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Construction Begins on First Two Methanol Dual-Fuel Tugboats

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2024

Construction recently began in Turkey on two dual-fuel methanol tugboats. While several projects are working on developing tugs powered by methanol, these two are scheduled to enter service in mid-202...

South Korea Takes Down “For Sale” Sign on HMM

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2024

Efforts to privatize South Korean shipping company HMM have been put on hold indefinitely after the collapse of negotiations to sell a controlling stake to the Harim Group, the parent company of...

Ports Provide Context Refuting Overblown Reports of “Chinese Spy Cranes"

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2024

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), the more than 100-year-old trade association representing port leaders, is speaking out on the media reports about Chinese “spy cranes” and in resp...

Finnish Unions Plans Two-Week Port Strike Protesting Government Policies

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2024

Finland’s largest trade unions is leading a nationwide two-week strike starting on Monday with the intention of interrupting freight operations at the country’s ports stopping imports and exports in w...

Netherlands Deploys Warships to Support US and EU Red Sea Defense Missions

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2024

The Royal Netherlands Navy confirmed on Friday that it is dispatching an air defense and command frigate, HNLMS Tromp, to the Red Sea to aid in the defense mission. It also intends to deploy a jo...

Iran and Philippines Agree to Swap Crew on Seized Oil Tanker St Nikolas

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2024

Iran has agreed to release the crew aboard the tanker St Nikolas that it seized in January 2024 in a retaliatory move after the U.S. seized a crude oil cargo from the ship in 2023. According to t...

Houthis Shoot at Another “American” Ship Saying Attacks are Escalating

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2024

Another bulker sailing southeast of Aden, Yemen was targeted by the Houthis earlier today. Initial reports are that the vessel was not hit and that the crew is safe, but it appears that the ship may b...

IEC Telecom Joins Viasat’s ELEVATE Program to Provide Satcom for NGOs

By The Maritime Executive

March 8, 2024

[By: IEC Telecom] Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, today announced IEC Telecom, an international satellite service provider, has joined its ELEVATE program....

Chinese-Built Port Cranes May Be Able to Call Home On Their Own

By The Maritime Executive

March 7, 2024

The House Homeland Security Committee asserts it has discovered a pattern of suspicious device installations on the Chinese-built STS cranes that dot almost every American container port. The committe...

Capsized Barge Off Tobago Stops Spilling Fuel Oil

By The Maritime Executive

March 7, 2024

The leak from the mysterious fuel oil barge that capsized off the coast of Tobago last month has stopped, according to the Trinidadian government. For the past month, the barge has been leaking fu...

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