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Bahamas Forces MSC Cruise Ship to Skip Private Port due to COVID Cases

By The Maritime Executive

December 31, 2021

The Bahamas has become the latest destination to turn away a cruise ship due to reports of cases of COVID-19 aboard, but unlike the other ships which were denied port calls in the Caribbean, the Baham...

Brazil Halts Costa Cruise Ship's Operations After COVID Outbreak

By The Maritime Executive

December 31, 2021

On Friday, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) announced that it has suspended the operations of the cruise ship Costa Diadema, which docked recently at the Brazilian port of Salvado...

Fred. Olsen to Sail Second Record Cruise Through Corinth Canal

By The Maritime Executive

December 31, 2021

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, which markets trips in the U.K., is planning a second record transit in 2023 through the four-mile-long Corinth Canal in Greece, giving passengers what is being described as...

Wakashio Saga Ends as Captain Returns to India After 16 Months in Jail

By The Maritime Executive

December 31, 2021

The captain of the Japanese bulker Wakashio that grounded and later caused an environmental disaster in Mauritius was released and returned home to India 17 months after the accident and after 16 mont...

UK Shipping May Face More Brexit Disruption on January 1

By The Conversation

December 31, 2021

[By Karen Jackson] Glance at the headlines and you might be forgiven for wondering if the UK has moved on a year. A debate has been raging about how tough the restrictions must be to combat the lat...

Port of Los Angeles Plans Fees to Encourage Clearing Empty Containers

By The Maritime Executive

December 31, 2021

In the latest effort to clear some of the congestion at the container terminals, the Port of Los Angeles said it plans to begin charging a fee to ocean carriers that allow empty containers to linger f...

The Year in Salvage: Ever Bigger

By Paul Benecki

December 30, 2021

The grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal brought shipping to the sudden attention of the general public – as large vessel casualties often do. The shutdown captivated newsrooms and Twitter fe...

Singaporean Liftboat Owner Ezion Winds Up Operations

By The Maritime Executive

December 30, 2021

Offshore services company Ezion Holdings, owner of pioneering liftboat firm Teras Offshore, said Thursday that it plans to wind up its business through liquidation. The firm has lost money for years,...

U.S. Navy Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Red Hill Spill

By The Maritime Executive

December 30, 2021

In addition to its troubles with state and local regulators in Hawaii, the U.S. Navy may soon face a class-action lawsuit over the recent water contamination event at its Red Hill fuel storage facilit...

China Warns U.S. of "Unbearable Price" for Supporting Taiwan

By The Maritime Executive

December 30, 2021

Wang Yi, the foreign minister of China, warned Thursday that the United States will pay an "unbearable price" for supporting Taiwan. "The U.S. violated the promises made when China and the U.S. es...

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