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Record 24-Row Container Ship Delivered

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2019

South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries has delivered the world's largest container ship. MSC Gülsün is one of six 23,000-TEU vessels ordered by MSC in 2017. According to local media, she has capaci...

Greek Officials Score Record-Setting Amphetamine Bust

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2019

Officials in Piraeus, Greece have successfully carried out the largest-ever seizure of Captagon (fenethylline), a stimulant which is commonly abused in the Middle East. The drugs were concealed within...

Sea-Watch Captain Freed: A Victory for Humanitarian Rescue at Sea

By David Hammond

July 8, 2019

Captain Carola Rackete has now been freed, but the European political controversy continues. The judicial decision delivered a much needed victory for both common-sense and humanitarian acts of res...

One Missing After Barge Explosion in Alaska

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2019

U.S. Coast Guard crews have given up the search for a 49-year-old Cordova man who went missing after an explosion and subsequent fire on a fixed barge at Delong Dock in Whittier, Alaska, shortly after...

FUELTRAX Appoints Johnalan Brill Director of Data Analytics

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2019

Johnalan Brill joins FUELTRAX as of June 2019 as Director of Data Analytics. He joins FUELTRAX, the leading fuel management solution, to leverage operational data from FUELTRAX's global fleet and pr...

Minister Inspects Construction of SLPA’s Maritime Facilitation Center

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2019

The Honourable Minister of Ports, Shipping & Southern Development Sagala Ratnayaka, made a field visit to inspect the construction of a new administrative building (Maritime Facilitation Center) for t...

Video: Cruise Ship Narrowly Misses Dock in Venice's Giudecca Canal

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2019

The regional port authority for Venice has launched an investigation after a cruise ship made a close approach to a pier during a passage through the historic Giudecca Canal. On Sunday, the vessel...

British-Owned Tanker Waits Out Tensions with Iran

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2019

The BP-owned Suezmax British Heritage is reported to be waiting out an Iranian threat to seize a UK tanker, anchoring up off the coast of Saudi Arabia instead of transiting close to Iran's shores. ...

Second Migrant Rescue Boat Docks in Lampedusa

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2019

Despite Italy's ban, a second migrant rescue boat has docked in Lampedusa. The vessel, Alex, operated by the Italian NGO Mediterranea and carrying 41 migrants, docked at the same quay as the Sea Wa...

First Tugboat Delivered with Hybrid Power Module from Wärtsilä

By The Maritime Executive

July 7, 2019

Wärtsilä has claimed a first for its hybrid power module solution. The Wärtsilä HY is the first hybrid power module in the maritime industry, and it is now operational on the Vilja, an escort tug owne...

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