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Responding to Cyber Vulnerability Announcements

By Allan McDougall

January 5, 2018

While there have been many discussions regarding vulnerabilities within the cybersecurity domain over the past year, the rise of autonomous shipping (or unmanned shipping) raises another important iss...

Photos: Freighter Stuck in Ice in St. Lawrence Seaway

By The Maritime Executive

January 5, 2018

The freighter Federal Biscay has been stuck in the ice at Snell Lock on the U.S. side of the St. Lawrence Seaway since Tuesday, delaying seaward-bound traffic as subzero weather sets in. The Saint Law...

The Voyage of the Icarus

By U.S. Coast Guard News

January 5, 2018

The Coast Guard recently released the names of the newest Fast Response Cutters to be commissioned. Each FRC is named after a Coast Guard hero, and one such Coast Guardsman is Maurice Jester. Born...

Foss Joins Puerto Rico Sealift

By The Maritime Executive

January 5, 2018

At Norfolk, Virginia and at the Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana, Foss Maritime is loading hundreds of utility trucks onto barges bound for Puerto Rico. The equipment will be used in the on-going effor...

Taiwanese Exec Implicated in Sanctions-Busting

By The Maritime Executive

January 5, 2018

Prosecutors in Taiwan are questioning a fishing executive for allegedly arranging a high-seas oil transfer from a chartered tanker to a North Korean vessel in violation of U.N. sanctions. The merc...

Exxon Strikes Oil Offshore Guyana

By The Maritime Executive

January 5, 2018

ExxonMobil announced Friday that its successful run of oilfield discoveries offshore Guyana continued in the last quarter with positive results at the Ranger-1 exploration well. Previous finds at the...

Trump to Open Most U.S. Waters to Oil Exploration

By The Maritime Executive

January 5, 2018

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced plans to make over 90 percent of America's offshore continental shelf (OCS) available for future oil and gas exploration. The proposal fully...

BIMCO: Slow Steaming is Key in 2018

By The Maritime Executive

January 5, 2018

BIMCO's top analyst has three pieces of New Years' advice for shipping executives this year: drive slow, don't expect demand growth and don't agree to loss-making deals. "If we're looking at the d...

Winter Storm Disrupts Cruise Plans on U.S. East Coast

By The Maritime Executive

January 4, 2018

The "bombogenesis" winter storm in the northeastern U.S. is affecting transportation for millions of people on shore, and it's also disrupting several cruise ship itineraries. The New York-based No...

Ark Crashes into Marina

By The Maritime Executive

January 4, 2018

On Wednesday, a winter storm tore a replica of Noah's Ark loose from its moorings and sent it crashing into a line of sailboats at a marina in Urk, a fishing community 30 miles northeast of Amsterdam....

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