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Hoists and Cranes the Captains of Industry

By The Maritime Executive

July 21, 2016

The importance of an ever-expanding industrial world should not be underestimated. After all, long-term, sustained industrialization is a key driver for economic development, a fact recognized by the...

Korean Register Boosts Operational Efficiency with Containership Conversion

By The Maritime Executive

July 21, 2016

The Korean Register (KR) – an IACS member classification society – has announced that it has successfully completed a feasibility study for the conversion of an 8,600 teu containership into a 10,000 t...

Chesapeake Shipbuilding Delivers 12th Tug to Vane Brothers

By The Maritime Executive

July 21, 2016

Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp. of Salisbury, MD announced it has successfully delivered another ocean going tugboat to Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD. The boat, named Fort McHenry, marks the 12th tugbo...

Abu Sayyaf Responsible for Latest Tug Crew Kidnapping

By The Maritime Executive

July 21, 2016

On July 20, top Malaysian police commander Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed that the five missing crewmembers of a tug found abandoned off of Sabah had been kidnapped by a group linked to Abu Sayyaf...

Who Needs the Hong Kong Convention?

By Wendy Laursen

July 21, 2016

The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) reported back from their visit to Alang, India, earlier this year citing an unquestionable willingness for yards to be transparent about the stat...

Cruise Ships, Resorts Planned for South China Sea

July 21, 2016

Up to eight Chinese ships will offer cruises to the South China Sea over the next five years, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, as Beijing continues to promote tourism to the disputed waters....

NYK Pleads Guilty to Cartel Conduct in Australia

By The Maritime Executive

July 21, 2016

Australia's competition watchdog said on Monday that Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) pleaded guilty to criminal cartel conduct in Australia's federal court. The Austra...

Tullow Project Moves Ahead Offshore Ghana

July 20, 2016

In the depths of Ghana's fiscal crisis in 2014 policymakers looked forward to a time when a new oil field would open to boost the economy. That time has come but there's a catch: oil prices have halve...

Reinstate USMMA Sea Year on Commercial Vessels

By Ivy Suter

July 20, 2016

The following is a guest editorial in response to a Maritime Executive piece entitled “Renewing Sea Year: Better reporting is needed for the troubled USMMA training program,” published July 12. Wit...

Tremiti Islands Fast Ferry Destroyed by Arson

By The Maritime Executive

July 20, 2016

Authorities are investigating an arson in Vieste, where attackers appear to have used an accelerant and a triggering device to set fire to the fast ferry Sorrento Jet, which carries passengers to the...

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