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New York Wind Auction Gets Go-Ahead

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that 79,350 acres offshore New York will be offered in a December 15 commercial wind lease sale. The New York Wind Energy Area start...

Preparing for RPG and Missile Attacks

By Captain Richard Madden

October 27, 2016

Twenty-nine years ago in the Persian Gulf, a U.S.-flagged supertanker came under attack by Silkworm missiles launched from Iranian territory. The $2 million in damage included shattered bridge windows...

China's New Aircraft Carrier Nearing Completion

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

The hull of China's first domestically built aircraft carrier has been assembled, according to the nation’s Ministry of National Defense. Design work has been completed, and equipment is currently bei...

U.S. Coast Guard Sets New Record for Drug Busts

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

The Coast Guard seized a record-setting 190 tonnes of cocaine during the fiscal year ended September 30. The drugs were worth a combined $5.6 billion at U.S. wholesale value – an amount equal to 85 pe...

Sulfur Cap to Drop in 2020

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

The IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee has agreed to reduce the global sulfur emissions limit to 0.5 percent in 2020. The agreement not to delay the new limit until 2025 was reached at a se...

Turkey Seeks End to NATO Maritime Migrant Patrols

October 27, 2016

Turkey is seeking an end to NATO's counter-migration mission in the Aegean Sea and it is telling the U.S.-led alliance that the sharp drop in refugees trying to get to Greece means there is no longer...

Northwest Maritime Academy Offers Lifeboat Training

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

The Northwest Maritime Academy (NWMA), offering courses to educate and empower mariners with invaluable safety knowledge and skills, is now launching a top tier Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescu...

First TECH Program Class Earn Unlimited Licenses

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

STAR Center, a division of the American Maritime Officers Safety and Education Plan, is pleased to announce the graduation and licensing of the first class of The Engineering Candidate Hawsepipe (TECH...

IEA: New Renewable Power Outstripped Coal in 2015

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

The International Energy Agency's latest renewable energy market report contains a landmark finding: last year, the capacity of new renewable power sources outstripped that of new coal-fired power pla...

DOT Provides New Details on Sea Year Suspension

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2016

On October 25, the Department of Transportation provided new details on its decision to suspend the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's keystone Sea Year program over persistent problems with sexual assaul...

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