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Women in Maritime

IMO Urges More Efforts as World Marks Women in Maritime Day

Published May 17, 2024 6:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Organizations around the globe marked the annual Women in Maritime Day, on May 18, highlighting the advancements women are making in the field while calling for continued actions for training and to support equality. The International Maritime Organization marked the day with its 36th annual program while also urging the industry to invest in the future by ensuring gender equality.  To highlight the continuing inequalities, the IMO cited data saying that currently only 29 percent of the overall maritime...

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Portland Oregon

Oregon’s Port of Portland Gets State Funds to Maintain Container Ops

Published May 17, 2024 5:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Port of Portland, Oregon’s only ocean-going seaport, announced it will reverse course and not suspend container operations. The move came after the state’s governor, Tina Kotek, released a letter on Thursday reporting she would provide stop-gap funding and would include long-term funding for channel maintenance in the state’s budget. In total, she is proposing $40 million in future support to the port and its container operations. “Farmers, union members, shippers, and business leaders have all asked me...

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Houthi

Video: Houthi Claim Fourth Downing of U.S. Drone Over Yemen

Published May 17, 2024 4:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A spokesperson for the Houthi militants released a statement on social media claiming that their forces successfully shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone. They released a video although the date of the video and details could not be independently verified. Yahya Saree said that their forces “were able to shoot down an American MQ9 aircraft yesterday, Thursday, evening,” without supply details. He however continued,” The plane was targeted by a locally-made surface-to-air missile.” The state also asserted it...

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Captain and Mate Arrested After Ship Collides with Fishing Boat off Iceland

Published May 17, 2024 3:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Icelandic officials are confirming that a court has ordered the captain and second mate of a cargo ship that was sailing off the southern coast held after a suspected collision with a fishing boat early on May 16. Miraculously, the fisherman survived uninjured from his capsized boat but the cargo ship continued sailing with the Coast Guard later tracking the vessel into the port of Vestmannaeyjar. According to the Coast Guard and the Search and Rescue Service, it was...

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New York Grants Final Approvals for Empire Wind to Start Construction

  The New York State Public Service Commission granted Empire Offshore Wind its final approval, authorizing the project to begin construction on the 810MW offshore wind farm. This comes after the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) gave its final approvals for the wind farm in February and is the latest demonstration of the efforts to build momentum in the U.S. offshore energy sector.  “Offshore wind is a critically important part of our fight against climate change, and today’s...

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Shipbuilding

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Assembly Starts for First U.S. Rock Installation Vessel for Offshore Wind

  Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation reports that construction has begun on its subsea rock installation vessel, the first of its kind planned for the U.S. and the first to be Joens Act complaint. The vessel is part of the company’s long-term growth strategy to enter the U.S., and possibly internationally, offshore wind market. The vessel is designed to put the company in a unique business position in the U.S. market while it also continues to pursue and tender...

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Environment

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Momentum is Building for Ammonia as Technology Matures

  Demand for ammonia is being transformed by the energy transition. Until recently used as an input for fertilizer and chemical products, new markets for green and blue ammonia are emerging, replacing coal in power generation, in green steel production and as a marine fuel. Today some 200 million tonnes per annum is produced worldwide, with 20 million transported in LPG carriers. The scale of the emerging and potential demand will see these figures rise; how quickly this can be achieved will...

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Business

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UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary Officers to Launch First Job Action Says Nautilus

  The officers of the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the civilian support service for the Royal Navy, will start a work slowdown according to their union Nautilus International. It is the latest step in a long-running dispute over wages but will stop short of a full-on strike.  Hundreds of Nautilus members working onboard RFA vessels, which include the Royal Navy’s fleet of tankers and supply ships, starting June 1 will only undertake work responsibilities commensurate with their job title according...

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