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Cleaning Up After Hurricane Michael

By U.S. Coast Guard News

February 1, 2019

[By PO2 Paul Klug] The Florida Panhandle experienced pure devastation from Hurricane Michael, Oct. 10, 2018. It ripped through coastal towns and made its way inland, driving people from their home...

U.S. Navy Orders Two More Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2019

The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract for the construction of two Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 80 and CVN 81, to Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. The contract is valued at...

Former Sinopacific Shipbuilding CEO Arrested

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2019

The former CEO of Sinopacific Shipbuilding has been arrested in Myanmar over alleged tax avoidance. Liang Xiaolei, 56, has now been handed over to Chinese authorities. S...

LPG-Fueled ME-LGIP from MAN B&W to Power Chinese VLGC

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2019

Jiangnan Shipyard, owned by China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), has ordered an LPG-burning MAN B&W 6G60ME-LGIP engine in connection with the building of an 86,000-m3 VLGC (Very Large Gas Carrier) fo...

RAmparts 2500-CL Ship Handling Tug Hinewai Arrives in Her Home Port

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2019

Hinewai, a RAmparts 2500-CL ship handling tug, arrived in her home port of Timaru on the South Island of New Zealand on January 11th after a 30-day voyage on her own bottom from China. The vessel will...

InterCargo: Liquefaction Continues to be a Major Risk

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2019

The industry body InterCargo has welcomed the latest amendment to the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes Code (IMSBC 04-17) which entered into force on January 1 by says that liquefaction of ca...

Malaysia Rethinks $20B "Belt and Road" Project

By The Lowy Interpreter

January 31, 2019

[By Ben Bland] Breaking up is hard to do, judging by the Malaysian government’s latest contortions over how to handle a $20 billion Chinese-backed rail project of questionable economic value. Th...

Migrant Rescue Vessel Given Permission to Berth in Sicily

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2019

Italian authorities have allowed the rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3 to dock in Catania, Sicily and offload 47 rescued maritime migrants who have been aboard for nearly two weeks. The disembarkation fol...

Turkey Ratifies Ship Recycling Convention

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2019

Turkey, one of the five major ship recycling countries in the world, has ratified the IMO Hong Kong Convention, the treaty for safe and environmentally sound ship recycling. The Hong Kong Internat...

Shaping the Future

By The Maritime Executive

January 31, 2019

Thomas Wilhelmsen isn’t shy about stepping forward. The Wilhelmsen CEO wants his group to lead maritime from the front, utilizing a blend of the traditional and the transformational to steer the busin...

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