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Report: Cruise Ship Adrift After Earlier Failure Not Rectified

By The Maritime Executive

May 31, 2018

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released the final investigation report into the loss of propulsion on Norwegian Star in Bass Strait on February 10, 2017 citing the need for extra di...

The Rise and Rise and Rise of Polar Cruising

By Christopher Wright

May 30, 2018

Polar cruising commenced in the late 19th century when a German industrialist chartered ships that accompanied whale catchers to Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago. There they could join the whal...

Destination: Turkey

By The Maritime Executive

May 30, 2018

The cruise season has begun in Turkey, with tourist numbers for the first quarter of 2018 up 26.4 percent over the same period last year. The Turkish government has offered an incentive program for...

Norwegian Bliss: An Individual Outstanding in her Class

By Allan E. Jordan

May 30, 2018

Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest ship, the 168,028 gross ton Norwegian Bliss, was built by Meyer Werft in Germany in just 18 months. Delivered on April 19, she is the third member of the Breakaway Plus...

Navantia Grows as a Cruise Ship Repair Specialist

By Allan E. Jordan

May 30, 2018

Cruise ship overhauls and revitalization are becoming an increasingly large business for the world’s shipyards. With the scope of the work growing as the cruise lines move to update older ships and in...

Adam Schlicht Named as Director of Port Milwaukee

By The Maritime Executive

May 30, 2018

Mayor Tom Barrett has appointed Adam Schlicht as Municipal Port Director. In this position, Schlicht will direct operations at Port Milwaukee, oversee a staff of nineteen people, and administer Forei...

Van Oord Enters Taiwan's Offshore Wind Market

By The Maritime Executive

May 30, 2018

Van Oord has been designated as preferred contractor for a 640MW offshore wind project in Taiwan, marking the company's first step into the Asian offshore wind market. The Yunlin project, located...

Dual-Fuel Engine Hits 10,000 Hours on Ethane

By The Maritime Executive

May 30, 2018

Hartmann Reederei, the German ship-management company, has confirmed that two of its vessels – the 36,000 m3 LEG (liquefied ethylene gas) carriers ‘Gaschem Beluga’ and ‘Gaschem Orca’ – powered by the...

India and Indonesia Agree Naval Cooperation at Sabang

By The Maritime Executive

May 30, 2018

Indonesia and India have pledged to boost defense and maritime cooperation, with plans to develop a strategic Indonesian naval port in the Indian Ocean at Sabang. The port, located on the tip of S...

IoT and Wifi Link-up Enables New Container Location Service

By The Maritime Executive

May 30, 2018

Here Technologies and Sigfox have partnered to deploy a global location service that they say will open new opportunities for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, particularly in supply chain and lo...

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