Report: Containers Lost Due to Parametric Rolling
By The Maritime Executive 01-19-2020 05:39:55 The U.K. Marine Accident Safety Board (MAIB) has released its investigation report into the collapse of three container bays and loss of 137 containers from CMA CGM G. Washington during heavy weather while on passage from Xiamen to Los Angeles on January 20, 2018. The investigators concluded that the collapse […]
Study: Pacific Ocean "Blob" Led to Unprecedented Seabird Die-Off
Image courtesy COASTT By The Maritime Executive 01-17-2020 11:35:00 The massive marine heatwave in the northeastern Pacific in 2014-16, known popularly as “the Blob,” has had multiple knock-on effects on the ocean food chain. The best-known example is its impact on fisheries: the eggs of the commercially-important Pacific cod do not survive well in temperatures above […]
THE Alliance Unveils Expanded Service Network for 2020
file photo By The Maritime Executive 01-16-2020 05:32:54 Hyundai Merchant Marine has become a full member of THE Alliance – which already includes Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express and Yang Ming. With the FMC acceptance of Hyundai Merchant Marine membership, THE Alliance us unveiled an upgraded product package that will be launched around April 1, 2020. […]
Open Loop Scrubbers Not to be Used in Suez Canal
file photo By The Maritime Executive 01-14-2020 06:14:21 The Suez Canal Authority has clarified its stance on scrubbers in a circular which indicates that ships transiting the waterway can burn heavy fuel oil and must not discharge washwater from open-loop scrubbers. Circular No. 08/2019 states: “In consideration of using fuel oil with low sulfur content […]
Pictures: Seafarers Help with Australian Bushfire Relief
Source: MUA By The Maritime Executive 01-11-2020 07:30:00 Australian shipping is playing an important part in the relief effort following the bushfires in the states of NSW and Victoria. The crew of the Norwegian-flagged Far Saracen supply vessel was tasked by the Victorian Emergency Co-ordinator to deliver relief supplies to 4,000 people stranded in the […]
Top Freight Forwarder Joins Arctic Pledge
Icing aboard a heavy lift ship transiting Russia’s Arctic Northern Sea Route, carrying a cargo of container cranes (file image) By The Maritime Executive 01-09-2020 04:43:00 Eight more companies have agreed not to ship goods through the Arctic Ocean by signing the Arctic Corporate Shipping Pledge, the environmental NGO Ocean Conservancy announced Tuesday. The new […]
USCG Approves Remote Control System for ATB Tugs
The SM200 beltpack remote control system (Sea Machines) By The Maritime Executive 01-07-2020 06:12:00 ATB tug masters now have the option to maneuver their vessel from any place on board – so long as it is equipped with the world’s first Coast Guard-approved wireless helm system for ATBs. Boston-based company Sea Machines Robotics announced Tuesday that […]
World's Largest Floating Wind Turbine Begins Operation
The second platform for WindFloat Atlantic under way, December 31 (EDP) By The Maritime Executive 01-05-2020 10:41:00 The world’s largest floating wind turbine has been installed off the coast of Portugal and connected to the grid, and it is now supplying up to 8.4 MW to Portuguese customers. The second platform for the new site […]
French Navy Boards Bulker After Spotting "Dangerous" Maneuvers
Launch from the Cormoran approaches the Moezelborg (courtesy Marine Nationale) By The Maritime Executive 01-02-2020 05:02:00 On Wednesday morning, the Regional Operational Center for Surveillance and Rescue (CROSS) Gris-Nez detected allegedly “erratic” movements from the bulk carrier Moezelborg southwest of Boulogne. According to the center, the bulker was approaching “dangerously close” to a sandbank in the Strait […]
Trade Tensions and Fuel Costs Challenge Reefer Trade
file photo By The Maritime Executive 12-28-2019 05:12:10 The latest figures from Dynamar’s 2019 Reefer Analysis show that the international perishables trade reached a record 163 million tons in 2018 with 119 million tons carried by sea. Yet trade tensions continue to cause concern amongst shippers and carriers, both containerized and conventional, and the slowing […]
