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Chittagong Shipbreaker Fined for Scrapping Grounded Ship

By The Maritime Executive

January 7, 2019

A Bangladeshi shipbreaking company has been fined $240,000 for dismantling a grounded vessel at an unapproved location in Chittagong. The scrapping of beached ships is a common practice in Chittago...

IN THE KNOW Podcast 7: Planning for Real-World Cyber Threats

By Paul Benecki

January 6, 2019

In this edition of "In The Know," the Maritime Executive Magazine podcast, we explore the serious liabilities that cyberattacks create for maritime companies of all types and sizes, from sma...

U.S. Navy Opts for Block Buy for Two Ford-Class Carriers

By The Maritime Executive

January 3, 2019

On New Years' Eve, the Pentagon finalized plans to buy the third and fourth Ford-class aircraft carriers at one time in a money-saving "block buy" deal. The arrangement will save the Nav...

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: 2018 in Review

By Sean M. Holt

January 3, 2019

“What is needed is an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust, allowing any two willing parties to transact directly with each other without the need for a truste...

Cognitive Dissonance

By Sean M. Holt

January 2, 2019

The rate of accelerated change has become exponential. Staying on top of the reading alone is a full-time job, let alone trying to decide on strategies that either endorse or oppose each new developme...

Breakbulk Rising

By Tom Peters

December 26, 2018

Maritime research consultancy Drewry suggested earlier this year in its “Multipurpose Forecaster and Annual Review” that the multipurpose shipping market, which includes both breakbulk and...

Building Resilience

By Craig Eason

December 26, 2018

A recent story in Wired, a popular technology magazine, makes for uncomfortable reading for any employee at AP Møller Maersk, the Danish shipping conglomerate. The article lays bare, and in det...

A Force Awakens

By Sean M. Holt

December 25, 2018

In a remote corner of the developing world, a third-party logistics (3PL) driver accepts the terms of a digital smart contract through a mobile app on his smart phone to pick up a refrigerated contain...

Former Manager of CSIC Expelled from Chinese Communist Party

By The Maritime Executive

December 17, 2018

Sun Bo, the former general manager of giant shipbuilding conglomerate CSIC, has been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party on allegations of bribery. In June, the CCP's Central Commission...

Navigating the Waters of a Convention on Business and Human Rights

By Alejandro Guzmán Woodroffe

December 15, 2018

In 2005, the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, now the Human Rights Council, requested the U.N. Secretary General, through its resolution 2005/69, to appoint a Special Representative on the issue of Hu...

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