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Video: Livestock Carrier Blown Aground off Turkey

By The Maritime Executive

January 15, 2019

The Lebanese-flagged livestock carrier Wardeh has gone aground near the port of Mersin, Turkey. The vessel dragged anchor in heavy weather and found bottom a few hundred meters from shore. The ves...

China Dismantles Major Ivory Trafficking Syndicate

By The Maritime Executive

January 14, 2019

Chinese authorities have confirmed the capture and repatriation of the last of three of the key players in a massive ivory smuggling syndicate based in Shuidong, China. In 2017, the Environmental I...

Chinese Shipbuilders Consider Buying Giant Yard in Subic Bay

By The Maritime Executive

January 14, 2019

Two Chinese shipbuilders have expressed interest in buying the Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Phillipines shipyard, prompting concern from policy and defense analysts. HHIC Phil began bu...

MHI Vestas to Open U.S. Headquarters in Boston

By The Maritime Executive

January 14, 2019

Marking a new era for MHI Vestas Offshore Wind in the U.S., the company will establish its base in Boston with recent hire Jason Folsom to lead the company’s ramp-up efforts. The office will focus ini...

The Case for Regulatory-Driven Diversification in Ship Finance

By Dimitri G. Vassilacos

January 13, 2019

A decade ago, we all knew of at least one shipping company that felt safe receiving its debt financing from a single source (a behavior that was, unfortunately, encouraged by some bankers), and eventu...

Magnetic North Pole Shifting Rapidly and Unpredictably

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2019

The Earth’s north magnetic pole is shifting so rapidly that steps are being taken to ensure it doesn't impact navigation in the Arctic. Compass needles point towards the north magnetic pole, a poin...

Air Force Veteran Inspired by Moby-Dick

By Ally Cedeno

January 12, 2019

“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas...” ? Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale In 2014, Ger Tysk of Houston, Texas, was recentl...

Renewable Energy to Have Far-Reaching Geopolitical Effects

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2019

Political and business leaders from around the world have outlined the far-reaching geopolitical implications of an energy transformation driven by the rapid growth of renewable energy. In a new r...

World Bank Gloomy About Global Economy

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2019

The outlook for the global economy in 2019 has darkened, according to the World Bank's January 2019 Global Economic Prospects report. International trade and investment have softened. Trade tension...

Sea Shepherd Ship Attacked

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2019

The Sea Shepherd Vessel M/V Farley Mowat was attacked on January 9 while conducting maritime patrols inside the Vaquita Refuge in the Upper Gulf of California. The vessel's crew had recovered three...

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