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Cheniere's Ex-CEO Details Competing Venture

By The Maritime Executive

May 6, 2016

In its first quarter SEC filings Thursday, American LNG producer Cheniere Energy said that its losses for the first three months came to $320 million – a larger number than most analysts expected. And...

ITF Stands Firm in Panama Canal Debate

By The Maritime Executive

May 6, 2016

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has reiterating its case regarding the possible risks to safety posed by the Panama Canal’s new locks despite counter claims made by the Panama Ca...

Protests in Vietnam Over Fish Deaths

By The Maritime Executive

May 3, 2016

On Sunday, in Hanoi, hundreds of people demonstrated against a Taiwanese firm they accuse of causing mass fish deaths along 120 miles of the country's central coast. A steel plant run by a unit of...

Loose Tweets Sink Fleets

By Captain Richard Madden

May 1, 2016

We use social media to stay in touch with our friends and family, watch our children grow (sometimes from a distance) and follow the daily news. It has changed communications from ship to shore in so...

S. Korea's State Banks May Need Funds for Shipyards

By The Maritime Executive

April 28, 2016

Ratings agency Fitch released a statement Thursday warning that South Korea's policy banks with exposure to troubled industrial sectors – like shipbuilding and shipping – may need additional capital i...

Cirrus Launches the Marine Enterprise Suite

By The Maritime Executive

April 26, 2016

, Cirrus Logistics announces the launch of its cloud services suite for the maritime sector, the Marine Enterprise Suite (MES). Cirrus has maintained its leadership position in berth scheduling for ov...

Oil Prices: What Next?

By G. Allen Brooks

April 25, 2016

Falling oil prices and China’s economic slowdown have investors spooked. Will 2016 be as bad as it looks? Since OPEC gained control of oil prices in the early 1970s, global turmoil has always been...

Tightening the Security Envelope

By Stephen L. Caldwell

April 23, 2016

Despite all the hoopla about terrorist threats and onboard crime, cruise ships are among the safest places on earth. By Stephen L. Caldwell Last October marked the 30th anniversary of the terror...

AET Signs Agreement to Acquire 100% of Paramount Tankers

By The Maritime Executive

April 22, 2016

AET has agreed to purchase the remaining 50% of Paramount Tankers that it currently jointly owns (under a 50/50 joint venture agreement) with Golden Energy Tanker Holdings. Paramount Tankers is a JV w...

Hapag-Lloyd in Merger Talks with UASC

April 21, 2016

Germany's Hapag-Lloyd is in talks to merge with United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), representing the latest move in the container market to battle a faltering global economy and too many ships. Ha...

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