The Maritime Executive
Articles posted by the international team of staff writers at The Maritime Executive.
Haitian Gangs are Setting Up Shop for Seaborne Drug Smuggling
The United Nations warns that gang warlords in Haiti have turned the country’s coastal waters into a pivotal trans...
Hydrex Performs Novel Underwater Repairs With Flexible Mobdocks
[By Hydrex] Hydrex is able to perform a wide variety of operations with their flexible mobdocks. These enable them to...
Subsea Industries Solves Cavitation Erosion on Rudders
[By Subsea Industries] In the last few months more than twenty ships received Ecoshield protection for their rudders,...
Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World’s Largest Coal Port
Operations at the coal port of Newcastle, Australia have experienced significant disruptions after climate activists too...
Inmarsat Unveils Next Phase of NexusWave With Viasat-3
[By Inmarsat] Inmarsat Maritime, a ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT) company, has unveiled the next phase in the evolution of its...
Scrap Metal Fire in UK Highlights Growing Risk of Contaminated Cargoes
Scrap metal is among the most notorious cargoes for fire risk, not because of its inherent properties but because it is...
CPC Shuts Down Export Loadings After Attack on SPM Buoy
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has ceased loading at its offshore terminal outside Novorossiysk after an apparent...
Spain Rescues Aging Freighter Left Adrift Without Fuel
Spanish maritime authorities have decided to tow a ship that had allegedly been abandoned by its owners without fuel or...
EU Offshore Study: Average Wind Turbine Hits Only One Dozen Birds Per Year
A new industry-backed study aims to push back on claims that the offshore wind industry is a threat to migratory birds....
Study: Europe Needs to Scrap its Own Ships to Feed its Own Steel Mills
With Europe working to revamp its industrial sector, the availability of cost-competitive steel is a major factor. But a...