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Whaling Commission Wants Control of Scientific Permits

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) declared on Thursday that countries would in future need its approval to hunt whales for scientific research, but critics said the move would have little pra...

Drewry: Better Spot Rates Raise Outlook for 2017

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

As carriers and BCOs head into contract negotiations for 2017, spot market rates on Asia-Europe are on an upward trend, a promising development for financially stressed container lines, said maritime...

Long-Term Container Rates May Improve in 2017

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

Analysts with shipping data firm Xeneta believe that while it is too early to predict the containerized freight market for 2017, it is likely that long-term contract rates will be higher than what the...

Petrobras Sets 2020 Start Date for Libra

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras and partners will install the first of four commercial production systems in the giant Libra offshore oil area in 2020, adding one a year through 2023....

German Bank Seals Hanjin Charter Deal

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

Germany's HSH Nordbank has arranged a deal which will see six container ships from collapsed South Korean line Hanjin chartered out to Denmark's AP Moller Maersk, the state-backed lender said on Thurs...

Search Called Off for Missing Chinese Mariner

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

On Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Navy suspended a search for a well-known Chinese mariner, Guo Chuan, who lost contact with his shoreside support team on Tuesday. His vessel was located...

Cruise Operator Fined for Linehandling Accident

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

This week, Jacobite Cruises of Loch Ness, Scotland pled guilty to health and safety violations and was fined $7000 in connection with an accident that led to the amputation of a deckhand's leg. Th...

Hanjin Scarlet Finally Docks in Vancouver

October 27, 2016

A container vessel that spent months sitting off Canada's west coast due to the collapse of South Korea shipping company Hanjin docked in Vancouver on Thursday, according to union officials and ship t...

Boaty McBoatface II? P&O Holds Ship Naming Contest

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

P&O Cruises said Wednesday that it would move ahead with plans to hold a public naming contest for an upcoming 5,200-passenger newbuild. The firm told the Guardian that it had wanted to hold the co...

SEA\LNG Board of Directors Formed

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

Multi-sector coalition SEA\LNG has announced its board of directors. This follows the announcement that Peter Keller, Executive Vice President of Tote Inc., will chair the coalition. The board of d...

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