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The world’s largest international maritime exercise concluded this week following more than a month of training events conducted in and around the
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Press Release – Viking Thinking big When your fleet has a large number of vessels, including some of the world’s biggest container ships, and you
Press Release – Incat Crowther is pleased to announce the delivery of Ultramar II, the second in a series of high capacity 48m Catamaran Passenger
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The Port of Corpus Christi has sold over $216 million in bonds to help finance the deepening and widening of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. Currently at a
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Press Release – Damen – On 27 July DAMEN SeaXplorer marked a milestone in the construction of the SeaXplorer 77 expedition yacht at a keel laying
There were a total of 220 ships sent for demolition in the second quarter of 2018, with 169 of those sold to South Asian shipbreakers where they are driven
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited five contractors for safety and health violations after
The U.S. House of Representatives this week approved legislation to address maritime transportation safety issues raised by the El Faro sinking, promote the
All crew kidnappings reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre during the first six months of 2018 occurred in the Gulf of Guinea in six separate incidents,
Gibdock has underlined its commitment to Occupational Health & Safety by becoming the first shipyard in the Mediterranean region, and one of the first
Shipbuilder Vard Holdings has announced it has confirmed contracts for the design and construction of two cruise for the river and ocean cruise company Viking.
Press Release – Damen Shipyard – Recently, team AkzoNobel completed its first Volvo Ocean Race, concluding the final leg in second place and
Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Marine Strategy) – Jeffrey Owen is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lightning Technologies LLC, the
The Port of Savannah handled record 4.2 million twent-foot equivalent containers (TEU) in its 2018 fiscal year for an impressive 8.4% increase year-over-year,
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