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Cameroon Adopts Maritime Security Law to Fight Gulf of Guinea Piracy

By The Maritime Executive

January 1, 2023

Almost six months after the UN Security Council adopted a text compelling Gulf of Guinea countries to criminalize piracy and armed robbery at sea, Cameroon has adopted a law on suppression of piracy a...

Shipping's Decarbonization Outlook for 2023

By Brian Gicheru Kinyua

January 1, 2023

As we begin 2023, maritime experts are looking into their crystal balls for the trends that might define the year. Of course, decarbonization will remain at the center of the debate, with shipping sta...

Heart of the Matter

By Sean Hogue

January 1, 2023

Forward motion. It’s what defines the global shipping industry. In the decades since 1990, the total volume of cargo transported by ships has more than doubled – from four to over 10 billion tons. In...

What Could Canal Authorities Learn From the Ever Given Grounding?

By Graham Inseal, TMC Marine

January 1, 2023

The Suez Canal is one of the most famous and important trading routes in the world carrying about 12% of all global trade each day. In 2021, the 400m long 200,000-tonne super container ship Ever Given...

Armed Pirates Rob Two Offshore Vessels in Bay of Campeche

By The Maritime Executive

January 1, 2023

The offshore oil and gas sector in Mexico's Bay of Campeche is a longtime hotspot for armed robbery, often linked to organized crime. Armed pirates boarded two offshore vessels in two days on the 28th...

Crab Fishery Collapse Seen as Warning About a Changing Bering Sea

By Alaska Beacon

January 1, 2023

[By Yereth Rosen] Less than five years ago, prospects appeared bright for Bering Sea crab fishers. Stocks were abundant and healthy, federal biologists said, and prices were near all-time highs....

New Zealand, Australia Delay Cruise Ship Over Biofouling

By The Maritime Executive

January 1, 2023

For the second time in two weeks, a cruise ship has been refused port calls due to biofouling. Passengers aboard Viking’s luxury cruise ship Viking Orion, which included many Americans having flown ha...

NTSB Welcomes Passenger-Vessel Safety Regs in FY2023 NDAA

By The Maritime Executive

December 31, 2022

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy welcomed maritime safety improvements in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, which the President si...

Erik Thun Group Launches Super-Efficient Freighter Baltic Crystal

By The Maritime Executive

December 30, 2022

On Thursday December 22, the multi-purpose dry cargo vessel Baltic Crystal was launched on site at the yard in Westerbroek, Netherlands. The naming ceremony was performed by Godmother Mira Olausson ac...

Biden Administration Holds Alaska Offshore Oil and Gas Auction

By The Maritime Executive

December 30, 2022

The Biden administration on Friday, December 30 held the first offshore oil lease auction in five years for Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The president had pledged to end new leasing for offshore drilling in h...

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