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Statoil Launches Battery Storage for Offshore Wind

By The Maritime Executive

March 21, 2016

A new battery storage solution for offshore wind energy will be piloted in the world’s first floating wind farm, the Hywind pilot park off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. B...

Vale Signs 27-Year Agreement with China COSCO

By The Maritime Executive

March 18, 2016

On Friday, Brazilian mining firm Vale SA entered into a 27-year contract of affreightment with China COSCO for the transport of Vale's iron ore. Under the contract, China COSCO will ship about...

Somali Pirate Kingpin Sentenced to 20 Years

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2016

Somali pirate kingpin Mohamed Abdi Hassan, better known as Afwenye ("Big Mouth"), has been sentenced by a Belgian court to twenty years' imprisonment for his leadership role in the 2009...

First Shetland Tidal Turbine Goes Live

By The Maritime Executive

March 9, 2016

First power has been exported to the grid from the Shetland Tidal Array project in the in the Bluemull Sound, Scotland. The Shetland Tidal Array is a joint enterprise between Nova Innovation (Scot...

Six Officials Arrested in Argentine Shipyard Scam

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2016

Argentinian authorities have arrested six executives and public officials in connection with investigations of fraud at the nation's number two shipbuilder, the state-run enterprise Astillero R&ia...

SES-9 Successfully Launched on SpaceX's Falcon 9

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2016

World-leading satellite operator SES S.A. announced that its SES-9 satellite was successfully launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. SES-9...

More U.S. Crude Cargoes Traded

March 3, 2016

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA has bought two more cargoes of WTI crude after becoming Latin America's first importer of U.S. oil in January after an export ban was lifted late last y...

EMC Readies Customers for High-Throughput Satellite Capacity

By The Maritime Executive

March 3, 2016

EMC announces the majority of its remote communications and content customers around the world are ready to fill the high-throughput satellite (HTS) capacity coming to market this year. “Our...

China Plans Massive Industrial Layoffs

March 2, 2016

China aims to lay off five to six million state workers over the next two to three years as part of efforts to curb industrial overcapacity and pollution, two reliable sources said, Beijing's bold...

Case Study: Pirates Hack Cargo Management System

By The Maritime Executive

March 2, 2016

Pirates used hacked information from a global shipping company’s servers to target and capture cargo ships on the high seas. Technology and communications specialist Verizon described the hack i...

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