Paul Benecki
Staff Writer
pbenecki@maritime-executive.com
Paul Benecki is a graduate of Cornell University's chemistry program. He worked in industry for several years before shipping out on freighters and tugs on the U.S. West Coast, then with the University of Washington's research vessel, the Thomas G. Thompson. He studied navigation and bridge resource management at the Pacific Maritime Institute, and is currently a staff writer and news editor at The Maritime Executive Magazine.
Transition Technology
When battery-hybrid power first arrived in the maritime industry in the early 2010s, it was billed as a great way to make diesel f...
The Trillion-Dollar Challenge
Shipping faces a trillion-dollar challenge: How do you transition away from a high-carbon status quo to an uncertain, decarbonized...
Money in the Wind
In November 1947, the world's first real offshore oil well entered service off the coast of Louisiana, ushering in an entirely...
A Shrinking Pie
The world of marine salvage is changing quickly on multiple fronts. Ships and projects keep getting bigger, but there aren’t...
Course Adjustments
Class societies have a special role as the validators and innovation labs of the maritime industry. In the COVID-19 era, their cap...
Making Allowances
Shipowners face gigantic new challenges in the COVID-19 era. In addition to the economic impact, they have to contend with a maze...
Electrifying!
An electric revolution is under way in the ferry sector. America’s largest ferry network, Washington State Ferries, has anno...
Economic Slowdown Reshuffles Container Movements
With global trade down sharply due to the coronavirus pandemic, container traffic volumes have fallen by double-digit percentages...
Venezuelan Navy Patrol Ship Sinks After Collision With Cruise Ship
An encounter between the Venezuelan patrol vessel GC-23 Naiguata and the ice-class expedition cruise ship RCGS Resolute resulted i...
First Confirmed COVID-19 Cases on a Container Ship
Maersk Group has confirmed that five seafarers aboard the container ship Gjertrud Maersk have tested positive for COVID-19, includ...