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Interview: The Thinking Behind Carnival's LNG Strategy

By Allan E. Jordan

November 30, 2017

In the fall of 2017, construction began at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany on the world’s first fully LNG-powered cruise ship, the AIDAnova. Due to enter service in December 2018, she h...

Great Lakes Announces Changes to Board of Directors

By The Maritime Executive

November 30, 2017

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (the “Company” or “Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and remediati...

Three Major Lines Expand Short Cruise Programs

By Allan E. Jordan

November 30, 2017

The short cruise market, once overlooked by the major cruise lines, is showing strong growth. Reflecting the changing travel patterns of consumers, in 2018 and 2019, three of the major cruise lines ea...

Chinese Internet Companies Combating Wildlife Crime

By The Maritime Executive

November 30, 2017

China's biggest internet companies have formed an alliance to combat wildlife cybercrime. The three lead companies, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, supported by an additional eight Chinese internet co...

MSC Cruises Takes Delivery of the Revolutionary MSC Seaside

By Allan E. Jordan

November 30, 2017

MSC Cruises is taking delivery of its revolutionary new cruise ship the MSC Seaside on November 29, 2017. Designed by Fincantieri S.p.A., and built at their Monfalcone shipyard, the 153,316 gross ton...

American Ports Raise Cruise Line Tax Concerns

By The Maritime Executive

November 29, 2017

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has raised concerns about ongoing tax reform plans being considered by Congress which involve a new tax on overseas cruise lines. Kurt Nagle, AA...

PortMiami Grows With the Cruise Industry

By Allan E. Jordan

November 29, 2017

PortMiami continues to grow with the cruise industry. Having just completed a record fiscal year (ended October 31) handling a total of 5.34 million passengers, PortMiami is gearing up to again meet t...

Ghana Targets Roads to Boost Port Potential

By The Maritime Executive

November 29, 2017

APM Terminals has signed an MOU with the Government of Ghana for the construction of the new port and logistics hub in Tema which is expected to be opened in 2019. As part of the port master plan,...

Southern Points of Entry

By Sean M. Holt

November 29, 2017

For centuries prior to the advent of the intermodal container, the unloading process known as “breaking bulk,” or extracting a portion of the cargo of a vessel, was the norm. Whether it be boxes,...

Capacity & Velocity

By Tom Peters

November 29, 2017

(This article was originally publised in the 2017 Sept/Oct edition) Meeting the challenges of an ever-changing global supply chain can mean constant juggling of port and terminal operations just to...

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