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Statoil, Kongsberg Partner on Subsea Inspection Robot

By The Maritime Executive

April 18, 2016

A private enterprise founded by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has signed a new agreement with Statoil and with Kongsberg for development and testing of swimm...

Singtel and Inmarsat Announce Strategic Partnership

By The Maritime Executive

April 18, 2016

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) and Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance maritime cyber security using Trustwave’s Unified Threat Management (UTM)...

The Future of Fleet Resource Management Takes a Step Forward

By The Maritime Executive

April 1, 2016

Ship owners, managers, operators, flag states and training academies have partaken in extensive discussions on how to create a single, shared data environment for ship, shore, traffic control and trai...

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. Batwind...

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 16...

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 hijacking of t...

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