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Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute Hosts IMO Delegation

By The Maritime Executive

July 27, 2015

Officials from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently completed a fact-finding mission to the Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute (EMTI) in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Juvenal Shiundu and W...

Remembering S.S. Eastland

By The Maritime Executive

July 26, 2015

by Senior Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf In 1915, the “Act to Create the U.S. Coast Guard” was signed, merging the Revenue Cutter Service and U.S. Life Saving Service to form the modern-day Coast G...

225 years of Service: Marine Environmental Protection

By The Maritime Executive

July 23, 2015

by William Thiesen, Atlantic Area Historian The U.S. Coast Guard has been the steward of the nation’s maritime environment since the 1820s. This mission dates back to 1822, when Congress tasked the...

Interview with Tom Crowley Jr on SIU Dedication

By The Maritime Executive

July 22, 2015

The Seafarers International Union recently honored the late Thomas Crowley Sr. with a new administration building named in his honor. The building is located on the campus of the Paul Hall Center for...

Sembcorp Marine Signs Construction Contract with Heerema

By The Maritime Executive

July 16, 2015

Sembcorp Marine (SCM) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Engineering and Construction contract worth approximately USD1 billion with Heerema Offshore Services B.V. (HOS) to build a new...

Guaran Feeder Before His Initial Trip

By The Maritime Executive

July 16, 2015

Before his initial trip, we visited at the port of Asuncion the company fleet of Guaran Feeder, there we were greeted by Captain Daniel Boya operation manager and CEO William Brasesco. Guaran Feede...

World's Largest Semi-Sub Crane Vessel Ordered

By The Maritime Executive

July 15, 2015

Sembcorp Marine has entered into a contract worth approximately $1 billion with Heerema Offshore Services to build a new DP3 semi-submersible crane vessel. With the vessel length of 220 meters (72...

UN:Greece Urgently Needs Assistance in Migrant Crisis

July 10, 2015

The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that Greece urgently needed help to cope with 1,000 migrants arriving each day and called on the European Union (EU) to step in before the humanitarian...

W?rtsil? Propulsion Solution Chosen for Scottish Vessel

By The Maritime Executive

July 8, 2015

A new modern fishing vessel being built by Simek AS in Norway on behalf of the U.K. operator Antares (Whalsay) Fishing Company Ltd, will feature an integrated Wärtsilä propulsion solution including ma...

Cunard Marks 175th Anniversary

By The Maritime Executive

July 5, 2015

Queen Mary 2 sounded her ship’s whistle (foghorn) at 1400 hours in Liverpool on Saturday to signify the time exactly 175 years earlier that Cunard’s first ship Britannia left the city’s Coburg Dock an...

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