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Fast Facts: What is a Rossby Wave?

By The Maritime Executive

February 1, 2020

Rossby waves naturally occur in rotating fluids. Within the Earth's ocean and atmosphere, these planetary waves play a significant role in shaping weather. This animation from NASA's Goddard Space Fli...

DOT&E: USS Ford's Self-Defense Systems Require More Testing

By The Maritime Executive

February 1, 2020

The U.S. Defense Department's procurement watchdog has issued its annual report on military acquisition programs, including the closely watched USS Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers. The USS F...

Norwegian Authorities Investigate Teekay Subsidiary Over Shipbreaking

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2020

Okokrim, Norway's environmental and economic crimes agency, has raided the offices of Teekay Shipping Norway AS to gather evidence on the scrapping of a tanker at an Indian shipbreaking yard. The...

Cheniere Energy Drops Lawsuit Against Tellurian

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2020

LNG terminal development company Tellurian announced Thursday that a lawsuit brought by Cheniere Energy against two top executives has now been dismissed. Cheniere had alleged that Tellurian's Driftwo...

Ports, Cruise Lines Tighten Coronavirus Prevention Controls

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2020

The novel coronavirus strain that originated in Wuhan last month has contined to spread in China, with nearly 10,000 confirmed cases reported as of Friday. Governments around the world have moved...

First Afghan Cargo is a Game-Changer for Gwadar Port

By The Lowy Interpreter

January 31, 2020

[By Adnan Aamir] On a sunny Tuesday in the third week of January, a cargo ship named Diyala docked at Gwadar seaport, in south-west Pakistan. The enthusiastic port staff quickly unloaded the cargo....

Maritime Charity Issues Coronavirus Guidance for its Ship Visitors

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2020

Media have reported the detention of thousands of passengers and crew on the cruise ship, the Costa Smeralda, the fifth largest cruise ship in the world in the port of Civitavecchia, near Rome, follow...

The 75th Anniversary of the Loss of USS Serpens

By William Thiesen

January 31, 2020

"I felt and saw two flashes after which only the bow of the ship was visible. The rest had disintegrated and the bow sank soon afterwards." -Lt. Cmdr. Perry Stinson (USCG), Commanding Officer, USS Se...

Two Dead, Three Missing in Fire Aboard VLCC off Sharjah

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2020

The fire on board the VLCC Zoha 1 on Wednesday evening claimed the lives of two seafarers and injured eight others, according to Indian officials. The Zoha 1 caught fire about 20 miles off the coa...

Five Industry Leaders Selected for International Maritime Hall of Fame

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2020

The Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey has announced five shipping leaders to be inducted into the 2020 International Maritime Hall of Fame. The honorees were announced Friday...

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