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USS Zumwalt Commissioned in Baltimore

By The Maritime Executive

October 16, 2016

The U.S. Navy's newest and most technologically advanced warship, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) was commissioned into active service on Saturday, October 15, at North Locust Point in Baltimore. Zumwalt, t...

Russia Plans Super-Icebreaker

By The Maritime Executive

October 16, 2016

Russia is designing a super-icebreaker capable of navigating through ice four to five meters thick. The vessel, expected to have a 110 MW power unit, was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry R...

Thirteen Nations Unite for Search and Rescue Training

By The Maritime Executive

October 16, 2016

Helicopter crash training, survival techniques in cold water, rescuing crew mates from capsized boats and lifeguarding were just some of the activities for the 65 volunteers in the latest European Lif...

CEO: Deal With Rosneft is U.S. Sanctions-Compliant

By The Maritime Executive

October 16, 2016

India and Russia signed billions of dollars of defense and energy deals on Saturday at a summit that sought to inject new life into a relationship that has been tested by shifting global alliances and...

Scam Warning for Unemployed Seafarers

By Erik Kravets

October 16, 2016

Recently, one of my former students almost became a victim of a scam targeting seafarers with offers of employment at ridiculously high wages and with generous benefits. Even in good times, 4.580 GBP...

USS Mason Targeted Again

October 16, 2016

A U.S. Navy destroyer was again targeted in the Red Sea in an apparent failed missile attack launched from the coast of Yemen, a U.S. admiral said on Saturday. U.S. defense officials said late on S...

BCGP Awarded $72 Million Contract

By The Maritime Executive

October 15, 2016

Brunswick Commercial & Government Products (BCGP) was recently awarded a multi-year, multi-unit contract valued at $72 million. The single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is...

Yemen Starts Sending Migrant Boats Back

By The Maritime Executive

October 15, 2016

Thousands of Ethiopians trekking through desert heat and war in Yemen for the sake of a low-paid job in Saudi Arabia risk getting stuck in an overcrowded migrant camp in Djibouti, the International Or...

Navy Fires Second Captain Over LCS Engine Casualties

By The Maritime Executive

October 15, 2016

On Thursday, the head of Naval Surface Forces Pacific relieved the captain of the USS Freedom of command, the second time this year it has dismissed the master of a littoral combat ship over a propuls...

Peru Considers Rail Link to East Coast Ports

October 15, 2016

Peru's new government said on Friday that a proposed railway to bridge Atlantic and Pacific ports in South America might be feasible if it took a direct route through Bolivia. China and Peru agreed...

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