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China's Navy May Have World's First Ship-Mounted Railgun

By The Maritime Executive

February 2, 2018

Reports of Chinese military investments in electromagnetic railgun technology have been circulating for years. A maintainable, usable railgun would allow a warship to launch a projectile with tremendo...

Subsea Cables in a Thawing Arctic

By The Lowy Interpreter

February 2, 2018

[By Elizabeth Buchanan] China has made a significant foray into the Arctic with the creation of a data “silk road." Preliminary planning of a Chinese and Finnish–led trans-Arctic cable along the Ar...

Three Oil Majors Announce Big Finds in Deepwater GoM

By The Maritime Executive

February 2, 2018

This week, Total, Chevron and Shell announced major oil discoveries in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, an early signal of what analysts say could be a renewed interest in the offshore sector from cost-c...

Second Tanker Goes Missing in Gulf of Guinea

By The Maritime Executive

February 2, 2018

On Friday, Hong Kong-based ship management group Anglo-Eastern reported that it has lost contact with the product tanker Marine Express at a position off Benin. As of 0330 hours GMT on Thursday, w...

The Merchant Tanker that was Built to Fight

By U.S. Coast Guard News

February 2, 2018

[By William Thiesen, Ph.D., Coast Guard Atlantic Area Historian] During World War II, the U.S. Navy operated a number of armed merchant ships, or “Q-ships,” in the Battle of the Atlantic. Q-ships w...

Oil Washes Up on Shore Near Site of Sanchi's Sinking

By The Maritime Executive

February 2, 2018

On Friday, Dr. Paul Johnston of Greenpeace's International Science Unit warned that petroleum pollution on the island of Takarajima could have come from the tanker Sanchi, which exploded and sank last...

Four More Sailors Punished Over U.S. Navy Destroyer Collisions

By The Maritime Executive

February 2, 2018

The U.S. Navy has announced administrative penalties for four more sailors over the collisions involving the destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain last year. The service says that 17 indivi...

Engine Room Fire Leaves MOL Boxship Adrift Off B.C.

By The Maritime Executive

February 2, 2018

[Brief] The Canadian Coast Guard reported Thursday that the container ship MOL Prestige has suffered an engine room fire, setting her adrift about 200 nm to the southwest of Haida Gwaii. At least...

Underwater Seal Repairs Avoid Drydock and Off-Hire Costs

By The Maritime Executive

February 1, 2018

Following a spate of stern tube seal failures, Antwerp-based Hydrex has reiterated its capability in carrying out repairs to stern tube seals during a ship’s routine port visit, saving the expense and...

Lack of Due Diligence On Ballast Water Treatment Could Prove Expensive

By The Maritime Executive

February 1, 2018

Many ship operators require a far better understanding of ballast water treatment technologiesand their shortcomings in real-life applications, Coldharbour Marine Chief Executive, Andrew Marshall, has...

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