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U.S. Coast Guard Takes Over MC20 Spill Response

By The Maritime Executive

December 17, 2018

The U.S. Coast Guard has taken over the task of containing the long-running Mississippi Canyon Block 20 oil spill, which may well be among the largest oil releases in North American history. Accor...

DHS Tests Robot for Tracking Oil Spills Under Arctic Ice

By DHS S&T News

December 14, 2018

As ice recedes and maritime activity increases in the Arctic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing for incidents involving oil and hazardous materials in U.S. Arctic waters. As the l...

Wind Developers Bid Record-Setting Amounts for U.S. Leases

By The Maritime Executive

December 14, 2018

Norwegian oil company Equinor has secured one of the three lease blocks offered in Friday's federal offshore auction for waters off Massachusetts. Equinor submitted a winning bid of $135 million f...

The Combat Cutter Pickering

By William H. Thiesen

December 14, 2018

After refitting late in the summer of 1800, the master and crew of revenue cutter USS Pickering boarded their vessel at Newcastle, Delaware, for their next Caribbean war patrol. It would be the last t...

New Survey Vessel Showcases Blyth' and DuroWipers' Expertise

By The Maritime Executive

December 12, 2018

Blyth Catamarans Ltd has handed over its largest vessel to date, an 18m survey vessel for the UK’s Swansea University, a project that has been in the making for nearly 14 months. Mary Anning featu...

Insufficient Maintenance Caused Passenger Vessel Fire

By The Maritime Executive

December 11, 2018

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that an insufficient preventative maintenance program and lack of guidance for responding to engine high-temperature conditions, led...

Two Queen Elizabeths are now Solar Solved

By The Maritime Executive

December 11, 2018

Two of the world’s mightiest ships of class hold the same significant name of Queen Elizabeth. Cunard’s Spirit-class cruise liner Queen Elizabeth is the second largest Cunard ship ever built and op...

Kitack Lim to Keynote Maritime Heritage Conference in Singapore

By The Maritime Executive

December 10, 2018

Underscoring the importance of the inaugural World Congress on Maritime Heritage, to be held from 13 to 15 March 2019 in Singapore, the United Nation’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secret...

Flettner Rotor Exceeds Expectations

By The Maritime Executive

December 10, 2018

The performance of the EcoFlettner, which is being tested on the MV Fehn Pollux since July, has exceeded the expectations of the scientists monitoring it. 15 companies from around Leer, Germany, h...

Survey Drones Take Off

By The Maritime Executive

December 10, 2018

As part of an on-going focus on safety in enclosed spaces, ClassNK describes how it has carried out detailed drone tests to revolutionize ship surveying. In spring this year, ClassNK introduced gui...

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