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Compensation Determined for Sewol Families

By The Maritime Executive

July 24, 2018

Seoul's Central District Court has ruled that families of the Sewol victims are to be paid 200 million won ($176,000) each. 304 people were killed in the 2014 disaster when the ferry sank, many of the...

Cochin Port to Build New Cruise Terminal

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2018

India's Ministry of Shipping has announced the construction of a new cruise terminal at Cochin Port. The news follows that of a new cruise terminal to be built at Mumbai as part of the nation's action...

Experts Question Maintenance Before and After Barge Explosion

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2018

In recent testimony at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, two marine inspection experts described allegedly poor maintenance practices on board the Bouchard Barge No. 255, which exploded and burned...

Ocean Acidity Could Reach Fourteen-Million-Year High

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2018

The world’s oceans are likely to become more acidic than at any time in the past 14 million years, according to scientists from Cardiff University in the U.K. Ocean acidification occurs when CO2 fr...

AWI: Hybrid Blue-Fin Whale was Protected

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2018

Following the slaughter of a hybrid blue-fin whale in Iceland earlier this month, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has issued a statement saying that, contrary to some media reports, the animal was...

Near-Shore Work Underway for Turkstream

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2018

Nearshore works started for the TurkStream Offshore Gas Pipeline near the Turkish town of Kiyiköy on Sunday, July 22. The nearshore component in Turkey involves constructing seabed trenches for ar...

South Korean Yards Post Quarterly Loss

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2018

Two of the world's largest shipyards, South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries and Hyundai Heavy Industries, have swung to a net loss. Samsung Heavy Industries said in a regulatory filing that it pos...

Wärtsilä to Provide Comprehensive Maintenance for Virgin Voyages

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2018

Virgin Voyages has assigned Wärtsilä the responsibility of the maintenance of Virgin Voyages’ three cruise ships. Wärtsilä will ensure that vessels are powered and operated reliably, efficiently and s...

Damen Shipyards Group Assumes Operational Control at Mangalia Shipyard

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2018

To signify its first day of operations at Damen Shipyards Mangalia in Romania, Damen held a modest ceremony at the yard on Monday, July 23rd. The celebrations mark Damen’s successful completion of the...

Cammell Laird Leads Electron Beam Welding Research

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2018

Merseyside shipyard and engineering services company Cammell Laird has won a £1.5million tender with Innovate UK to develop electron beam welding technology in the ship building, offshore and nuclear...

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