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Indonesia Unveils Port Reforms

April 1, 2016

The amount of time it takes for imports to clear Indonesian ports will be reduced to 3.7 days from 4.7 days under new reforms of procedures, the chief economics minister said. The port changes were...

Maritime Business and Human Rights Issues Clarified

By The Maritime Executive

March 30, 2016

On Wednesday, the independent maritime human rights charity Human Rights at Sea delivered the first in a series of new publications specifically focused on the implementation of the 2011 United Nation...

Countering the Hacker Threat

By The Maritime Executive

March 26, 2016

Cyber attacks are growing in scale and complexity, becoming more difficult to detect and defend against, and costing companies increasing sums of money to recover from. The energy and utilities in...

Thai Fishing Slaves As Vulnerable as Ever

By The Maritime Executive

March 22, 2016

A joint publication released this month by the International Labour Rights Forum and the Migrant Workers Rights Network (MWRN) indicates that a change in approach is required to tackle the slavery pro...

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...

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