The Maritime Executive
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Turkey Dispatches New Drillship to Waters off the Coast of Somalia
Turkey has announced plans to dispatch one of its drillships to waters off Somalia, the latest development in the two countries' s...
Chevron Signs Deals for E&P Acreage off Greece
On Monday, Chevron signed a large-scale deal for the rights to four E&P blocks off the coast of Greece, expanding the company's Me...
ClassNK Launches Pilot Testing of 3D Model-Based Approval System
[By: ClassNK] ClassNK has launched a joint pilot test with ten Japanese companies for its drawing approval system “NK-PASS” and th...
Scottish Shipbuilder Tapped for Innovative Workboat Enters Administration
A small, family-run shipbuilder that received UK government funds for an innovative project has lapsed into administration. Coasta...
Macquarie Agrees to Buy Australian Ports and Logistics Company Qube
After nearly three months of negotiations, Qube Holdings announced today that it has agreed to be acquired by Macquarie Asset Mana...
Freighter Hits Former Yugoslav Ruler's Yacht at Rijeka, Croatia
Last week, a Turkish-owned freighter hit the former yacht of Yugoslavia's president-for-life Josip Broz Tito, currently under reno...
New York Closes Offshore Wind Solicitation While Vowing to Explore Options
New York State’s regulators quietly closed its outstanding fifth round wind solicitation on Friday, February 13, and not surprisin...
German Icebreaker Malfunctions Impacting LNG Imports
German officials and the company Deutsche ReGas have been scrambling to deal with the impact of harsh winter conditions on the Bal...
USS Ford Likely to Set Post-Vietnam Deployment Record, Delaying Maintenance
The carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has been redeployed from Venezuela to the Mideast to join a growing accumulation of forces aimed at...
China Sends its First Maritime Message After the Japanese Election
On February 8, Japan held a parliamentary election and returned the sitting prime minister Sanae Takaichi and her Liberal Democrat...