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An Oil Spill's Silver Lining: The 30th Anniversary of OPA 90

By Megan Ewald

August 9, 2020

[By Megan Ewald] When an oil spill happens, whoever is responsible pays for the cleanup and restoration. But this has not always been the case. Thirty years ago, on March 24, 1989, the oil tanke...

U.S. Coast Guard Celebrates its 230th Anniversary

By William Thiesen

August 9, 2020

"A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of the laws." - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper #12 (November 27, 1787...

First Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship Delivered to Royal Canadian Navy

By The Maritime Executive

July 31, 2020

Five years after Canada ordered its new generation of new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the first of the vessels built for the Royal Canadian Navy under the National Shipbuilding Strategy wa...

75 Years Ago: The Last Nazi U-Boat Surrenders

By William Thiesen

July 26, 2020

Described as a “lanky, hawk-faced man,” Charles Eliot Winslow was born in 1909 and grew up in the Boston area. He preferred using his middle name and, by 1940, he was a successful paint salesman and e...

RMK Merrill-Stevens Names William Clewes CEO; Redevelopment and Reopen

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2020

Florida’s first and most historic shipyard, RMK Merrill-Stevens, has unveiled industry veteran William Clewes as its new CEO. “I am excited about building a team and a new facility to bring the RMK Me...

CMV Becomes the Third Cruise Line To Go Out of Business in a Month

By The Maritime Executive

July 20, 2020

Cruise and Maritime Voyages, a cruise operator focusing on the British market, was placed in receivership late today. This ends several weeks of the cruise line struggling to find financing to help it...

New Species of Mat-Forming Algae Smothers Coral on Subtropical Atoll

By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

July 19, 2020

[By Marissa Garcia] In August 2019, researchers took a dive at Pearl and Hermes Atoll (Manawai) in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. At about 40 feet below the surface, they expected to s...

UN Security Council Holds Hearing on Dangerously Deteriorated FSO

By The Maritime Executive

July 17, 2020

On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council held a meeting on the condition of the single-hull FSO Safer, a 46-year-old converted tanker moored off Yemen. Marine safety and environmental experts warned th...

Detyens Shipyards Awarded Overhaul of USNS William McLean

By The Maritime Executive

July 16, 2020

U.S.-based Detyens Shipyards was notified that it was the successful bidder for a contract to overhaul the USNS William McLean (T-AKE-12). The 689-foot long dry cargo/ammunition ship is used by the Mi...

Maine Maritime's "Fast Cruise" Disrupted by Noise Complaints

By The Maritime Executive

July 12, 2020

Maine Maritime Academy has come up with a workable option to provide its 2020 graduating class with enough sea time: a "fast cruise" at the pier. However, MMA's training ship had to depart after all -...

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