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U.S. Gulf Coast Braces for a Fast-Forming Hurricane

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

The U.S. Gulf Coast is bracing for its first significant hurricane of 2021 as a newly-formed tropical storm barrels towards Cuba. The U.S. Coast Guard is urging mariners to make ready for the arri...

Containership Orders Set Record in 2021, Closing in on All-Time High

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

The rush by carriers to increase capacity in the face of new highs in freight rates and record volumes coming from Asia has led to a new record being set for the total containership capacity ordered i...

NTSB: Wrong AIS Presets, Poor Comms Led to Deadly Barge Collision

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its final report into the fatal collision between the towboats Cooperative Spirit and RC Creppel on the Mississippi River last year. The boar...

SoCal Ports Operating at Record Levels with Peak Volumes Still to Come

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

Update: On August 27 the Marine Exchange of Southern California confirmed three records fell on one day for the San Pedro Bay port complex. A total of 72 containerships are in port in Los Angeles and...

Port of Virginia Expands Dominion Energy Lease to Create Wind Port

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

The Port of Virginia reached an agreement to lease a dramatically increased portion of the Portsmouth Marine Terminal to Dominion Energy. The agreement, which positions the port to become a leader in...

German Police Raid Multiple Shipowners in S. Asia Scrapping Sting

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

Prosecutors in Hamburg have raided the offices of shipowner Erck Rickmers Group and several other firms in a search for evidence of allegedly unlawful demolition sales, according to German news outlet...

In the Crossfire – The U.S., China and Taiwan

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

Last month, a senior Chinese minister warned Washington to abide by the “one China” principle and immediately cease all cooperation with Taiwan to avoid further damaging China-U.S. relations and peace...

Japan Coast Guard Plans Drones for Monitoring and SAR Efforts

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

The Japan Coast Guard is the latest maritime authority planning to deploy drones. The Japanese will join a growing number of mostly European maritime authorities that are using unmanned aircraft for m...

Crew of Burning Fishing Vessel Rescued by Good Samaritans off Bilbao

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

Together with the Bilbao Maritime Captaincy and the rescue agency Salvamento Maritimo, a good samaritan vessel rescued the crew of the fishing vessel Siempre al Alba after a fire broke out on board of...

NGO Calls for “Toxic” Ferry to Return to Greece for Proper Recycling

By The Maritime Executive

August 26, 2021

NGO Shipbreaking Platform is using the sale of a 47-year-old ro/ro ferry for scrapping in the Far East as its latest opportunity to call attention to the EU’s failure to enforce restrictions on the sa...

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