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IMO Elects New Forty-Member Council

By The Maritime Executive

November 29, 2015

The IMO assembly has elected a new council for the 2016-2017 biennium. The council is the executive organ of IMO and is responsible, under the assembly, for supervising the work of the organization. ...

Exploring the Future of Sail Power

By Harry Valentine

November 26, 2015

Prior to the development of maritime steam power during the 19th century, wind powered ships carried the world’s trade. New developments in wind propulsion include airborne kite sails from Germany and...

Catamaran Incident: Vessel Driven "Too Hard"

By The Maritime Executive

November 26, 2015

The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission has released its report on the hull damage and flooding suffered by a whale watching vessel saying the vessel was taken into sea conditions...

The Connected Ship

By Wendy Laursen

November 26, 2015

More than just IT buzzwords, the “paperless,” “connected” ship sending “big data” back to shore is a vision of the future for the shipping industry. But a lot more manual work goes on in shipping than...

Swedish Study Points to High Rate of Ship Pollution

By The Maritime Executive

November 26, 2015

New data presented by researchers at Sweden’s Lund University show that the air along the nation’s coasts is full of hazardous nanoparticles from sea traffic. Almost half of the measured particles ste...

Hands-On Learning

By Todd Vorenkamp

November 26, 2015

Like the oceans themselves, maritime training is in constant flux. New technological advances and evolving regulatory requirements demand constant adjustment. The schools themselves come in all shapes...

New Zealand: Greenpeace Activists Arrested

By The Maritime Executive

November 25, 2015

Three Greenpeace protesters have now been arrested after 10 hours of hanging on the New Zealand research ship Tangaroa in strong winds. Siana Fitzjohn, Kailas Wild and Adrian Sanders were cheered b...

DNV Gl Study Calls For Technology Improvements to Reduce Costs

By The Maritime Executive

November 25, 2015

OG21 today received the DNV GL study of technologies that should be developed for year-round oil and gas production at 74 degrees North in the Norwegian Barents Sea. New licenses are due to be awarded...

Uncharted Waters for Shipping

By Basil Karatzas

November 25, 2015

Having returned from a lengthy business trip to Europe, one has the feeling that something is different this time with the shipping markets. We all knew that the market has been through some rough sea...

Offshore Wind: New Installation Technique Tested

By The Maritime Executive

November 24, 2015

New methods of constructing wind farms at sea are playing a major role in reducing costs and shortening building times. One of the latest, a new vibratory technique, has been tested on land and shown...

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