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U.S. Strategic Sealift's Merchant Mariner Problem

July 2, 2021

[By Geoffrey Brown] The first time I heard about Strategic Sealift was during my orientation as a civilian employee at U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), three months after I started the job...

New Zealand Puts Seafarer Welfare Funding Into Law

By The Maritime Executive

July 1, 2021

In a historic move, the New Zealand government has updated its Maritime Transport Act 1994 to provide funding for seafarer welfare services, reflecting effective lobbying undertaken by the New Zealand...

Video: Libyan Coast Guard Shoots at Maritime Migrants

By The Maritime Executive

July 1, 2021

The Libyan Coast Guard is well-known for returning maritime migrants to the confines of Libya's notorious detention system, where violence is so pervasive that even the war-zone medical aid group MSF...

Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen Merge to Accelerate Rig Decommissioning

By The Maritime Executive

July 1, 2021

Anticipating an accelerating pace of the decommissioning of offshore oil rigs as part of the global decarbonization efforts, Norway’s Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen plan to merge the two companies’ exi...

Video: Golden Ray Section Three Cut Completed After Eight Weeks

By The Maritime Executive

July 1, 2021

After possibly its most challenging cut that encountered delays including the fire at the wreck site, the wreck removal team completed the cutting operation to separate section three of the Golden Ray...

Indicators Show Worsening of Crew Change Crisis Due to Pandemic

By The Maritime Executive

July 1, 2021

The most recent data from a tracking effort that records the number of crew approaching the end or exceeding their contract periods points to further worsening of the crew change crisis brought on by...

Ammonia-Fueled Ship Project Advances by Forming Cargo Network

By The Maritime Executive

July 1, 2021

Efforts to launch the first zero-emissions logistic system are advancing with five Scandinavian industrial and consumer products companies joining a network launched Norwegian start-up Viridis Bulk Ca...

SAR Efforts Continue for 18 Missing After Indonesian Ferry Sinks

By The Maritime Executive

July 1, 2021

Search and rescue efforts are continuing into a third day as Indonesian officials look for the victims from a ferry sinking off the coast of Bali in rough seas. Officials from Basarnas Bali report tha...

New Ore Carrier Tests Out Air Lubrication System to Cut Drag

By The Maritime Executive

July 1, 2021

Bubble-lubrication startup Silverstream Technologies announced Thursday that it has completed the installation of its efficiency-boosting system on a newbuild very large ore carrier (VLOC), the Sea Vi...

Survey: Energy Industry Expects to Sell Hydrogen at Scale by 2030

By The Maritime Executive

July 1, 2021

DNV has issued a new research report on the future of the hydrogen economy, drawing on a survey of more than 1,000 energy professionals and interviews with top-level industry executives. The results s...

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