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Pemex Tanker on Fire in Gulf of Mexico

By The Maritime Executive

September 25, 2016

A fire broke out on an oil tanker of Mexican state oil company Pemex in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, forcing all the crew to be evacuated in the latest accident to plague the struggling firm. Th...

Offshore Wind Investors Eye the U.S. East Coast

September 23, 2016

Yield-hungry investors in the offshore wind market are switching their sights to the United States as future support for the industry in Europe remains uncertain, leaving billions of euros looking for...

Exhaustive Range of Quality PPE Makes VIKING the Offshore Wind Favorite

By The Maritime Executive

September 23, 2016

Marine safety equipment manufacturer and servicing provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment’s expanded portfolio of PPE has made choosing safety equipment and servicing much easier for offshore wind deve...

DONG to Build U.K. Offshore Wind Hub

By The Maritime Executive

September 22, 2016

Denmark's DONG Energy said on Thursday it would build a multi-million pound maintenance hub in Grimsby, northeast England, to provide services for its offshore wind operations. The new facility wou...

Vattenfall Unearths Mines at Windfarm Site

By The Maritime Executive

September 22, 2016

Vattenfall has shared two videos of a World War II mine with a 700kg explosive charge being unearthed from the seabed at the site of Denmark’s Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. The mine had been iden...

Oily Sheen and Powerful Odor Reported in Vallejo

By The Maritime Executive

September 21, 2016

In Vallejo, California, the Coast Guard is investigating reports of an oily sheen on the water accompanied by a strong odor. The smell was strong enough Tuesday night to prompt local firefighters to i...

Sea Shepherd In Latin America

September 21, 2016

A new book by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, The Southern Tide, addresses maritime security issues throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. It discusses the challenges regional navies face including lim...

RBS Winds Down Its Shipping Loan Business

September 20, 2016

The Royal Bank of Scotland has begun winding down its global shipping finance business, it said on Tuesday, ending efforts to sell it amid a worsening downturn across the freight industry. Chief Ex...

Regulatory Complexity and Ballast Water Management

By Peter R. Knight, Esq. and Tavo True-Alcal

September 19, 2016

On September 8, Finland became the fifty-second country to sign on to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and...

Harnessing Boat Pitches for Renewable Energy Onboard

By The Maritime Executive

September 18, 2016

When a boat pitches in waves, it creates inertial energy. The E.U.-funded SeaKERS project developed the tools to harness this renewable energy for charging yacht batteries. The project team is now pla...

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