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U.S. Navy Sailor Retracts Heroic Claim About Rescuing Two Children

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2020

A U.S. Navy sailor is under internal investigation after claiming that he rescued two children from a burning building, then retracting his story when confronted by fire and rescue officials. Mach...

Moody's Downgrades its Outlook for Shipping

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2020

The ratings agency Moody's has downgraded its forecast for the deep-sea shipping industry this year, and it now expects that earnings will contract by as much as 18 percent compared with 2019. "We...

Norwegian Cruise Line Cancels the Last Alaska Cruise of the Year

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2020

Norwegian Cruise Line has formally canceled the last remaining sailings of Alaska's 2020 big-ship cruise season. Norwegian Bliss and Norwegian Joy had been scheduled for Alaskan itineraries in ear...

Russia's Zvezda Shipyard Aggressive Growth Starting Fifth Tanker

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2020

Continuing with an ambitious shipbuilding effort while much of the industry has slowed, the keel was laid for the fifth Aframax tanker being built at Russia’s Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex. In total, th...

Hurtigruten Leads the Way With Accelerated Return to Cruising

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2020

While much of the focus on the cruise industry continues to be on the suspension and when and how cruising might return, Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten is accelerating its return to service. Th...

US Coast Guard Names New Cutter for Pioneering Female Code Breaker

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2020

The U.S. Coast Guard will name the eleventh ship in its new Legend-Class National Security Cutter (NSC) program in honor of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a pioneering code-breaker for the Coast Guard duri...

Standards for Digital Exchange of Vessel Schedules Published by DCSA

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2020

Digitization in the container shipping industry took another step forward with the publication of standards for the exchange of operational vessel schedules (OVS) released today by the Digital Contain...

Carnival Delays New LNG Cruise Ship While P&O Sells Older Cruise Ship

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2020

Carnival Cruise Line blaming the impact of the coronavirus on the shipbuilding industry announced that it is delaying by three months the introduction of its much-anticipated new cruise ship the Mardi...

Supreme Court Ruling Creates New Delays for Keystone XL

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2020

Canada's long-delayed Keystone XL export pipeline hit another delay Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily excluded it from a fast-track federal permitting program. If completed, Keystone X...

Cosco Shipping and Alibaba Latest Efforts Using Blockchain in Shipping

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2020

Cosco Shipping Group, the Chinese state-run shipping company, is the latest to join the growing momentum in digitization through the use of blockchain technology. China Ocean Shipping Group signed a s...

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