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$38 Million to Study Oil Spill Effects in Gulf of Mexico

By The Maritime Executive

November 16, 2015

The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Research Board has announced that it will award nearly $38 million to individuals and teams studying the effects of oil on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem a...

Oil Tankers Back Up As Onshore Storage Fills

November 13, 2015

As land storage sites worldwide reach the brimming point due to a supply glut, tens of millions of barrels of oil are sitting on tankers looking for homes - threatening logistical paralysis. The In...

Crowley's Craig Tornga Appointed VP of Stakeholder Relations

By The Maritime Executive

November 12, 2015

Crowley Maritime Corporation announced today that company veteran Craig Tornga has assumed the role of vice president of stakeholder relations for Alaska, and will coordinate with all of Crowley's Ala...

Mapping the Arctic's Future While Erasing Its Past

By Mia Bennett

November 11, 2015

Last week, Nature Climate Change published a new paper on mapping the future of the Arctic Ocean. The extent of open water in the world’s northernmost sea is expanding, and the study projects that ice...

Tanker Rates Stand Out In Down Market

November 9, 2015

The market for hedging oil tanker freight has revived sharply this year to a value of $4.5 billion after years of torpor, with ship owners looking to profit from a freight rally and more energy compan...

Honoring Service: Eddie Hernandez in Vietnam

By The Maritime Executive

November 8, 2015

By Dr William H. Thiesen, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area historian Fast Response Cutter namesake Heriberto Segovia Hernandez volunteered for duty in Vietnam in 1968. Known as “Eddie” by his friends...

Sailors' Society Supporters raise funds for Greek Maritime Scholarship

By The Maritime Executive

October 26, 2015

Sailors’ Society held its inaugural fundraising Shipping Dinner in Greece on Thursday 15 October, raising 38,000 to enable two Greek students to pursue their dream of a career at sea. Over 250 indu...

A New Class of Polar Explorers

By Mia Bennett

October 23, 2015

In August, just as the short polar cruising season was winding down to a close, I sat down in a canteen at Moscow State University with Tatiana Posepelova, a business student and lover of extreme trav...

American Maritime Safety Presents 2015 Safety Awards

By The Maritime Executive

October 21, 2015

American Maritime Safety, Inc. (“AMS”), held its 2015 Annual Membership Meeting and Safety Awards Ceremony at the Yale University Club in New York City. Recipients of this year’s AMS Safety Awards wer...

Bollinger Delivers the CGC Joseph Napier

By The Maritime Executive

October 21, 2015

Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the JOSEPH NAPIER, the 15th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. The announcement was made by Bollinger’s President & C.E.O., Ben Bordelon....

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