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Former Military Sealift Command Employee Charged in Bribery Scheme

By The Maritime Executive

May 22, 2020

A former senior U.S. Navy employee working the Military Sealift Command was charged with bribery and lying to investigators by the U.S. Department of Justice. Xavier Fernando Monroy, the former Dir...

100 Years of Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers

By William Thiesen

May 22, 2020

In 1915, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the establishment the United States Coast Guard, a new military agency comprised of the former U.S. Life-Saving Service and former U.S. Revenue Cutter...

Japanese Companies to Launch First Zero-Emission Electric Tanker

By The Maritime Executive

May 22, 2020

In the latest move to develop new green technologies for the shipping industry, seven Japanese companies announced the establishment of the “e5 Consortium” to develop, realize, and commercialize zero-...

Aegis Destroyer Intercepts Drug-Running Boat in Eastern Pacific

By The Maritime Executive

May 22, 2020

On May 14, the destroyer USS Pinckney and an embarked U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment (LEDET) seized about 3,000 pounds of cocaine from a low-profile vessel in the eastern Pacific. Duri...

Australia and Spain Extend Ban on Cruise Ships

By The Maritime Executive

May 22, 2020

In the latest blow to the cruise industry, Australia announced that it is extending its ban on cruise ships, while other countries around the world also continue to ban cruise ships from arriving in t...

Port of Gulfport's Jonathan Daniels Picked to Lead Port Everglades

By The Maritime Executive

May 21, 2020

Following a national search, Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry has announced that Port of Gulfport executive director Jonathan Daniels will soon be the new chief executive and port director at...

Product Tanker Boarded and Robbed off Port-au-Prince

By The Maritime Executive

May 21, 2020

The product tanker Tosna Star was boarded and robbed by armed pirates off the port of Port-au-Prince, Haiti last Sunday, according to one of her crewmembers. In an account posted on Facebook, crew...

Migrant Drowns While Trying to Escape Quarantine at Sicilian Seaport

By The Maritime Executive

May 21, 2020

A 28-year-old Tunisian migrant drowned after diving off the side of a ferry at Porto Empedocle, Sicily on Tuesday night. The vessel, the Moby Zaza, has been repurposed as a COVID-19 quarantine center...

Op-Ed: National Maritime Day Reflections in the Era of COVID-19

By Capt. Jim Tobin

May 21, 2020

With states reopening and medical professionals cautiously optimistic about our ability to maintain a flattened COVID-19 curve it might seem tempting to assume a gradual return to normal. But to borro...

Antwerp Reports Declines in Volume in April

By The Maritime Executive

May 21, 2020

Like most ports around the world, the Port of Antwerp, Europe's second-largest port, reported that total freight volumes fell in April due to the coronavirus’ impact on global trade. The decline in Ap...

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