The Maritime Executive
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After Strong Months, US Container Imports Are Expected to Level Off
Imports into the U.S. continue to defy predictions with a strong series of months through the summer, but are now projected to lev...
Oil Prices and Tanker Rates Rise After Latest Iranian Attacks in Mideast
Following yesterday's tanker attack in the central Arabian Gulf, Brent oil futures climbed to $104 per barrel, Dated Brent hit $13...
HD Hyundai to Buy Goltens to Expand Aftermarket Maintenance Market
Goltens Worldwide, long recognized as a leader in planning and performance maintenance and repair work, has agreed to be acquired...
Hurricane Isaias Prompts Shut-Ins for 60 Percent of Gulf Oil Production
As Hurricane Isaias closes in on the Gulf coast, the National Hurricane Center is warning residents from eastern Louisiana to the...
Galveston Approves Lease for LNG Operation with Production and Bunkering
The Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees has approved a lease and development agreement with Power LNG, which paves the way for the...
Iran Has Few Options to Circumvent the U.S. Blockade on its Oil Tankers
There is some debate about exactly how much oil and LNG is being shipped out of the Gulf from the GCC producers on its southern sh...
US and UK Pile on Sanctions to Increase Pressure on Iran and Russia
Sanctions remain one of the primary tools used by the West to increase pressure on both Russia and Iran. The UK launched its secon...
USS Abraham Lincoln Pulls into San Diego, Closing 321-Day Deployment
The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned to her home port of San Diego, California, on October 8, concluding what beca...
Large Bulker Abandoned After Attack Drifts Hundreds of Miles in Black Sea
Bulgaria’s military reports it is monitoring the movements of an abandoned bulker that is drifting in the Black Sea. A month after...
Calm Seas Favor Salvage Operations at "Shadow Fleet" Tanker Wreck off Oman
Although there have not been any formal updates covering progress, it appears that the salvage activity on the wrecked Aframax tan...