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Rising Mississippi Could Disrupt Grain Shipping

September 23, 2016

Heavy rains and flooding swamped a broad swathe of the northern Midwest this week, halting the harvest of corn and soybeans and forcing the closure of at least two Iowa crop processing plants, traders...

Port of Antwerp Gets Ultramodern Headquarters

September 23, 2016

Europe's second-biggest port has cut a distinct new shape into its skyline. Architect Zaha Hadid's Antwerp Port House, officially opened this week, integrates modern design with the city's history...

Satcom Expands in a Slow Shipping Market

By Paul Benecki

September 23, 2016

The maritime satcom market is changing: large service providers are consolidating; new constellations are coming online; new service packages offer faster connections, more flexibility and more choice...

Offshore Wind Investors Eye the U.S. East Coast

September 23, 2016

Yield-hungry investors in the offshore wind market are switching their sights to the United States as future support for the industry in Europe remains uncertain, leaving billions of euros looking for...

Finnish Government Funds Autonomous Ship Research

By The Maritime Executive

September 23, 2016

The Finnish government's innovation investment arm, Tekes, said Friday that it is making a multi-year commitment to funding collaborative research on autonomous ships. Tekes said in a statement th...

Fitch: Maersk Split Won't Improve Units' Performance

September 23, 2016

By Fitch Ratings The decision by A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S to split into two separate divisions – Transport & Logistics and Energy – reflects the challenging fundamentals in the sectors in which it o...

Seafarers Organizations Respond to Hanjin Collapse

By The Maritime Executive

September 23, 2016

The nonprofit aid agency Mission to Seafarers and the union Nautilus have been working hard to help mariners affected by the collapse of Hanjin Shipping. Prior to filing for receivership, Hanjin op...

Auditors: Many EU Port Investments "Ineffective"

By The Maritime Executive

September 23, 2016

The European Court of Auditors issued a report Friday on port investments within the bloc, and its findings were not entirely positive. "One in every three euros [out of a sample of capital projects] ...

Hanjin: Customers Are Not Paying Freight Invoices

By The Maritime Executive

September 23, 2016

Lawyers for Hanjin Shipping told a bankruptcy judge Friday that the firm is having trouble getting cargo owners to pay for freight delivered. Hanjin has been in the news for its inability to pay p...

Video: Bunker Barge Explosion Injures Two

By The Maritime Executive

September 23, 2016

[Brief] On Thursday morning in the port of Taranto, Italy, the bunker barge Mercuria caught fire and exploded. Two crew suffered mild injuries. The cause of the fire has not been determined but l...

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