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AAPA Elects its Next Chairman

By The Maritime Executive

March 23, 2018

The board of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) announced Friday that it has elected William D. Friedman, the CEO and president of the Port of Cleveland, to serve as chairman for the...

Budget Deal Includes New Training Ships for U.S. Academies

By The Maritime Executive

March 23, 2018

The U.S. federal budget for FY2018, passed by Congress and signed into law on Friday, contains significant wins for American seaports and for the U.S. maritime industry. Port authorities and their ten...

U.S. Destroyer Sails Near Chinese-Held Island

By The Maritime Executive

March 23, 2018

On Friday, as the U.S. and China sparred over trade and tariffs, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mustin conducted freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in proximity to Mischief Reef, a Chinese-occupie...

Look Beyond the Flag

By Erik Kravets

March 23, 2018

[This article first appeared in the Jan/Feb 2018 edition of The Maritime Executive Magazine] What’s the measure of a merchant marine officer? Trick question: There isn’t one measure, but many. A...

U.S.-Built Fishing Vessel Cannot Fish in U.S.

By The Maritime Executive

March 23, 2018

The owner of the new, $75 million catcher-processor America's Finest plans to sell the vessel overseas. Regulations on steel content sank the U.S.-built vessel's ability to fish in the United States,...

Centuries-Old Ships Uncovered in Alexandria

By The Maritime Executive

March 23, 2018

At a construction site along the waterfront in Alexandria, Virginia, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of two ships that likely date back to the early 1800s. The site is the former locatio...

Turkey Sends Drillship to Contested Waters off Cyprus

By The Maritime Executive

March 23, 2018

Turkey announced this week that it intends to send its own drillship into contested waters off Cyprus to explore for offshore oil and gas, upping the ante in its attempt to drive ExxonMobil and Eni ou...

Chinese Carrier Poses No Threat for Taiwan

By The Lowy Interpreter

March 23, 2018

[By Euan Graham] Measured in terms of Chinese rhetoric, the temperature of cross-strait relations has risen sharply this week. Addressing China’s National People’s Congress, President Xi Jinping wa...

First New Crane Begins Work at Port of Savannah

By The Maritime Executive

March 22, 2018

The first of Georgia Ports Authority’s four new Neo-Panamax cranes came online this week, bringing GPA’s operating fleet to 27 — more than any other single terminal in the nation. “Georgia’s ports...

Compliance Challenges

By Paul Benecki

March 22, 2018

Wastewater is ubiquitous on land and sea, and ships create multiple streams of effluent as they voyage from one port to the next. Their ballast systems discharge marine life. Their passengers and crew...

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