Coast Guard Closes Mississippi River After Bridge Allision
file photo By The Maritime Executive 03-15-2020 06:06:01 The U.S. Coast Guard has closed the Mississippi River between mile markers 115 and 122 after a vessel allided with the Hale Memorial Boggs Bridge on Sunday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at approximately 1:30 a.m. that the ITV Cooperative Spirit, pushing […]
Sea Trials Complete for Autonomous Tug in Singapore
Image courtesy Wärtsilä By The Maritime Executive 03-13-2020 09:52:00 The technology group Wärtsilä and Singaporean port services firm PSA Marine have completed their first sea trials for the autonomous “IntelliTug” project. The PSA Polaris, a harbor tug operated by PSA Marine, has been retrofitted with Wärtsilä’s autonomous navigation technology, including a near-field high resolution radar. […]
Australia to Rely on U.S. for Fuel Security
file photo By The Maritime Executive 03-10-2020 09:01:29 Australia and the U.S. have signed an arrangement that will allow Australia to lease space in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to store and access Australian owned oil during a global emergency. Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor signed the new Arrangement with U.S. Secretary of […]
Putin Unveils More Plans to Boost Northern Sea Route
file photo By Charles Digges 03-07-2020 06:20:57 Cargo shipments passing through the Northern Sea Route, Russia’s remote Arctic sea artery, topped 30 million tons during the past year, officials have said, marking a major uptick in fossil fuel deliveries from one of the world’s most vulnerable environments. The shipping upswing, which President Vladimir Putin has […]
WHO Issues Guidelines for COVID-19 Control On Board Vessels
File image courtesy ITF By The Maritime Executive 03-04-2020 08:10:00 The World Health Organization (WHO) has released guidelines to avoid or manage an outbreak of coronavirus on board ships. The recently-released guide calls on shipowners to provide crew with guidance so they can recognize signs and symptoms of the virus. If a suspected case is identified, WHO […]
Managing Coronavirus Risk On Board
File image By The Maritime Executive 03-02-2020 11:30:00 With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at the top of the list of ship managers’ concerns, global maritime medical service Future Care has issued a list of general guidelines for crewmember health and vessel preparedness. 90,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide to date, and a suspected coronavirus infection […]
Court Bid to Stop South African Live Export Fails
file photo By The Maritime Executive 02-29-2020 07:01:56 The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) has had its high court application to stop a shipment of sheep to Kuwait struck off the roll with costs, due to procedural issues. The NSPCA launched the application in the Grahamstown High Court, South Africa, after it found out that […]
Novelist and Explorer Clive Cussler Dies at 88
Clive Cussler with the wreck of the submarine H.L. Hunley (Friends of the Hunley) By The Maritime Executive 02-27-2020 09:19:00 Clive Cussler, the author of dozens of action novels and sponsor of countless shipwreck-hunting expeditions, passed away at his home in Arizona on Monday. Cussler, 88, came to fame with the publication of the thriller “Raise […]
MSI: Tanker Market May be Hit Most by Epidemic's Effects
File image By The Maritime Executive 02-25-2020 05:10:00 Maritime consultancy MSI has issued a new analysis of how the coronavirus epidemic is affecting shipping’s main sectors – and how it may impact each in the future depending upon the extent of the outbreak’s spread. Dry bulk may be seriously affected, as China imports about 40 […]
BIMCO: Coronavirus Shows Shipping's Dependence on Chinese Economy
Port of Qingdao (file image) By The Maritime Executive 02-22-2020 12:27:00 In a bulletin released Friday, shipping association BIMCO warned that the impact of the coronavirus epidemic in China is already serious, and it could worsen if stringent public health measures are sustained for an extended period. The effects are already visible. Alphaliner has estimated […]
