UK Plans to Protect Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance

pirates board product tanker in Gulf of Guinea

Korean Tanker Boarded by Pirates for the Second Time in Gulf of Guinea

Published Nov 25, 2022 12:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

South Korean officials and security operations monitoring the Gulf of Guinea are confirming that a South Korean-owned product tanker was boarded by pirates near Cote d'Ivoire and later released. The incident, which served as a reminder that piracy continues to be a danger in the region, was the second time that the same product tanker had been boarded in 2022. The monitoring operation MDAT GOG (Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Gulf of Guinea) raised the initial alarm of a possible...

Mitsui OSK Plans New Cruise Ships as it Seeks to Diversify Business

Published Nov 25, 2022 11:31 AM by The Maritime Executive

Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), while best known for its commercial shipping operations, is looking to new avenues of growth including investments in its cruise ship operations. While not well known for its cruises, the company in addition to its passenger ferries has been operating a single cruise ship for the past 30 years in the domestic market. MOL confirmed that its board of directors has approved a plan to build two new cruise ships that would continue the company’s long...

Korean Unions Schedule Unified December Strike at Hyundai’s Shipyards

Published Nov 25, 2022 10:57 AM by The Maritime Executive

Unions represented workers at the Hyundai shipyards that make up the Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Company detailed plans for strikes beginning in December in a long-running dispute over wages and working conditions. If the strikes proceed as planned, it would be the first time the unions for the three shipyards would have coordinated their action into a single companywide strike. Unions represented the workers at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard, Samho Heavy Industries, and Mipo Dockyard, coordinated a

Diagram of proposed Vadhavan port complex

India's Megaport Ambitions Draw Strong Local Opposition

Published Nov 25, 2022 10:16 AM by The Maritime Executive

Local fishermen have set up a blockade in a months-long attempt to halt construction of Gautam Adani's Vizhinjam container port. The plan is simple: the community has set up a small shelter in front of the entrance to prevent construction equipment from going in and out. Since August, this protest has halted progress on the $900 million project. Though courts have ordered the protesters cleared from the area, local police have so far been unwilling to use force to carry...

Shipping

UK Plans to Protect Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance

The debate continues on how to handle Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, which was located earlier this year in the icy waters of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. A British charity organization revealed work has begun to develop a conservation management plan for the wreck. Amidst opposing views from archaeologists and Shackleton’s family on the fate of the wreck sitting some nearly 10,000 feet on the seabed of Weddell Sea, the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) announced that it is...

Tugs & Salvage

India's Megaport Ambitions Draw Strong Local Opposition

Government

USCG Reports Successful MOB Rescue After More Than 20 Hours

The U.S. Coast Guard is reporting that it successfully recovered a missing passenger from a cruise ship off the coast of Louisiana more than 20 hours after the passenger was last seen on his cruise. The passenger was reported to be responsive when he was rescued from the Gulf of Mexico and transferred to a Louisiana hospital. Based on multiple reports from Carnival Cruise Line, passengers aboard the cruise speaking to CNN, and the U.S. Coast Guard, a picture emerges...

Piracy

Korean Tanker Boarded by Pirates for the Second Time in Gulf of Guinea

Cruise Ships

China Continues Expansion of Domestic Cruise Business

China released additional details in its efforts to develop a domestic cruise industry. Designs were previewed for a smaller, more luxurious cruise ship while CSSC announced additional details for its new joint venture with Carnival Corporation. A banking syndicate is also laying the groundwork for the expansion of China’s entry into the global cruise market. China has been moving aggressively to develop its domestic capabilities with shipbuilder CSSC forming a joint venture with Carnival Corporation for a new brand which...

Ports

Op-Ed: The Longshore Sector Lags on Gender Equality

Gender equality has made enormous strides over the past century. In Canada today, women participate in the labor market at much higher rates than they used to — there are almost 3.5 times more women working now than there were in the 1950s. The proportion of women in traditionally male-dominated fields has also grown significantly. The number of female medical residents taking on orthopedic surgery residencies, for example, increased by 111 per cent from 2006 to 2016. In addition, women’s representation in STEM...

Shipping

UK Plans to Protect Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance

Tugs & Salvage

India's Megaport Ambitions Draw Strong Local Opposition

Government

USCG Reports Successful MOB Rescue After More Than 20 Hours

Piracy

Korean Tanker Boarded by Pirates for the Second Time in Gulf of Guinea

Cruise Ships

China Continues Expansion of Domestic Cruise Business

Ports

Op-Ed: The Longshore Sector Lags on Gender Equality

Offshore

Denmark Helps India Map Sites for Offshore Wind Development

To pursue its ambitious target of 30GW of offshore wind by 2030, India has published a conceptual plan identifying 15 priority zones to locate offshore windfarms. The plan will act as a government technical guide for the upcoming auction of offshore wind sites. India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) released the auction plan for offshore wind in June. It then updated the auction plan in July, detailing the auction models and applicable government incentives for successful bidders. Last...

Shipbuilding

Korean Unions Schedule Unified December Strike at Hyundai’s Shipyards

Environment

BIMCO Joins Efforts to Eliminate Single-Use Plastics on Ships

Reducing the overall use of single-use plastic and removing items like plastic bottles and drinking straws from ships is one of the many efforts designed to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the oceans. The cruise industry adopted the efforts several years ago to stop the use of single-use plastics on many cruise ships and now the commercial industry trade association BIMCO is also getting involved by launching a campaign to raise awareness and help support the removal of...

Business

Xeneta: Overcapacity and Falling Volumes Will Challenge Market in 2023

After over two years of rising rates and overstretched capacity, the rapidly cooling ocean freight market is setting up for an “extremely challenging 2023,” according to Oslo-based Xeneta. The operator of a market intelligence platform predicts that with a continuing decline in cargo volumes, ocean freight rates will drop significantly prompting carriers to increasingly idle their fleets after two years when they pressed every available ship and container into service. From climbing to historical highs during the global pandemic, ocean...

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UK Plans to Protect Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance

Korean Tanker Boarded by Pirates for the Second Time in Gulf of Guinea

Mitsui OSK Plans New Cruise Ships as it Seeks to Diversify Business

Korean Unions Schedule Unified December Strike at Hyundai’s Shipyards

India's Megaport Ambitions Draw Strong Local Opposition

UK Plans to Protect Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance

India's Megaport Ambitions Draw Strong Local Opposition

USCG Reports Successful MOB Rescue After More Than 20 Hours

Korean Tanker Boarded by Pirates for the Second Time in Gulf of Guinea

China Continues Expansion of Domestic Cruise Business

Op-Ed: The Longshore Sector Lags on Gender Equality

Hellenic Maritime Forum to be Held in Athens in February 2023

Hapag-Lloyd to Deploy Portchain Connect Across its Terminal Network

Innovations in Decarbonization and Digitalization at SNIC 2022

UK Plans to Protect Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance

India's Megaport Ambitions Draw Strong Local Opposition

USCG Reports Successful MOB Rescue After More Than 20 Hours

Korean Tanker Boarded by Pirates for the Second Time in Gulf of Guinea

China Continues Expansion of Domestic Cruise Business

Op-Ed: The Longshore Sector Lags on Gender Equality

Denmark Helps India Map Sites for Offshore Wind Development

Korean Unions Schedule Unified December Strike at Hyundai’s Shipyards

BIMCO Joins Efforts to Eliminate Single-Use Plastics on Ships

Xeneta: Overcapacity and Falling Volumes Will Challenge Market in 2023

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