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WesCom Signal and Rescue Renews Contract with Powerhaul International

By The Maritime Executive

March 17, 2019

The world’s leading supplier of marine distress signals, WesCom Signal and Rescue has confirmed a new seven-year contract with U.K. logistics company Powerhaul International. Powerhaul Internationa...

An Analysis of MSC Zoe's Container Loss

By Captain Gunter Schütze

March 16, 2019

On the night of January 1, 2019, MSC Zoe lost approximately 290 containers in heavy weather on the journey from Portugal to Bremerhaven. The loss of so many containers is an exceptional event and is t...

Costa Smeralda Floated Out

By The Maritime Executive

March 16, 2019

The 180,000GT, LNG-powered Costa Smeralda was floated out at Meyer Turku in Finland on Friday. The vessel is expected to be ready for delivery to Costa Cruises in October 2019. She will be the firs...

Report: Only Ten Vaquita Left

By The Maritime Executive

March 16, 2019

Scientists announced last week that only 10 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world and that the animal’s extinction is virtually assured without bold and immediate action. The vaquita, the w...

Sewage Chlorination Without De-chlorination: A Certified Impossibility

By Wei Chen

March 16, 2019

The approval regime has been in the blood of the marine industry. It has served well to safety equipment, but can the same be said when it comes to environmental technologies? An earlier publication s...

Abandoned Seafarer's Family Spirals Down Into Debt

By The Maritime Executive

March 16, 2019

The U.K.-based charity Human Rights at sea has released a family impact statement for Indian Chief Engineer Gorropotu Venkatarao, abandoned of the coast of the UAE for 23 months. Venkataroa is on t...

Fast Facts: What are the Roaring Forties?

By The Maritime Executive

March 16, 2019

Sailors call the latitudes between 40 and 50 degrees south of the equator the Roaring Forties. During the Age of Sail (circa 15th to 19th centuries), these strong prevailing winds propelled ships...

Wilhelmsen and Airbus Trial Drone Deliveries to Singapore Anchorage

By The Maritime Executive

March 16, 2019

Wilhelmsen Ship Service and Airbus completed a trial shore-to-ship drone deployment to a vessel at anchor in Singapore last week. Lifting off from Marina South Pier in Singapore with 3D printed co...

Floating Nuclear Plant Sturgis Dismantled

By The Maritime Executive

March 16, 2019

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the decommissioning and dismantling of the Sturgis, the world's first floating nuclear power plant, on Friday. The Sturgis was being built in the 1940's...

Nippon Paint Marine Set for Middle East Expansion

By The Maritime Executive

March 15, 2019

Nippon Paint Maine (Europe) has reported a 35% increase in consolidated sales as it looks to strengthen its position with new marine coating products and expansion into new geographical areas and mark...

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