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Save Lives or Save Jobs - A False Dilemma

By The Maritime Executive

April 6, 2020

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) have written an op-ed sayi...

Six Bodies From Taimareho Man-Overboard Accident Recovered

By The Maritime Executive

April 6, 2020

The remains of six victims from a disastrous man-overboard incident have been recovered near South Malaita Island, according to the Solomon Islands Maritime Authority. According to officials in th...

Hurtigruten Extends Suspension of Operations

By The Maritime Executive

April 6, 2020

Expedition cruise line Hurtigruten has announced that it will extend its temporary suspension of operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic until May 12. “The situation is affecting virtually everyone...

Saudis Invest in Carnival Corporation

By Allan E. Jordan

April 6, 2020

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign-wealth fund, The Public Investment Fund, reported that it has made a significant investment in Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise company. The investment w...

Crozier Has COVID-19

By The Maritime Executive

April 6, 2020

As of April 6, 61 percent of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt crew have been tested for COVID-19, with 173 positive cases so far - including the now sacked Commanding Officer, Captain Brett...

Remembering the U.S. Merchant Marine's Sacrifice in a Time of Crisis

By Burt Shearer

April 6, 2020

As our nation contends with the coronavirus pandemic, parallels have been drawn to the civilian response to WWII. I was struck then, as I am now, how resilient Americans are and how many ordinary folk...

Video: 15,000 TEU Container Ship Topples STS Crane at Port of Busan

By The Maritime Executive

April 6, 2020

[Brief] On April 6, the 15,000 TEU container ship Milano Bridge allided with an STS gantry crane at the port of Busan. The crane collapsed, dropping its boom onto the Milano Bridge's stern. Four other...

BNWAS Alarm Didn't Prevent Accident

By The Maritime Executive

April 6, 2020

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a Marine Accident Brief about an accident that occurred in March 2019, involving the towing vessel Dixie Vandal, noting that the BNWAS...

BSM Appoints New Head of Communications

By The Maritime Executive

April 6, 2020

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has appointed Stefan Beeg as Head of Communications. Based in Hamburg, Beeg’s key role is to drive all corporate and marketing communications activities of BS...

KR Releases New Version of KR-CON (v.18)

By The Maritime Executive

April 6, 2020

The Korean Register (KR) has released the latest updated version of KR-CON (v.18), its highly valued digital database of almost all the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) convention documents...

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