Tony Munoz

Publisher / Editor in chief, The Maritime Executive

Tony Munoz is the President and Editor-in-Chief of The Maritime Executive magazine. He has over 30 years of experience in the maritime industry, which includes working for West Coast Steamship Lines and PR consulting for some of the industry's largest companies.

The Benefits of Technology: Nick Brown of Lloyd's Register

By Tony Munoz 2018-04-25 21:22:00

MarEx recently spoke with Nick Brown, the director of marine and offshore for Lloyd's Register (LR), to learn more about the state of the market for autonomous navigation and cruise ship construction. LR is working with CSSC, Carnival and Fincantieri...

Smarter with Marlink

By Tony Munoz 2018-04-21 17:38:56

The annual Seatrade Convention in South Florida brings many business travelers from all parts of the globe. Tommy Dybvad, Director of Cruise and Ferry for Northern Europe, is a long-time veteran of the satellite communications scene for the cruise industry....

Fuel Cells Could Be Next Big Thing for Transportation Sector

By Tony Munoz 2018-03-19 17:22:00

ABB is working on fuel cell pilot projects with a number of major ship operators because it believes that hydrogen will be developed into an energy source for the maritime industry. Today, hydrogen trucks and buses are already operating and the...

IN THE KNOW - Podcast Episode 1

By Tony Munoz 2018-01-24 15:58:55

Welcome to The Maritime Executive’s podcast, “IN THE KNOW.” In this edition, Paul Benecki speaks with Tom Crowley, chairman and CEO of the Crowley Maritime Corporation as he addresses the Jones Act, Puerto Rico, LNG as a marine fuel and his company's...

Gordon Bain, Founder & President, OCEAN

By Tony Munoz 2018-01-18 03:57:50

TELL US ABOUT YOUR EARLY LIFE. WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND EDUCATED? I am from Trois-Rivières, from the Mauricie region in the Province of Quebec. Following my teenage years, I headed for Vancouver to the Northwest School of Deep Sea...

OCEAN - GO Full Force!

By Tony Munoz 2018-01-16 03:23:19

OCEAN is a major maritime player in eastern Canada with substantial operations along the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes and global ambitions. Its founder and guiding force, Gordon Bain, describes OCEAN as an “integrated maritime services company” – his...

Storm Season

By Tony Munoz 2017-12-08 08:50:08

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were catastrophic events that crippled southeast Texas, Louisiana and Florida and devastated the eastern Caribbean. Estimates of storm damage costs range from $150 to $200 billion, and the nation could lose up to $30 billion in...

The Protectionist "Shakedown" of Puerto Rico

By Tony Munoz 2017-10-17 14:50:30

The recent op-ed in The New York Times by former New York State Assemblyman Nelson A. Denis, titled “The Jones Act: The Law Strangling Puerto Rico,” is filled with a number of inaccuracies and misleading statements. It seems that fake...

Can the U.S. Fix Its Failing Infrastructure?

By Tony Munoz 2017-10-12 11:09:18

It’s no secret that America’s infrastructure is crumbling. Just look around you. Everywhere there are potholed streets, congested highways, trains going off the tracks, bridges collapsing, dams and locks failing, and levees leaking. The problem is especially acute on the...

Eastern Shipbuilding Group "We've Got You Covered"

By Tony Munoz 2017-08-26 17:14:19

Last September the U.S. Coast Guard awarded the biggest and most important contract in its 226 year history to a company that had never done work for it before – Eastern Shipbuilding of Panama City, Florida. It was a stunning...