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EU Adopts New Sanctions That Lower Oil Price Cap and Hit Shadow Tankers

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Port of Barcelona Reduces Cruise Terminals to Limit Overtourism

Published Jul 18, 2025 3:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The city of Barcelona is taking action to address the growing complaints of overcrowding and overtourism that critics say is linked to the cruise ships. The city, which claims to be the largest cruise port in Europe unveiling plans to redevelop its seaport, a move intended to increase the sustainability of the port while also reducing the number of tourists arriving at the popular destination. After recording a 20 percent increase in the number of cruise ship passengers between...

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Korean metal workers strike

Strikes Grow as Wage Talks Drag on for Korean Shipbuilders

Published Jul 18, 2025 1:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Strikes Grow as Wage Takes Drag on for Korean Shipbuilders The Korean Metal Workers’ Union reports it is expanding its strike actions against the shipbuilding sector during this year’s round of wage talks. The union says that HD Hyundai management had promised to quickly conclude the negotiations and advance the company to the next level with a future-oriented labor-management culture, but after 12 rounds, the time left is now running out. Partial strikes began this week at HD...

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Joseph Morris

In the Know 71: Joseph Morris, CEO and Port Director of Port Everglades

Published Jul 18, 2025 1:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

Port Everglades is one of the biggest cargo and cruise ports in Florida, and it is growing by leaps and bounds. Supported by large-scale infrastructure investments in boxship capacity, as well as continuous improvements in harbor traffic flow, the port's team secured double-digit volume growth in the last year alone. This year it's on track to secure another 15 percent gain, and it's experiencing rapid growth in cruise passenger traffic too. To find out more, Maritime Executive's founder and editor-in-chief...

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Spanish Police Stop Ship as Drug Cartel Attempts to Steal Cocaine Shipment

Published Jul 18, 2025 11:28 AM by The Maritime Executive

Spain’s Guardia Civil is working to sort out the details of one of its more unusual cocaine busts. They moved to stop and inspect a suspect inbound containership only to find it had already been boarded by nine individuals who appear to have been attempting to steal the cocaine from a rival gang. The police reported they were tracking the unnamed vessel as it was traveling from Vigo to Malaga and had a suspicion that there could be...

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China Pushes the Envelope, Rolling Out 17MW Floating Wind Turbine

China’s offshore wind industry continues to push the limits for offshore wind turbines, looking to increase the capacity and durability of its units. In the latest development, it reports completing the development of a prototype, which is the world’s largest direct-drive floating offshore wind turbine. Developed by China Huaneng Group in partnership with Dongfang Electric, the unit is rated for 17 MW and is being reported as having the highest single-unit capacity and largest rotor diameter. The first...

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Shipbuilding

Korean metal workers strike

Strikes Grow as Wage Talks Drag on for Korean Shipbuilders

Strikes Grow as Wage Takes Drag on for Korean Shipbuilders The Korean Metal Workers’ Union reports it is expanding its strike actions against the shipbuilding sector during this year’s round of wage talks. The union says that HD Hyundai management had promised to quickly conclude the negotiations and advance the company to the next level with a future-oriented labor-management culture, but after 12 rounds, the time left is now running out. Partial strikes began this week at HD...

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Environment

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Test of Onboard Carbon Capture on HMM Feeder Proves System Feasibility

  A year of testing has proven the effectiveness and commercialization potential of onboard carbon capture and storage systems (OCCS), reports Samsung Heavy Industries. In partnership with HMM, Panasia, and the Korean Register of Shipping, they have been conducting tests aboard an HMM feeder vessel operating in Asia. Samsung Heavy Industries installed an amine absorption-based capture system aboard the HMM Mongla. The vessel, which was built in 2014 and acquired by HMM in 2023, is a 25,000-dwt feeder with a...

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Business

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Putting More Women on Boards Is Not Enough Without Rethinking Leadership

  For the past decade, the maritime industry has made increasing efforts to improve diversity at the top, most visibly through a focus on gender balance in boardrooms. But while headlines around the number of women appointed to shipping boards suggest progress, the reality is more complex. True transformation does not come from merely increasing representation. It comes from challenging and redefining the deeply embedded assumptions about what leadership looks like. The majority of shipping companies still recruit board members...

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