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U.S. Coast Guard Prepares for Back-to-Back Storms on the Gulf Coast

By The Maritime Executive

August 23, 2020

The Coast Guard is changing port access conditions, pre-staging response assets and urging safety precautions in the U.S. Gulf Coast region due to a forecast of two tropical systems expected to arrive...

Op-Ed: The Navy's Perpetual Racism Problem and How to Fix It

August 23, 2020

[By LCDR Reuben Keith Green, USN (ret.)] The Navy has always had the same three problems when it comes to diversity and inclusion. The first is that there is racism in the ranks. This is America, s...

The Last Hope for the Vaquita Lies With the Consumer

By Dialogue Earth

August 23, 2020

[By Jesse Rodenbiker] The eighteenth of July marked International Save the Vaquita Day. But with an estimated 10 of this rarest of marine mammals remaining in the Gulf of California, it is unclear...

Metal Shark Delivers 85-Foot Patrol Boat to the Dominican Republic

By The Maritime Executive

August 23, 2020

Shipbuilder Metal Shark has delivered an 85’ x 19.5’ welded aluminum Near Coastal Patrol Vessel (NCPV) to the Dominican Republic’s Navy. Christened “Betelgeuse” in keeping with the Dominican tradit...

Port of Hamburg Reports 12 Percent Drop in Volume in the First Half

By The Maritime Executive

August 21, 2020

Like most ports around the world, the Port of Hamburg has been affected by the coronavirus downturn. In the first half of 2020, its total seaborne cargo tonnage declined by 12 percent, and it lost the...

52-Year-Old Coast Guard Cutter Heads to Bahrain for Second Career

By The Maritime Executive

August 21, 2020

The U.S. Coast Guard decommissioned the 52-year-old cutter Mellon during a ceremony Thursday at Coast Guard Base Seattle. Mellon was one of the Coast Guard's two remaining Hamilton-class high enduranc...

Hurtigruten Faces Continuing Problems in Norway After COVID-19 Cruise

By The Maritime Executive

August 21, 2020

Three weeks after it was forced to suspend cruise operations and apologize for failures to follow COVID-19 protocols, Norwegian shipping firm Hurtigruten continues to face a list of potential problems...

Genting Defaults and Suspends Payments as it Seeks to Refinance

By The Maritime Executive

August 21, 2020

Genting Hong Kong, the owners of three cruise lines and entertainment/leisure businesses, announced that it is in technical default on two shipbuilding loans and was suspending payments to its financi...

After Deadly Blast, Royal Navy Surveys Beirut's Harbor for Hazards

By The Maritime Executive

August 21, 2020

The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Enterprise has called at Beirut to survey the harbor and deliver humanitarian supplies after the devastating explosion earlier this month. Enterprise has spent the...

Damen Marine Delivers Nozzles to Super Trawler Modification Project

By The Maritime Executive

August 21, 2020

Damen Marine Components has delivered two large 19A nozzles to Parlevliet & Van der Plas for its fishing trawler, the Margiris. The vessel is one of the largest of its type in the world. She has recen...

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