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Go SUBSCRIBE NOW Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Media Kit * news * Features * Podcasts * Magazine * Newsletter * Blogs * Directory * Jobs * Advertise * Subscribe * news * features * Podcasts * magazine * newsletter * blogs * directory * Jobs * advertise * subscribe TOP STORIES ABANDONED CREW HEADS HOME AFTER CHINESE LIVESTOCK CARRIER IS SOLD Published by The Maritime Executive MASSIVE FIRE BREAKS OUT AT SEATTLE BOAT YARD Published by The Maritime Executive FIRE AT CHEMICAL PLANT BRIEFLY SHUTS HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL Published by The Maritime Executive VIDEO: PORTUGAL TOWS BURNING TANKER TO SEA AS WEATHER FRONT APPROACHES Published by The Maritime Executive COST ESTIMATES FOR REPAIRS TO HMS PRINCE OF WALES SKYROCKET TRENDING STORIES * MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SEIZES U.S.-OWNED MARINE TERMINAL NEAR CANCUN * VIDEO: INTOXICATED PILOT ABOARD HMM BOXSHIP HITS DOCK AT KAOHSIUNG * ANTIGUA: ABANDONED RUSSIAN SUPERYACHT COULD POSE SAFETY HAZARD * PORTUGUESE NAVY RELIEVES SAILORS FOR REFUSING TO BOARD “FAULTY” VESSEL EDITORIALS * TO PREPARE TO FIGHT, CHINA IS STUDYING AMERICA'S WWII PACIFIC CAMPAIGN * OP-ED: BEFRIENDING STOWAWAYS PUTS SEAFARERS AT RISK * HISTORY OF CONTAINERIZATION: SIMPLICITY AND ECONOMICS MORE TOP STORIES HAMBURG PORT AND ELBE CLOSED AS PILOT BOATS JOIN PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKE Published Mar 22, 2023 3:41 PM by The Maritime Executive A public employees strike has effectively closed the Port of Hamburg, Germany’s busiest seaport and the second busiest in all of Europe, for 48 hours. Port officials began limiting vessel movements on the Elbe as of this morning and closed the port for all departing vessels later in the day with the strike expected to continue until Friday morning. The Port Authority said it had decided due to the massive restrictions imposed by the union to block the Elbe until... Continue Reading... TO PREPARE TO FIGHT, CHINA IS STUDYING AMERICA'S WWII PACIFIC CAMPAIGN Published Mar 22, 2023 3:10 PM by CIMSEC [By Toshi Yoshihara] The following article is adapted from a new report by Dr. Toshi Yoshihara at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), Chinese Lessons from the Pacific War: Implications for PLA Warfighting. It appears here courtesy of CIMSEC and may be found in its original form here. Like all militaries, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) studies other nations’ wars to understand the changing character of warfare. The PLA has dissected the Falklands War, the First Gulf War,... Continue Reading... RESEARCH VESSEL FALLS OVER IN SCOTTISH DRY DOCK WITH MANY INJURED Published Mar 22, 2023 1:47 PM by The Maritime Executive Multiple Scottish rescue services are responding to what is being deemed a “major incident” after a research vessel once owned by the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Paul Allen fell onto its side in a dry dock accident in Leith, Scotland. Police and rescue services are asking the public to remain clear of the area reporting that more than 30 vehicles and air ambulances are tending to the injured. At last report, 33 people have been treated so far with some... Continue Reading... THE BLUE MBA IS FULFILLING AIMS TO STAY RELEVANT, CURRENT AND ‘GREEN' Published Mar 22, 2023 12:46 PM by Irene Rosberg For an industry-specific academic program developing top-level management, the most important contribution to success is to stay relevant and current, keeping up with the swirl of issues flashing on the dashboard. It is therefore a priority for us to keep abreast of the present, and likely future, challenges facing the industry, and to identify and ensure the inclusion of the best people in our courses. In the past few years, and now at an accelerating pace, the industry has experienced... Continue Reading... STORIES BY CATEGORY Shipping ABANDONED CREW HEADS HOME AFTER CHINESE LIVESTOCK CARRIER IS SOLD The last 16 members of the crew abandon six months ago aboard a Chinese-owned livestock carrier finally left the ship today heading home after their long ordeal. The Federal Court of Australia had placed a priority on the crewmembers and their welfare along with the assistance of the local office of the Mission to Seafarers and the International Transport Workers' Federation. The saga of the crew and the vessel began last September when the Yangtze Fortune owned by a Chinese... Continue Reading... * Longtime Oldendorff CEO Peter Twiss Retires After Record-Setting Year * Flag Administrators Denounce ITF’s Targeted Inspection Campaign * Maersk Unveils Pioneering First Methanol-Fueled Container Feeder * New AXSMarine Tool Helps Users Visualize CO2 Emissions and CII Tugs & Salvage MASSIVE FIRE BREAKS OUT AT SEATTLE BOAT YARD On Wednesday morning, a major fire broke out at the Seattle Boat Company yard in Seattle's University District. At about 0200 hours, the Seattle Fire Department received a report that the yard had multiple boats on fire. The first crews on scene found that the dry rack storage shed at the yard was on fire, and about 30 boats were affected. No one was inside the structure. The fire department declared it a two-alarm fire and dispatched additional units, including... Continue Reading... * Fire at Chemical Plant Briefly Shuts Houston Ship Channel * Video: Portugal Tows Burning Tanker to Sea as Weather Front Approaches * Research Vessel Falls Over in Scottish Dry Dock with Many Injured * Video: Derelict Tug Goes Down Suddenly on Seattle's Ship Canal Government TO PREPARE TO FIGHT, CHINA IS STUDYING AMERICA'S WWII PACIFIC CAMPAIGN [By Toshi Yoshihara] The following article is adapted from a new report by Dr. Toshi Yoshihara at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), Chinese Lessons from the Pacific War: Implications for PLA Warfighting. It appears here courtesy of CIMSEC and may be found in its original form here. Like all militaries, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) studies other nations’ wars to understand the changing character of warfare. The PLA has dissected the Falklands War, the First Gulf War,... Continue Reading... * Cost Estimates for Repairs to HMS Prince of Wales Skyrocket * Mexican Government Seizes U.S.-Owned Marine Terminal Near Cancun * Could Indonesia Block Foreign Nuclear Subs at Maritime Choke Points? * In Battle Over Decommissioning, US Navy Highlights Fleet's Weak Points Corporate News THE OCEAN PROJECT EU - UN HIGH SEAS TREATY Agreed on March 5th, 2023, and expected to be covering almost two-thirds of the ocean that lies outside national boundaries, the new UN ‘High Seas Treaty’ is set to provide a legal framework for establishing networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), designed to contribute to the conservation of marine biodiversity. The ‘High Seas Treaty’ is most timely in providing a governance framework for MPAs to implement one of the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) recently adopted Global... Continue Reading... * Wärtsilä 31 Engine Gets Record-Breaking Power Boost * Stolt Tankers Buys Two Tankers for Caribbean Trade * Roxtec Names Technical Sale Engineer * Optimarin Expands BWTS Manufacturing into China Cruise Ships SYMPHONY OF THE SEAS SETS RECORD NUMBER OF SOULS ON ATLANTIC CROSSING One of the largest cruise ships in the world, Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas is claiming a passenger ship record with reports it carried the most people on a trans-Atlantic crossing. It is especially remarkable as it was an eastbound crossing early in the season as the cruise ship repositioned from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean on a 12-day trip that was mostly spent at sea with few ports of call. Introduced in 2018, the Symphony of the... Continue Reading... * MOL Plans to Expand Cruises and Enter International Market * Carnival Corp. Sells Seabourn Odyssey to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines * Interview: Mario Zanetti, President, Costa Cruises * First Cruise Ship Homeported in Hong Kong After Pandemic Starts Trips Ports HAMBURG PORT AND ELBE CLOSED AS PILOT BOATS JOIN PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKE A public employees strike has effectively closed the Port of Hamburg, Germany’s busiest seaport and the second busiest in all of Europe, for 48 hours. Port officials began limiting vessel movements on the Elbe as of this morning and closed the port for all departing vessels later in the day with the strike expected to continue until Friday morning. The Port Authority said it had decided due to the massive restrictions imposed by the union to block the Elbe until... Continue Reading... * Port Handles First Containers in 40 Years in Cyclone Relief Effort * Video: Intoxicated Pilot Aboard HMM Boxship Hits Dock at Kaohsiung * AD Ports Scoops Deals to Develop New Terminals in Congo and Egypt * Southern California Ports See Steep Monthly Volume Declines JOIN THE CONVERSATION. FEATURED STORIES * THE BLUE MBA IS FULFILLING AIMS TO STAY RELEVANT, CURRENT AND ‘GREEN' * NEW AXSMARINE TOOL HELPS USERS VISUALIZE CO2 EMISSIONS AND CII * PORT MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INTRODUCES APP FOR REMOTE COVID-19 TESTING BLOGS * STANDARDIZATION IS KEY TO BOOSTING ECONOMIES OF SCALE * WHEN A SWEDISH PROGRAM TO INVESTIGATE ENGINE ROOM FIRES WAS LAUNCHED * SEAFARERS MUST ADAPT TO THE RAPID EVOLUTION OF PIRACY PODCASTS * IN THE KNOW PODCAST 48: JONATHAN WARD ON CHINA’S AGGRESSION * IN THE KNOW PODCAST 47: PAUL SELLS, PRESIDENT AND CEO, ABS WAVESIGHT * IN THE KNOW PODCAST: THOMAS KLENUM, EXECUTIVE VP, LIBERIAN REGISTRY STORIES BY CATEGORY Shipping ABANDONED CREW HEADS HOME AFTER CHINESE LIVESTOCK CARRIER IS SOLD The last 16 members of the crew abandon six months ago aboard a Chinese-owned livestock carrier finally left the ship today heading home after their long ordeal. The Federal Court of Australia had placed a priority on the crewmembers and their welfare along with the assistance of the local office of the Mission to Seafarers and the International Transport Workers' Federation. The saga of the crew and the vessel began last September when the Yangtze Fortune owned by a Chinese... Continue Reading... * Longtime Oldendorff CEO Peter Twiss Retires After Record-Setting Year * Flag Administrators Denounce ITF’s Targeted Inspection Campaign * Maersk Unveils Pioneering First Methanol-Fueled Container Feeder * New AXSMarine Tool Helps Users Visualize CO2 Emissions and CII Tugs & Salvage MASSIVE FIRE BREAKS OUT AT SEATTLE BOAT YARD On Wednesday morning, a major fire broke out at the Seattle Boat Company yard in Seattle's University District. At about 0200 hours, the Seattle Fire Department received a report that the yard had multiple boats on fire. The first crews on scene found that the dry rack storage shed at the yard was on fire, and about 30 boats were affected. No one was inside the structure. The fire department declared it a two-alarm fire and dispatched additional units, including... Continue Reading... * Fire at Chemical Plant Briefly Shuts Houston Ship Channel * Video: Portugal Tows Burning Tanker to Sea as Weather Front Approaches * Research Vessel Falls Over in Scottish Dry Dock with Many Injured * Video: Derelict Tug Goes Down Suddenly on Seattle's Ship Canal Government TO PREPARE TO FIGHT, CHINA IS STUDYING AMERICA'S WWII PACIFIC CAMPAIGN [By Toshi Yoshihara] The following article is adapted from a new report by Dr. Toshi Yoshihara at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), Chinese Lessons from the Pacific War: Implications for PLA Warfighting. It appears here courtesy of CIMSEC and may be found in its original form here. Like all militaries, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) studies other nations’ wars to understand the changing character of warfare. The PLA has dissected the Falklands War, the First Gulf War,... Continue Reading... * Cost Estimates for Repairs to HMS Prince of Wales Skyrocket * Mexican Government Seizes U.S.-Owned Marine Terminal Near Cancun * Could Indonesia Block Foreign Nuclear Subs at Maritime Choke Points? * In Battle Over Decommissioning, US Navy Highlights Fleet's Weak Points Corporate News THE OCEAN PROJECT EU - UN HIGH SEAS TREATY Agreed on March 5th, 2023, and expected to be covering almost two-thirds of the ocean that lies outside national boundaries, the new UN ‘High Seas Treaty’ is set to provide a legal framework for establishing networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), designed to contribute to the conservation of marine biodiversity. The ‘High Seas Treaty’ is most timely in providing a governance framework for MPAs to implement one of the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) recently adopted Global... Continue Reading... * Wärtsilä 31 Engine Gets Record-Breaking Power Boost * Stolt Tankers Buys Two Tankers for Caribbean Trade * Roxtec Names Technical Sale Engineer * Optimarin Expands BWTS Manufacturing into China Cruise Ships SYMPHONY OF THE SEAS SETS RECORD NUMBER OF SOULS ON ATLANTIC CROSSING One of the largest cruise ships in the world, Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas is claiming a passenger ship record with reports it carried the most people on a trans-Atlantic crossing. It is especially remarkable as it was an eastbound crossing early in the season as the cruise ship repositioned from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean on a 12-day trip that was mostly spent at sea with few ports of call. Introduced in 2018, the Symphony of the... Continue Reading... * MOL Plans to Expand Cruises and Enter International Market * Carnival Corp. Sells Seabourn Odyssey to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines * Interview: Mario Zanetti, President, Costa Cruises * First Cruise Ship Homeported in Hong Kong After Pandemic Starts Trips Ports HAMBURG PORT AND ELBE CLOSED AS PILOT BOATS JOIN PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKE A public employees strike has effectively closed the Port of Hamburg, Germany’s busiest seaport and the second busiest in all of Europe, for 48 hours. Port officials began limiting vessel movements on the Elbe as of this morning and closed the port for all departing vessels later in the day with the strike expected to continue until Friday morning. The Port Authority said it had decided due to the massive restrictions imposed by the union to block the Elbe until... Continue Reading... * Port Handles First Containers in 40 Years in Cyclone Relief Effort * Video: Intoxicated Pilot Aboard HMM Boxship Hits Dock at Kaohsiung * AD Ports Scoops Deals to Develop New Terminals in Congo and Egypt * Southern California Ports See Steep Monthly Volume Declines MORE STORIES BY CATEGORY Offshore NETHERLANDS PLANS WORLD’S LARGEST OFFSHORE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SITE The Netherlands is moving forward with plans for the development of the world’s largest offshore hydrogen production project. Last December the government said it intended to pursue offshore hydrogen production and today the Ministry for Climate and Energy Policy announced the site selection working from existing plans for offshore wind farm development and the existing natural gas pipeline. The project would be the first in which hydrogen production at sea is carried out on a large scale. The site selected... Continue Reading... * UK Union Says Strikes Will Cause Standstill at Dozens of Oil Platforms * Rhode Island Wind Farm Proposal Links Port and Shipbuilding Investment * French Pension Reform Strikes Shut Down LNG Terminals * Celtic Sea Demonstration Floating Wind Project Gets Welsh Approval Shipbuilding SAMSUNG HEAVY BRINGS IN KONGSBERG TO WORK ON AUTONOMOUS SHIP PROGRAM Samsung Heavy Industries has brought in Kongsberg Maritime to work on the Korean shipbuilder's ongoing autonomous ship technology program, expanding on earlier in-house efforts to design self-navigating vessels. The new joint project agreement is focused on developing a design for a next-gen autonomous LNG carrier with a capacity of 174,000 cubic meters, the industry-standard size. SHI will handle systems integration and overall design, while Kongsberg will serve as a "strategic partner" responsible for providing integrated solution designs. Kongsberg has considerable... Continue Reading... * Fire Island Ferries Takes Delivery of Unique Cargo Vessel * PacFish Predicts Limited Impact From Crab Season Closures * Report: KSOE Designed Nuclear Powered Hydrogen Production Barge * Buying Virginia-Class Subs Will Strengthen Australian Sovereignty Environment HOW THE OCEAN TWILIGHT ZONE COULD STORE VAST AMOUNTS OF CARBON Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton rain down from above. This is the heart of the ocean’s carbon pump, part of the natural ocean processes that capture about a third of all human-produced carbon dioxide and sink it into the deep sea, where it remains for hundreds of years. There may be ways to enhance these processes so the ocean pulls more carbon out of the... Continue Reading... * MSC Commits Money and Resources to Singapore's Decarbonization Center * Methane Slip Initiative Expands With Seven New Shipowners * Record-Setting Cyclone Freddy Makes Third Landfall * Squid Fishing on the High Seas Has Exploded Since 2017 Business THE BLUE MBA IS FULFILLING AIMS TO STAY RELEVANT, CURRENT AND ‘GREEN' For an industry-specific academic program developing top-level management, the most important contribution to success is to stay relevant and current, keeping up with the swirl of issues flashing on the dashboard. It is therefore a priority for us to keep abreast of the present, and likely future, challenges facing the industry, and to identify and ensure the inclusion of the best people in our courses. In the past few years, and now at an accelerating pace, the industry has experienced... Continue Reading... * Maersk Exits Energy Sector Agreeing to Sell Maersk Supply Service * Frank Del Rio Retires After 30-Year Cruise Line Career * The Demographic Challenge * Evergreen Issues Hefty Bonuses After a Profitable 2022 SUBSCRIPTIONS SUBSCRIBE * Print * Digital * Newsletter * Renew Subscribe Now MARITIME INDUSTRY CONFERENCES AND EVENTS Select any month to view events: March April May June July August September October November December January February * Loading More news * About Us * Advertise * Newsletter * Contact Us * Privacy Policy * Site Map * News * Features * Podcasts * Magazine * Newsletter * Blogs * Directory * Jobs * Piracy News * Shipbuilding News * Cruise Ship News * Ports News * Salvage News * Training News * Government News * Environment News * Corporate News Subscribe © Copyright 2023 The Maritime Executive, LLC. All rights reserved.