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WinGD, Wärtsilä and GTT Join Forces for LNG Propulsion

By The Maritime Executive

August 24, 2018

After working together on CMA CGM's new "megamax" container ships, engine maker WinGD, technology group Wärtsilä and LNG containment firm GTT have agreed to collaborate on future LNG propulsion projec...

Dualog Holds Hackathon with "Real Purpose"

By The Maritime Executive

August 24, 2018

As with all things new and innovative, there is some debate as to where the term ‘hackathon’ came from. Almost certainly first coined in the mid-2000s, the ‘hack marathon’ to give it its correct epith...

The Environmental Cost of Deep-Sea Mining

By Matthew Gianni and Duncan Currie

August 24, 2018

There is growing interest in opening up the deep-sea to industrial mining for copper, nickel, cobalt, gold, rare earths and other metals. But at what cost? The International Seabed Authority (ISA)...

ABS Announces World's First Ethane Conversion for a Slow-Speed Engine

By The Maritime Executive

August 24, 2018

ABS is pleased to confirm a world first - the successful conversion of a slow-speed marine diesel engine to operate on ethane as a fuel. Navigator Gas, in partnership with Charterer Borealis, engin...

Altum Technologies Ramps Up U.S. Operations

By The Maritime Executive

August 24, 2018

Altum Technologies has announced its expansion to the United States on the back of an undisclosed funding round, with the aim to help US companies remove industrial fouling and solve water management...

WIMSA Seeks Nominations for "Changing the Face of Courage"

By The Maritime Executive

August 24, 2018

The Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation (WIMSA) is accepting nominations for a new photo series. The campaign, called “Changing the Face of Courage,” is designed to highlight the...

OSHA's Respirable Silica Rules Now Apply to Maritime Industry

By Tom Davis

August 24, 2018

To protect workers from dangers associated with exposure to breathable silica dust, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed "Respirable Crysta...

Storm Sends Seven Ships Aground off Kaohsiung

By The Maritime Executive

August 24, 2018

Seven merchant vessels have gone aground off the port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, driven ashore by a severe storm. All crewmembers aboard the vessels are safe, according to Taiwan's Maritime and Port Bureau...

U.S. 2nd Fleet Re-established to Counter Russian Navy

By The Maritime Executive

August 24, 2018

In a ceremony in Norfolk on Friday, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson formally re-established U.S. 2nd Fleet. The new command is intended bolster the U.S. Navy's capability in the North A...

Russian Ship Detained in Port Elizabeth for Cargo of Illicit Arms

By The Maritime Executive

August 23, 2018

South African police have detained the Russian-owned freighter Lada after a tip-off about an allegedly illegal cargo of weaponry on board. According to South African port operator Transnet, the La...

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