life-Saving Equipment will appear in force a Seatrade Cruise Global 2016, displaying both innovative products and services that are proving popular with shipowner...

Ro-Ro Fires Spark New Safety Guidance

By The Maritime Executive

March 10, 2016

Trade association Interferry has produced operational best practice guidance for fire safety on ro-ro vehicle decks in response to a string of major incidents. Measures to enhance fire prevention, det...

IMO Pushes Ahead with SAR Initiatives

By Wendy Laursen

March 10, 2016

The IMO’s sub-committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue held its third Session (NCSR3) from Monday 29 February through Friday March 4, and the meeting saw a push forward for...

Asian Shipowners Deeply Troubled by Prestige Judgment

By The Maritime Executive

March 9, 2016

During its recent interim meeting, the Ship Insurance and Liability Committee of the Asian Shipowners Forum expressed its deep concern over the recent decision of the Spanish Supreme Court to reverse...

Understanding the Uncertainty Surrounding Container Weighing

By The Maritime Executive

March 4, 2016

By J. Michael Cavanaugh and Eric Lee, Holland & Knight Some confusion and uncertainty has arisen in the international ocean shipping and logistics industry following several public statemen...

Coast Guard Admiral Clarifies Container Weighing Comments

By The Maritime Executive

March 3, 2016

The U.S. Coast Guard’s assistant commandant for prevention policy, Rear Admiral Paul Thomas, recently spoke on a panel at the 16th Annual TPM Conference in Long Beach, California. The panel disc...

IRISL Returns to Europe, MSC Ups Service to Iran

By The Maritime Executive

February 29, 2016

Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world's second largest line, has signed new agreements with port operator Ports and Maritime Organization Iran for increasing its vessel...

Arming Merchant Ships And Naval Auxiliaries

February 26, 2016

[By Chris Rawley] In simplest terms, the U.S. Navy’s distributed lethality concept complicates the enemy’s targeting problem by dispersing larger numbers of platforms capable of offensi...

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