Search Results for "how to buy ships"

LNG Powered Ferry Launched in China Poised to be First in UK Market

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2021

Brittany Ferries’ new ship the Salamanca was recently launched at the CMJL shipyard in Weihai, China, where she is under construction. Powered by liquefied natural gas, the vessel, which is the second...

Divers Recover Flight Data Recorder From Crashed Indonesian Jetliner

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2021

Divers from the Indonesian search and rescue agency Basarnas have recovered the flight data recorder from the wreckage of a jetliner that went down off Jakarta on Saturday. That afternoon, a Boein...

U.S. Increases Sanctions on Cuba Hindering Prospects for Trade

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2021

The U.S. State Department announced that it has re-designated Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism further increasing the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration. It is a continuation of the har...

NRF: Retail Import Volumes Forecast to Rise in 2021

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2021

Retail imports, which were a key contributor to the surge in container traffic and port activity in the second half of 2020, are projected to continue their strength through the first half of 2021 acc...

Mysterious Abandoned Longliner Taken in Tow Off Midway

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2021

After weeks of effort to reach her, the abandoned fishing boat Yong Yu Sing No.18 has been taken under tow and will be boarded as soon as weather allows. On January 1, the owner of the Taiwanese t...

U.S. Coast Guard Catches Wanted Fugitive in High Seas Intercept

By The Maritime Executive

January 11, 2021

Last week, the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter arrested a fugitive murder suspect in an interdiction and boarding operation off the coast of Puerto Rico. On Tuesday afternoon, a Customs and Bord...

Nor-Shipping 2021 Postponed Until Early 2022 Due to Pandemic

By Nor-Shipping

January 11, 2021

The prominent maritime industry conference Nor-Shipping has decided to postpone its program for June 2021, pushing the event back to January 10-13, 2022. Faced with the possibility of a scaled down, s...

Carnival Optimistic Despite $2B Loss, More Ship Sales Planned

By The Maritime Executive

January 11, 2021

Nine months after Carnival Corporation suspended worldwide cruise operations, the company with only a few ships returned to service continues to report significant financial losses, while management b...

We Need To Stop Talking About The Terminal Of The Future

By The Maritime Executive

January 11, 2021

[By: Rory McBride - Midstream Lighting] Even in the most difficult times for public finances, governments are continuing to recognise the importance of world-class port infrastructure in delivering...

WWII Hero Who Aided Survivors of USS Indianapolis Receives Navy Cross

By The Maritime Executive

January 11, 2021

Seventy-five years after the end of the war in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy has awarded its second-highest honor to a chaplain who died in the sinking of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis. Lt. Thom...

Search Again