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Director, Marine Safety at the National Transportation Safety Board

By The Maritime Executive

July 26, 2024

[By NTSB] Description The Director, Office of Marine Safety, position at the National Transportation Safety Board, is responsible for providing executive-level management and oversight of t...

China's Yangzijiang Shipyard Rides the Shipbuilding Boom

By The Maritime Executive

July 25, 2024

China's largest private-sector shipbuilder, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, is having an enviable year. The yard's order backlog has ballooned to more than $16 billion, a new record reflecting soaring globa...

Overreliance on GPS Nearly Caused Grounding in Great Barrier Reef

By The Maritime Executive

July 25, 2024

The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its investigative report on the near-grounding of the Rosco Poplar in the Great Barrier Reef, which started with a faulty GPS unit and w...

NOAA Agrees to Help Find & Honor Lost Servicemembers From Past Wars

By The Maritime Executive

July 25, 2024

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) accumulates a vast amount of ocean survey data, and its research vessels travel to far-flung destinations that few people visit. Its capabil...

TotalEnergy Buys Into RWE Dutch Wind Farm to Power Hydrogen Production

By The Maritime Executive

July 25, 2024

The Dutch offshore wind farm OranjeWind in the Hollandse Kust West VII field promises to become one of the most innovative and integrated offshore wind farms. Germany’s RWE which won the tender f...

California’s San Luis Obispo Bay Being Evaluated for Wind O&M Port

By The Maritime Executive

July 25, 2024

California’s Port San Luis, a smaller central coast port used by commercial fishermen as well as recreational and tourist boating, is launching an exploration to become the first operations and mainte...

Orcas Sink Yacht in Strait of Gibraltar

By The Maritime Executive

July 25, 2024

The crew of a British yacht had to be rescued after an orca sank their vessel in the Strait of Gibraltar, according to Spanish authorities. It is the latest in a long-running series of "interactions"...

Japan Coast Guard Rescues Passengers After 20 Hours on Disabled Ferry

By The Maritime Executive

July 25, 2024

Passengers who had set off for an approximately three-hour ferry ride from Tokyo on Wednesday, July 24, were happy to be back on land after a nearly 20-hour ordeal when the vessel broke down. The hi...

Maersk Line Ltd Agrees to Change Safety Reporting After Whistleblower Case

By The Maritime Executive

July 25, 2024

After seeking to challenge a finding by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. division, Maersk Line, Limited, has agreed to change its safety reporti...

Port Decarbonization: Snapshot of a Sector in Transition

By Panos Koutsourakis

July 25, 2024

Panos Koutsourakis, Vice President of Global Sustainability of the American Bureau of Shipping, shares trends and learnings from a recent survey into the targets, trends and technologies of port decar...

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