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California Dive Boat Burns and Sinks, Leaving at Least Eight Dead

By The Maritime Executive

September 2, 2019

In the early hours of Monday morning, the dive boat Conception caught fire with 39 passengers and crew on board at an anchorage just off Santa Cruz Island, California. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los...

Port of Rotterdam Boosts Offshore Wind Infrastructure

By The Maritime Executive

September 1, 2019

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has reached an agreement with Sif Holding n.v. regarding the lease of a 20 hectares of port site and a 200-meter stretch of deep-sea quay at Maasvlakte. Sif’s new lot l...

Australia and Timor-Leste Sign Border Treaty

By The Maritime Executive

September 1, 2019

A new Maritime Boundary Treaty settling the border dispute between Australia and Timor-Leste was signed in a ceremony in Dili last week. The agreement removes several hurdles for the Sunrise and Bu...

PSA International Acquires Penn Terminals

By The Maritime Executive

September 1, 2019

PSA International has completed the acquisition of Penn Terminals located on the Delaware River in the U.S. from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, a fund managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real...

China's Crude Oil Tariff Takes Effect

By The Maritime Executive

September 1, 2019

New tariffs took effect on Sunday as part of the on-going U.S.-China trade war. For the first time, China has added a five percent tariff on U.S. crude. The U.S. began imposing 15 percent tariffs o...

Grandeur of the Seas Returns to Port with Engine Trouble

By The Maritime Executive

September 1, 2019

Royal Caribbean has aborted a five-day cruise to Bermuda on Grandeur of the Seas, with the vessel returning to Baltimore with engine trouble. The vessel departed on Saturday, and passengers were ad...

Hurricane Dorian Makes Landfall in Bahamas

By The Maritime Executive

September 1, 2019

Hurricane Dorian made landfall in on Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands, north-west Bahamas, early on Sunday as a category five storm, reaching sustained winds of up to 180mph (285km/h). It is the "strong...

Container Port Congestion and Overhead Railway Transfer

By Harry Valentine

August 31, 2019

While container ships have increased in size to reduce transportation cost per container, ports have become congested increasing the amount of time required to transfer containers between larger and s...

RoRo Lists as Truck Removed, 149 Passengers Rescued

By The Maritime Executive

August 31, 2019

The Philippine Coast Guard rescued 149 passengers and 18 crew from a listed RoRo on Saturday. The Mika Mari 8 departed from Danao Port and arrived in Camotes safely, but while disembarking the veh...

“Roboats” Could Form Pop-Up Bridges

By The Maritime Executive

August 31, 2019

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a fleet of robotic boats that can autonomously disconnect and reassemble into a variety of configurations. The autonomous...

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