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Cold Is Hot

By Tom Peters

February 18, 2016

Global demand for fresh perishables is driving growth in reefer cargoes. London-based Drewry Shipping Consultants says that the global capacity of reefer container ships is expected to grow by 20...

CMA CGM and COSCO Discuss Mega-Alliance

By The Maritime Executive

February 17, 2016

Shipping analysts Alphaliner reported Wednesday that the two carriers involved in recent container line megamergers – France's CMA CGM (merged with NOL / APL) and China COSCO (merged with CSCL) – are...

Seafarers' House to Honor Guy Harvey

By The Maritime Executive

February 17, 2016

Guy Harvey – artist, conservationist, and entrepreneur – has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Seafarers’ House International Golden Compass Award. The award is given each year to those...

Forsys Subsea Awarded Subsea FEED Contract from Statoil

By The Maritime Executive

February 16, 2016

Forsys Subsea, the joint venture between FMC Technologies and Technip, has been awarded a contract from Statoil to provide a subsea front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for subsea tie-back of...

20 Years Ago: The Sea Empress Grounding

By Wendy Laursen

February 14, 2016

The Liberian-registered tanker Sea Empress grounded on February 15, 1996, causing one of the U.K.’s largest oil spills. The Sea Empress was en route to the Texaco oil refinery near Pembroke, Wales...

Call for Delay to Container Weighing Rule

By The Maritime Executive

February 11, 2016

The U.S. Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) says the new international container weight verification rule threatens U.S. exporters with lost business and supply chain turmoil. In a positio...

Maersk, MSC, Others Offer to Settle Pricing Probe

February 11, 2016

Leading shipping container groups Maersk, MSC and 13 other firms have offered to change their pricing practices to settle an E.U. antitrust probe and stave off any fines, three people familiar with th...

Onboard Training System Wins Prestigious Dynamic Positioning Award

By The Maritime Executive

February 8, 2016

The ground-breaking ‘Onboard Training System’ (OTS), developed by recently acquired Kongsberg Maritime Company SMSC, won the prestigious Dynamic Positioning Award at the Offshore Support Journal Confe...

Industry Shocked as 81-Year-Old Faces Jail

By The Maritime Executive

February 1, 2016

An 81-year-old man has had his actions variously described as exemplary, disobedient and now, most recently, as reckless. Captain Apostolos Mangouras was master of the 81,000dwt tanker Prestige, and l...

MSC Confirms Order for Four Cruise Ships

By The Maritime Executive

February 1, 2016

MSC Cruises confirmed orders for two additional ships on Monday in a $3.26 billion deal with STX France. “These are the biggest cruise ships yet built by a European operator - each using around 35,...

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