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U.S. Navy Starts Alternative Fuel Use

By The Maritime Executive

January 20, 2016

The U.S. Navy commenced the use of biofuel as part of its regular operations on January 20 when Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack witnessed the deployment of the...

Crew Forced to Abandon Sinking Trawler, Collision Suspected

By The Maritime Executive

January 19, 2016

The crew of the fishing trawler Lezandi were rescued from their life raft after their vessel foundered in dense fog 10 nm off the coast of South Africa, possibly due to a collision with the bulk carri...

Search for Downed Helicopter Crews Continues

By The Maritime Executive

January 17, 2016

The Marine Corps has released the names of the twelve missing crewmembers of two lost helicopters downed off the North Shore of Oahu on Thursday evening. The two were CH-53E Super Stallions of Mari...

Video: Two Mississippi Bridge Allisions as Waters Rise

By The Maritime Executive

January 12, 2016

Authorities with the U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District are investigating two barge allisions on the Mississippi as high water levels hamper shipping and close navigation on some Western Rivers routes....

MMA Cadets Salute Lost Shipmates at El Faro Site

By The Maritime Executive

January 7, 2016

On January 7, students aboard the Maine Maritime Academy training ship State of Maine paid homage to the lost crew of the sunken cargo vessel El Faro with a wreath-laying ceremony near her final resti...

Record Number of Migrants Killed in 2015

January 1, 2016

More than 3,770 migrants and refugees died in 2015 trying to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea, making the year the deadliest on record for those seeking sanctuary from conflict and pover...

ECA Reduces Pollution But NOx Minimally Affected, Study Says

By The Maritime Executive

December 25, 2015

A study commissioned by a citizens advisory group in Prince William Sound found that the new 0.1 percent sulfur fuel required in the Emissions Control Area (ECA) almost eliminates tanker vessel SOx em...

OPEC Says It Will Sell Less Oil in 2020

December 23, 2015

Global demand for OPEC's crude will be lower in 2020 than next year as supply from rivals proves more resilient than expected, potentially fuelling a debate on the merits of its strategy to let prices...

Japan's Island Defense Plan Seeks to Turn Tables on China

December 18, 2015

Japan is fortifying its far-flung island chain in the East China Sea under an evolving strategy that aims to turn the tables on China's navy and keep it from ever dominating the Western Pacific Ocean,...

Towboat Collision, Sinking On Mississippi River

By The Maritime Executive

December 16, 2015

The U.S. Coast Guard continues work in response to the Monday collision of towing vessels Margaret Ann and William Strait in the Lower Mississippi River. The two vessels apparently misjudged distances...

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