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Foreship Establishes Tallinn Subsidiary in Baltic Expansion

By The Maritime Executive

August 25, 2016

Leading naval architect and marine engineering company Foreship has created a wholly-owned subsidiary located in Tallinn to strengthen ties with shipowners, shipyards and marine equipment suppliers in...

ASC Settles American Dynasty Lawsuit

By The Maritime Executive

August 24, 2016

Seattle-based American Seafoods Company has settled a suit from a 2013 incident involving the trawler American Dynasty and the Canadian frigate HMCS Winnipeg in Esquimalt, British Columbia. ASC wil...

Pakistan Buys FSRU for Second LNG Import Terminal

By The Maritime Executive

August 23, 2016

Pakistan is taking another step towards becoming a key buyer of LNG, signing a deal to purchase a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) for its second import terminal. Singapore's BW Grou...

18,000 TEU Container Ship Grounds Briefly in UK

By The Maritime Executive

August 23, 2016

The 18,000 TEU box ship CMA CGM Vasco de Gama ran aground briefly on the approach to the Port of Southampton late Monday night. She was quickly refloated, and as of Tuesday afternoon she was under way...

Mis-Declared Cargo Causes 27 Percent of Incidents

By The Maritime Executive

August 22, 2016

The UK P&I Club has cited statistics that indicate that 27 percent of cargo-related incidents on ships can be attributed to cargo being mis-declared, second only to poor packaging. All dangerous go...

Lessons Learned on Fatigue, Voyage Planning, Communication

By The Maritime Executive

August 17, 2016

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its annual compendium of marine accidents and the lessons learned from them. Safer Seas Digest 2015 examines 29 major marine casual...

Port of Kiel Increases Passenger and Cargo Handling

By The Maritime Executive

August 14, 2016

The Port of Kiel in Germany is on course for growth after upping handling in both the cargo and passenger sectors by nearly two percent in the first half of 2016. The port’s various quay and termi...

What's in Your Fire Main?

By Captain Richard Madden

August 11, 2016

The general alarm rings in the middle of the night. Ten seconds of ear-ringing, nerve-jangling racket designed to raise the crew from a deep slumber. You stagger from your cabin, struggling into the c...

Tanker Collides With Container Ship Off Singapore

By The Maritime Executive

August 5, 2016

Late on Wednesday night, the very large crude carrier Dream II collided with the 14,000 TEU container ship MSC Alexandra in the Singapore Strait, about 1.5 nm from Sebarok Island. Dream II's bow struc...

Hanjin Struggles to Meet Creditors' Deadline

By The Maritime Executive

August 3, 2016

As a creditor-imposed deadline approaches, Hanjin Shipping has not yet managed to restructure its debts and charter rates, raising the possibility of court receivership. The Korea Times reported W...

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