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Floating Strip Club Closed Over Pollution Charges

By The Maritime Executive

January 20, 2017

The saga of an unusual maritime enterprise drew to a close Friday with the sentencing of Darren Byler, 55, for charges of improperly disposing of sewage from his commercial vessel. In 2014, Byler...

U.S. Navy Will Add Nine Ships in 2017

By The Maritime Executive

January 2, 2017

The U.S. Navy is scheduled to add nine new ships in 2017. The ships will include four littoral combat ships: USS Gabrielle Giffords, USS Little Rock, USS Omaha and USS Sioux City. The navy also...

New CEO for Antwerp Port Authority

By The Maritime Executive

December 28, 2016

Eddy Bruyninckx, CEO of the Antwerp Port Authority for 25 years, will retire on December 31. He will be succeeded by Jacques Vandermeiren. Previously, Vandermeiren was CEO and President of the Exec...

RS Issues Regulations for Composite Tank Containers

By The Maritime Executive

December 26, 2016

A new section - Part VIII “Containers from polymer composite materials” will be introduced to the Rules for Containers of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS). The results of research act...

Physics Determines the Future of Satcom Antennas

By Jens Ewerling

December 25, 2016

High bandwidth and throughput maritime broadband services are most commonly enabled by one meter (3.3 foot) Ku-band stabilized VSAT antennas like the SAILOR 900 VSAT. This year though, in parallel to...

Largest Ethane Carrier Loads First Cargo

By The Maritime Executive

December 22, 2016

The Ethane Crystal, first in a new class of “Very Large Ethane Carriers,” has loaded her first commercial cargo at the Morgan's Point Terminal on the Houston Ship Channel. With nearly 90,000 cubic...

Dover Announces Collaboration with Honeywell

By The Maritime Executive

December 22, 2016

Dover Brings Expertise in Condition Monitoring and Asset Optimization to Honeywell’s IIoT Ecosystem Dover Energy Automation, an operating company within the Dover Energy Segment of Dover Corporatio...

Major Expansion Gets Go Ahead at Aberdeen Harbor

By The Maritime Executive

December 20, 2016

The Board of Aberdeen Harbor has announced that its plans to expand facilities into Nigg Bay, to the south of the existing harbor, are to become a reality. Commencement of the £350 million ($431 mi...

A Conversation on Chinese Naval Shipbuilding

December 19, 2016

[By Sally DeBoer] On the occasion of the publication of his newest book, “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course,” CIMSEC spoke with editor and author Dr. Andrew Erickson, Pr...

Endangered Species Rules Challenge Hong Kong's Port

December 15, 2016

Campaigners say new global rules to protect endangered tree species will be a test for Hong Kong, already grappling to deal with its role as a conduit for illegal timber flooding into China to meet de...

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