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Ships Caught in Legal Web of Chinese Business Disputes

By The Maritime Executive

September 30, 2013

Photo: Henna, as Pacific Sun in 2007. When more than 2,000 passengers aboard China's biggest cruise liner found their ship detained in a South Korean port and their holiday in ruins, they had unwitti...

"The Daily Show" Visits The Maritime Executive

By The Maritime Executive

September 25, 2013

“The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart sent producer Miles Kahn and reporter Jessica Williams to MarEx’s corporate offices in Fort Lauderdale to film a segment about the controversy surrounding the Food fo...

HOS Riverbend Launched for Hornbeck Offshore Services

By The Maritime Executive

September 24, 2013

Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is pleased to announce, on Friday September 6, 2013, the launching of the HOS RIVERBEND (H204) for Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC. The launching event was held at Ea...

2 Missing After U.S. Navy Helicopter Crashes in Red Sea

By The Maritime Executive

September 23, 2013

Update: Search and rescue (SAR) efforts for the remaining two crewmembers involved in a U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter crash were suspended Sept. 23 at approximately 3 p.m. Bahrain time. Navy...

[Video] Piracy Mitigation Strategies - Piracy Off West African Coast

By The Maritime Executive

September 23, 2013

Maritime piracy remains a significant problem around the world, threatening the lives of seamen while carrying a price tag of about $6-7 billion a year. That sum includes both monies lost and stolen a...

Halliburton Gets Max Fine for Deepwater Horizon

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2013

Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Halliburton) pleaded guilty to destroying evidence pertaining to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and was sentenced to the statutory maximum fine, the Justice Depa...

FMC Commissioner Doyle Discusses Panama Canal Expansion

By The Maritime Executive

September 19, 2013

Commissioner William P. Doyle of the Federal Maritime Commission, gave a keynote address at the Eno Center for Transportation Forum on the Panama Canal: Lessons Learned and Implications for World Comm...

Maine Maritime Academy to Break Ground on ABS Center for Engineering, Science and Research

By The Maritime Executive

September 17, 2013

On Saturday, September 21st, Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) will officially move forward and break ground for the first classroom facility to be built on the college campus in 30 years: the ABS Center f...

EU Sanctions Against Iran's Top Cargo Ship Line Scrapped

By The Maritime Executive

September 16, 2013

The European Union's efforts to impose economic sanctions on Iran suffered a new setback on Monday when a top court ruled that measures against the Islamic Republic's biggest cargo carrier should be l...

Nucelar Icebreakers Rescue Drifting Tanker in Arctic

By The Maritime Executive

September 16, 2013

On September 5th, the Northern Sea Route Administration reported that the tanker Nordvik was transiting from Ob Bay to Khatanga with nearly 5,000 tons of arctic diesel fuel. Violating the issued NSR A...

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