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Alaska State Ferry to be Repurposed as a Hostel

By The Maritime Executive

September 20, 2017

The Alaska Department of Transportation has sold the aging ferry Taku to Portland-based hoteliers KeyMar LLC. According to buyer’s representative Jonathan Cohen, the firm hopes to turn it into a float...

U.S. Navy Cracks Down on Training Deficiencies

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2017

In an acknowledgement of deficiencies identified by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson announced Tuesday that the Navy is creating a new co...

Ports Shut in Puerto Rico, USVI as Hurricane Approaches

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2017

On Tuesday morning, the Coast Guard Captain of the Port for San Juan, Capt. Eric P. King, set port condition ZULU for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgins Islands, banning all vessel movements and ship-to...

Indian Maritime Forces Seek to Keep Out Rohingya Refugees

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2017

India's military is attempting to secure the country's maritime borders to prevent the entry of Rohingya refugees, who are fleeing Myanmar to escape what UN officials describe as a "systematic attack"...

Marlink Re-Launches Sealink C-Band VSAT Service

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2017

Marlink has re-launched its Sealink C-band VSAT service, introducing new price and service plans, enabling easier integration with existing and future Ka and Ku-band VSAT services. The upgrade gives S...

Surveyors Discover New Roman-Era Shipwrecks

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2017

The academic survey group Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (Black Sea MAP) is finishing up a series of seabed surveys off the coast of Bulgaria, and on its last cruise it found multiple ancient...

First LNG Ship-to-Ship Bunkering for Skangas

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2017

Skangas LNG bunkering vessel Coralius has made her first ship-to-ship delivery. The operation took place in international waters between Frederikshavn, Denmark and Gothenburg, Sweden. The receiving...

Coast Guard Sees Resurgence of Semi-Sub Smuggling Boats

By U.S. Coast Guard News

September 19, 2017

The Coast Guard has interdicted seven low-profile drug smuggling vessels in four months, resulting in the seizure of more than 11 tons of cocaine – an amount with a street value of more than $300 mill...

Japan Gives $76m to Improve Alang Shipbreaking Yards

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2017

The government of Japan is investing in environmental upgrades for India's Alang shipbreaking yards, which are the busiest place in the world for the dismantling of obsolete vessels. Japan Internation...

Chinese Company Compensated for Illegally-Caught Fish

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2017

The Spanish National Court has ordered the payment of 700,000 Euros ($840,000) to a Chinese company in compensation for a cargo of illegally-caught Patagonian toothfish that was seized in Vietnam last...

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