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North P&I and Standard Club Make Plans for Insurance Mega-Merger

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

North P&I and Standard Club are discussing the details of a merger to create one of the largest providers of mutual cover in the maritime industry. The combined club would provide cover for vessels to...

Fisherman Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Three Crewmates and Killing One

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

A former crewmember of the scallop vessel Captain Billy Haver has pleaded guilty to attacking three crewmates and killing one in an onboard rampage in 2018. Franklin Freddy Meave Vazquez, 27, atta...

Russian Yachts in Refit Status Make a Tempting Target for Sanctions

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

Western authorities are making gains in the pursuit of a fleet of sanctioned Russian megayachts - particularly the ones that cannot run away. But many of the suspect vessels are still finding ways to...

Norwegian Escape Cruise Ship Grounds off Dominican Republic

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

[Brief] Norwegian Cruise Line’s 165,000 gross ton cruise ship the Norwegian Escape went aground this afternoon as it was departing the Dominican Republic. Officials are reporting that the ship is saf...

California Plans First West Coast Wind Port

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

California approved the steps to begin planning for the West Coast’s first wind port. The effort is tied into the current program by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to open up key locations alon...

Maersk is First Shipping Company to Join Amazon’s Climate Pledge

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

Nearly 100 additional companies, including Maersk, have joined The Climate Pledge, an environmental imitative in part led by Amazon where signatories commit to achieving full decarbonization of their...

China Implements New COVID Lockdowns Creating Supply Chain Fears

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

Just as it appeared that much of the world was seeing declining numbers of COVID-19 cases and the Omicron wave might be subsiding, China announced sweeping new lockdowns in the face of rapid increases...

USCG Reports Another Fire in a Misdeclared Box of Scrapped Batteries

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

After another fire in a misdeclared container of scrapped batteries, the Coast Guard has placed all containers from the consignment's shipper on hold until they are proven safe. At about 2020 hour...

Evergreen Containership Aground Near Baltimore

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

One of Evergreen Marine’s large containerships, the 12,118 TEU Ever Forward grounded overnight on the Chesapeake Bay shortly after departing Baltimore, Maryland bound for Norfolk, Virginia. The U.S. C...

Maersk Containership and Balearia RoPax Collide off Spain

By The Maritime Executive

March 14, 2022

A Maersk containership and a RoPax ferry crossing the Alboran Sea from North Africa to Spain collided early Saturday morning with no reports of causalities. Both vessels were able to proceed to port b...

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