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The Case for Upcycling the Gyres

By Jos Luis Guti rrez-Garca

September 11, 2017

Since large-scale production began in the early 1950s, the industry has made more than 8.2 billion metric tons (18.2 trillion pounds) of plastics; and we've put most of it in the trash. In 2015, t...

Irma Lashes Florida

By The Maritime Executive

September 11, 2017

Hurricane Irma made landfall at Marco Island, Florida, on Sunday afternoon, knocking out electricity to 2.5 million homes and flooding streets in Miami. At least three have been killed in Florida, a w...

Dong To build World's Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

By The Maritime Executive

September 11, 2017

Dong Energy has been awarded a contract to build its Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm by the U.K. government, one of three awards made on Monday. With a capacity of 1,386MW, enough to power o...

Cruise Ships Join Caribbean Support Efforts after Irma

By The Maritime Executive

September 9, 2017

Several cruise lines are sending ships to the Caribbean after Hurricane Irma hit the region last week. The vessels are delivering provisions and picking up stranded tourists. Irma caused extensive dam...

Paul G. Allen Philanthropies Funds Deep Ocean Research

By The Maritime Executive

September 8, 2017

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen and NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory will deploy a large array of new deep ocean floats to expand ocean observations in a key area o...

Midshipmen's Research Could Improve Hurricane Forecasting

By Warren Duffie Jr., Office of Naval Research

September 8, 2017

As Hurricane Irma approaches U.S. shores, researchers sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) are using air-dropped autonomous sensors to compile real-time ocean observations to help forecaste...

Hurricane Irma Heads for Florida

By The Maritime Executive

September 7, 2017

On Wednesday, Hurricane Irma swept over Puerto Rico, leaving one million residents without electrical power and 150,000 without running water. Flood levels have been reported in rivers across the isla...

Profiting from Data

By Paul Benecki

September 7, 2017

The method most shipowners use to monitor a vessel’s performance hasn’t changed much in decades. The captain sends his ship’s status to the home office every day in a Noon Report, which contains the...

New Estimate Made of MH370 Location

By The Maritime Executive

September 7, 2017

Australia's research agency CSIRO is examining new evidence into the fate of Flight MH370 which it believes points to the location of the missing aircraft. Flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014...

SeaRoc Group Announces Significant Team Expansion

By The Maritime Executive

September 7, 2017

SeaRoc Group has announced the expansion of its team with a number of new hires throughout Q2 2017. The Chichester (West Sussex, UK) based company, has taken on additional software developers to su...

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