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Damen Wins Giant Contract for Four German Navy Frigates

By The Maritime Executive

January 14, 2020

On Tuesday, the government of Germany announced that it has selected a bid from Dutch shipbuilder Damen and Hamburg-based Blohm + Voss (a subsidiary of Lürssen Group) to build the next German Navy fri...

Interview: Russia's Phased Approach to Northern Sea Route Development

By Vitaly Chernov

January 14, 2020

The Russian Government recently approved a Northern Sea Route Infrastructure Development Plan for the period up to 2035. Maxim Kulinko, Deputy Head of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) Directorate and...

New Report: Seventeen Data Items Needed for IUU Fishing Controls

By The Maritime Executive

January 14, 2020

The Environmental Justice Foundation, Oceana, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF (the EU IUU coalition) have launched a report which highlights 17 key data elements that they sa...

Steel Cutting for UECC’s First Battery Hybrid LNG Powered PCTC

By The Maritime Executive

January 13, 2020

As reported earlier, European Car Carriers (UECC), jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, has signed a contract to construct three new generation PCTC with China Shi...

Pole Star Joins the Marco Polo Network

By The Maritime Executive

January 13, 2020

Leading maritime technology and regulatory compliance firm, Pole Star has partnered with global trade finance technology provider TradeIX, to bring Pole Star’s multi award winning PurpleTRAC regulator...

Wärtsilä LNG Solution Chosen for Four Short-Sea Cargo Vessels

By The Maritime Executive

January 13, 2020

Four new next-generation short-sea cargo vessels being built at the WuHu Shipyard in China will feature LNG propulsion and storage systems provided by the technology group Wärtsilä. The ships have bee...

Chinese PSC Inspectors Begin Issuing IMO Sulfur Limit Citations

By The Maritime Executive

January 13, 2020

The marine insurer Standard Club reports that Chinese authorities have cited at least two vessels for non-compliant bunker fuel use since the IMO 2020 0.5 percent sulfur limit took effect on January 1...

Silver Whisper Sets Sail on World's First Seven-Continent Cruise

By The Maritime Executive

January 13, 2020

The Silversea Cruises luxury cruise ship Silver Whisper has departed on a record-setting voyage - a 140-day itinerary visiting all seven continents. While longer cruise voyages have been conducted, th...

U.S. Sanctions Another Chinese Shipping Firm for Trading with Iran

By The Maritime Executive

January 13, 2020

The U.S. Treasury has added one more Chinese vessel and a Shanghai-based ship operator to its sanctions blacklist, part of a wider set of new American penalties targeting the Iranian government in the...

World Bank Predicts Modest Economic Growth in 2020

By The Maritime Executive

January 13, 2020

Global economic growth is forecast to increase to 2.5 percent in 2020, the World Bank says in its January 2020 Global Economic Prospects. Growth among advanced economies as a group is anticipated t...

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