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Veterans Day: Coast Guard Heroes of the Normandy Landings

By U.S. Coast Guard News

November 11, 2020

[By BM1 William A. Bleyer] “We were sitting ducks and the Germans clearly had us in their sights.“ - Steward’s Mate 2nd Class John Noble Roberts, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve The most iconic photogr...

Port of Hamburg Honored as Best Seaport – Europe from Asia Cargo News

By The Maritime Executive

November 11, 2020

The Port of Hamburg was chosen as the “Best Seaport – Europe” by the readers of the trade paper Asia Cargo News on 9 November 2020. This is the fifth time that the Port of Hamburg has received this aw...

Cruise Lines Rehiring Crew for Ship Restart and Crew Change

By The Maritime Executive

October 29, 2020

Around the cruise industry, there have been quiet efforts to recall some of the many crew members that had been repatriated in the spring and summer as the industry’s pause in operations was extended....

VIKING Signs Global Firefighting Foam Agreement with Dr. Sthamer

By The Maritime Executive

October 29, 2020

VIKING, the leading marine safety specialist, acquired Drew Marine’s Fire Safety Rescue division in 2019 and absorbed the operation into its marine fire service (MFS) business, consolidated under a ma...

Four People Charged in $200K Fake US Coast Guard Credentialing Scheme

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2020

Four individuals have been charged in a scheme to sell phony US Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. The grand jury ind...

ABS and American P&I Collaborate on IMO Compliant E-Learning Module

By The Maritime Executive

October 27, 2020

The close collaboration between ABS and the American P&I Club continues to deliver new loss prevention initiatives for the industry. Leaders in their respective fields, the American P&I Club and AB...

Kenya Leading IMO Talks on Clamping Down on Wildlife Trafficking

By Brian Gicheru Kinyua

October 4, 2020

Kenya is leading high-level international engagements with the international community in a bid to introduce guidelines to suppress the pervasive racket of trafficking wildlife via shipping. In recent...

Keeping Ship Agents and Shipbrokers up to Pace

By Mikael Lind et al.

September 17, 2020

[By Mikael Lind, Jonathan C. Williams, Sue Probert and Juan Carlos Croston] Digitalization offers opportunities for actors to be part of emerging information sharing communities that transcend the...

150 Years of U.S. Arctic Operations

By William Thiesen

September 13, 2020

If you are subjected to miserable discomforts, or even if you suffer, it must be regarded as all right and simply a part of life; like sailors, you must never dwell too much on the dangers or sufferin...

Profile: Rear Adm. Edward “Iceberg” Smith and the Greenland Patrol

By William Thiesen

September 6, 2020

"To the officers of the Greenland Patrol vessels: This is your command. Your first command. Your first great chance. It is hard, responsible, vital duty. War duty. Don’t fail your country or your ship...

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