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Cruise Industry Boom Means Growth for Ship Interior Suppliers

By The Maritime Executive

February 7, 2019

The cruise industry is booming, and the high-end shipyards that build cruise ships are booked out for years ahead. Constructing one of these complex vessels requires not just a skilled shipbuilder, bu...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Appoints new CEO

By The Maritime Executive

February 6, 2019

Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced the appointment of Seiji Izumisawa as President and CEO effective April 1, 2019. He will remain Chief Strategy Officer as well. ...

R/V Petrel Finds Wreck of First Japanese Battleship Lost in WWII

By The Maritime Executive

February 6, 2019

The crew of the R/V Petrel, the research vessel backed by the late entrepreneur Paul Allen, has found the wreck of the Hiei - the first Japanese battleship sunk by U.S. forces during World War II. A J...

European Offshore Wind Capacity Jumped in 2018

By The Maritime Executive

February 6, 2019

Europe installed 2.6 GW of new offshore wind energy capacity in 2018, according to statistics released by WindEurope. That’s an 18 percent increase in Europe’s offshore wind capacity. 15 new offsho...

Sea Shepherd Urges U.S. to Act on Dolphin Near Extinction

By The Maritime Executive

February 6, 2019

Sea Shepherd has called on the Trump administration to take action to prevent New Zealand’s M?ui dolphin from follow the same population decline as the vaquita in Mexico. The organization is calling o...

Position of Magnetic North Pole Officially Changed

By The Maritime Executive

February 6, 2019

NOAA has announced that the National Centers for Environmental Information has updated the World Magnetic Model mid-cycle to reflect unexpected changes in the location of the magnetic north pole. S...

Top 10 Shipowning Nations: China Sees Biggest Increase

By The Maritime Executive

February 6, 2019

It's no surprise that Greece tops the world for shipowning, but China has seen the biggest increase in value out of the top 10, according to VesselsValue. 1. Greece The Greek fleet has incr...

Navy-Funded Scientist Wins Award for Groundbreaking Seafloor Map

By The Maritime Executive

February 6, 2019

Dr. David Sandwell, a geophysicist at Scripps, has been awarded American Geophysical Union's Charles A. Whitten Medal for creating the world's first comprehensive, high-resolution map of the ocean flo...

Study: Marine Life May Mistake Nanoplastics for Food

By The Maritime Executive

February 6, 2019

A team of scientists from Heriot-Watt University have found that ultra-small particles of plastic can join with bacteria, algae and other organic particles in seawater within minutes, forming larger c...

Militia Release Eastern Pacific Shipping’s Tanker in Cameroon

By The Maritime Executive

February 6, 2019

Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has issued a statement confirming that its managed Singapore-flagged tanker Barents Sea was released by the Cameroonian armed militia on February 5. The 26 crew on board...

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