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Synergy Group Secures Oldendorff Ship Management

By The Maritime Executive

December 8, 2021

[By: Synergy Group] Synergy Marine Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of the Synergy Group, has signed an agreement to manage part of the bulk carrier fleet owned by Oldendorff Carriers, one of Germany’s f...

U.S. Coast Guard Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

By William Thiesen

December 7, 2021

In his war declaration speech, President Franklin Roosevelt labeled Dec. 7, 1941, as a “date that will live in infamy.” On that day, without forewarning or a declaration of war, forces of Imperial Jap...

Remembering Rep. Jolene Unsoeld, Maritime Trailblazer

By Denise Krepp

December 5, 2021

Last week, Rep. Jolene Unsoeld died at the age of 89. She served in Congress from 1989-1995, and she authored bipartisan legislation requiring masters of documented ships to report sexual offenses to...

BP Plans 500 MW Green Hydrogen Plant in Teesside, UK

By The Maritime Executive

November 29, 2021

Oil supermajor BP announced Monday that it is planning to build a large-scale green hydrogen plant on a site in Teesside, UK, in the country's industrial north. BP says that it will build out the f...

Catching Rumrunners: How Prohibition Built the Modern Coast Guard

By William Thiesen

November 21, 2021

[Prohibition] was a hard unremitting war with few of the rewards normally accompanying performance of such duty. Yet under the law, the Coast Guard had no alternative but to conduct it with zeal and d...

Inmarsat Secures Fleetwide Agreement with Maersk Supply Service

By The Maritime Executive

November 21, 2021

[By: Inmarsat] Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has extended its Fleet Xpress service agreement with Maersk Supply Service to include fleet wide IoT-based ship...

Aging Icebreaker Polar Star Heads for Antarctica for the 25th Time

By The Maritime Executive

November 14, 2021

For the 25th time in her long career, the Polar Star - the United States’ only heavy icebreaker - has departed for Antarctica to carry out the resupply mission for McMurdo Station, America's primary r...

Large Sail Cargo Project Advances with Canadian Investment

By The Maritime Executive

November 12, 2021

The efforts to launch the world’s largest zero-emission sailing cargo ship took a step forward with the announcement that a Canadian coffee company is investing in the project. The vessel, named Ceiba...

History Explains Why France and Britain are Fighting Over Fishing

By Richard Blakemore

November 7, 2021

A dispute between Britain and France about fishing territories has escalated rapidly. French authorities detained a British trawler on October 28, and Britain promptly summoned the French ambassador f...

Op-Ed: The U.S. Needs More Merchant Ships to Counter China

By Jeremy Greenwood and Emily Miletello

November 5, 2021

With the United States drawing down in the Middle East and starting to realize the long-awaited “pivot to the Pacific,” Chinese naval expansion and the troubling practices of Chinese distant-water fis...

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