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Some 1,400 Migrants Rescued

November 22, 2016

Some 1,400 boat migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe were rescued on Tuesday, Italy's coastguard said, after at least 11 overcrowded boats set out from Libya amid cal...

Hyundai Merchant Dropped from 2M Alliance Agreement

By The Maritime Executive

November 22, 2016

Maersk Line has confirmed reports that Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will not join the Maersk-MSC 2M Alliance. Instead, the 2M partners will look at alternative arrangements, like taking over some of...

Statoil: Rig Fire Under Control

By The Maritime Executive

November 22, 2016

The fire that broke out on the drilling rig Scarabeo 5 on Tuesday afternoon is now under control. The 106 people on board when the fire was reported in the rig’s engine room have all been accounte...

Russian Tankers Smuggling Jet Fuel to Syria

November 22, 2016

Russian tankers have smuggled jet fuel to Syria through EU waters, bolstering military supplies to a war-torn country where Moscow is carrying out air strikes in support of the government, according t...

Subjective Safety Decisions Led to Crushing Fatality

By The Maritime Executive

November 22, 2016

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its investigation report into the fatality on board the Skandi Pacific, off the Pilbara coast, Western Australia on July 14, 2015, citing sub...

Scaffolding Accident Kills Contractor at Blohm + Voss

By The Maritime Executive

November 22, 2016

[Brief] On Tuesday, an accident at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg killed one worker and critically injured another. The men were employed by a contractor, and were working on erecting scaffol...

Freighter Held After Colliding with Fishing Boat

By The Maritime Executive

November 22, 2016

Authorities in Surabaya, East Java have detained the freighter Thaison 4 (or Tay Son 4) while they investigate its role in a collision with a fishing vessel. In the early hours of Saturday morning...

ReCAAP: Abu Sayyaf Now Targeting Merchant Ships

By The Maritime Executive

November 22, 2016

On Monday, the piracy reporting center ReCAAP ISC warned that Abu Sayyaf militants are increasingly targeting larger merchant vessels in the Sulu Sea. Over the course of this year, Abu Sayyaf has...

Grace Hopper Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

By The Maritime Executive

November 22, 2016

Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, best known for her advancements in computer programming and data processing, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously by President Barack Obama duri...

Trump Softens on Election Rhetoric

November 22, 2016

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was keeping an open mind on whether to pull out of a landmark international accord to fight climate change, in a softening of his stance toward glo...

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