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Port of Virginia Switches to 100% Clean Power

By The Maritime Executive

January 4, 2024

On New Years' Day, the Port of Virginia became the first seaport on the U.S. East Coast (and one of a handful in the world) to run all of its operations on 100 percent clean power. The port had planne...

The Third Revolution

By Sean Hogue

January 4, 2024

In the beginning, there was sail. Giant wooden ships plied their trade along the trade winds. This began around 3,000 BC and continued happily through the mid-1700s when the Industrial Revolut...

The Van Oord Family Business: From Wickerwork to Global Player

By Cornelis Kamminga

January 4, 2024

Govert van Oord (1840-1912) was a wickerworker, like his father Jan. In the Dutch Biesbosch, willow branches were sawn and bundled into cradles. Other companies wove sinkers from those cradles fo...

Japan’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Starts Commercial Operations

By The Maritime Executive

January 4, 2024

Japan’s largest commercial wind farm and one of the very first to be completed offshore was commissioned near Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands. Located on the west side of the i...

Video: USCG Tows Disabled Fishing Vessel to Safety from Stormy Bering Sea

By The Maritime Executive

January 3, 2024

An Alaskan fishing trawler, Aleutian No. 1, requested assistance last week from the U.S. Coast Guard after the 200-ton vessel became disabled in the storm winter waters of the Bearing Sea near th...

Vineyard Wind Delivers Power as First Large US Offshore Wind Farm

By The Maritime Executive

January 3, 2024

The United States’ first large-scale offshore wind farm delivered its first power onto the Massachusetts’ grid late on Tuesday and while mostly ceremonial it still was a much-needed positive sign...

Airbus and Louis Dreyfuss Order Three Wind-Assisted Cargo Ships from China

By The Maritime Executive

January 3, 2024

European aviation company Airbus working with French shipping company Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is moving forward with their plan to launch three new ro-ro cargo vessels with wind-assisted pr...

ESG Wins Contract to Complete Hornbeck's Two Unfinished MPSVs

By The Maritime Executive

January 3, 2024

Eastern Shipbuilding has secured a contract to complete two high-spec MPSVs that were started long ago by Gulf Island Shipbuilding. The two 365-foot vessels were ordered by Hornbeck Offshore durin...

Cargo Ships Become Stranded in Harsh Winter Conditions Near Estonia

By The Maritime Executive

January 3, 2024

Two general cargo ships became stranded overnight as the area around Estonia between the Gulf of Riga, the Gulf of Finland, and the Baltic experienced harsh winter conditions. Local officials sai...

Equinor and BP Cancel Empire Wind 2 Power Agreement and Substation Order

By The Maritime Executive

January 3, 2024

Two of the largest developers of offshore wind projects, BP and Equinor, have reached an agreement with New York State regulators to cancel the power purchase agreement for their joint venture Em...

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