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Monday, February 22, 2016
Training Blackboard
Blog

Four Deaths A Week – Is Training To Blame?

By Jaquelyn Burton (Coeval) Why with all the requirements, regulations, and best practices in place do so many mariners die needlessly each year –

February 22, 2016
Total Views: 33

Four Tankers Headed to European Destinations with Iranian Crude
Maritime News

Four Tankers Headed to European Destinations with Iranian Crude

By Amir Bornaee, Market Analyst, EMEA Oil In recent days, tankers chartered by several European companies such as Total, Litasco, and Cepsa were monitored

February 22, 2016
Total Views: 59

Friday, February 19, 2016
EL FARO Tragedy: Does Age Really Matter?
Maritime News

EL FARO Tragedy: Does Age Really Matter?

By Donald Frost SS EL FARO’s age (39 years) has risen as a cause of its loss: But the issue, to my mind, is not age but inspection and

February 19, 2016
Total Views: 110

Wednesday, February 17, 2016
BIMCO: Best Year Ever for U.S. East Coast Container Imports
Maritime News

BIMCO: Best Year Ever for U.S. East Coast Container Imports

(BIMCO) – 2015 was a busy year for container traffic on the eastern coast of the US. 7.9 million TEU of loaded containers entered the US East Coast in

February 17, 2016
Total Views: 47

Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Ultra Large Containerships: How Big is Too Big?
Blog

Ultra Large Containerships: How Big is Too Big?

By Capt. George H Livingstone, The recent grounding of the Ultra Large Container Vessel “CSCL Indian Ocean” got me thinking again about the relatively

February 16, 2016
Total Views: 767

Monday, February 8, 2016
Failure Puzzle
Blog

Are we planning to fail?

by Jaquelyn Burton, (Coeval) So much of our time in the maritime industry – both afloat and ashore is devoted to planning. But, how much planning is

February 8, 2016
Total Views: 26

Thursday, February 4, 2016
VesselsValue.com: Dry Bulk Values in the Pits
Maritime News

VesselsValue.com: Dry Bulk Values in the Pits

By William Bennett,  (VesselsValues.com) – Both the BDI and the BCI have been hitting successive record lows. Capesize rates fell below $2000pd in

February 4, 2016
Total Views: 145

Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Ships at anchor off Singapore.
Maritime News

IMB: Piracy Hotspots Persist Worldwide Despite Reductions in Key Areas

(ICC International Maritime Bureau) – Piracy and armed robbery on the world’s seas is persisting at levels close to those in 2014, despite reductions

February 2, 2016
Total Views: 52

Friday, January 22, 2016
BIMCO: A Miserable Start to a New Year
News

BIMCO: A Miserable Start to a New Year

(BIMCO) – Dry Bulk Shipping: A Miserable Start to a New Year, Where the Market Struggles to Grow at All  Demand The global production of steel

January 22, 2016
Total Views: 7

Thursday, January 7, 2016
Drewry: Container Shipping Should Expect Industry-Wide Losses in 2016
Maritime News

Drewry: Container Shipping Should Expect Industry-Wide Losses in 2016

(Drewry) – Further widening of the supply-demand imbalance at the trade route level and insufficient measures to reduce ship capacity will lead to an

January 7, 2016
Total Views: 9

Tuesday, January 5, 2016
BIMCO: The Shipping Market in 2015 and Looking Forward
Maritime News

BIMCO: The Shipping Market in 2015 and Looking Forward

(BIMCO) — By Peter Sand, Chief Shipping Analyst Global economy: menacing clouds in the sky cast a shadow on global economic developments 2015 never

January 5, 2016
Total Views: 36

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Finding El Faro: Joint Team Searches For (And Finds) El Faro
Maritime News

Finding El Faro: Joint Team Searches For (And Finds) El Faro

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Paul Kotara II, All Hands Magazine El Faro, a U.S.-flagged vessel, and its 33 crewmen vanished in the seas of

November 25, 2015
Total Views: 22

Monday, September 14, 2015
E-Logs and SaaS Poised to Transform U.S.-flagged Shipboard Recordkeeping
News

E-Logs and SaaS Poised to Transform U.S.-flagged Shipboard Recordkeeping

  By Dean Shoultz The United States Coast Guard frequently appears behind the times when it comes to rulemaking involving shipboard technological

September 14, 2015
Total Views: 42

Monday, August 17, 2015
Drewry: COSCO, CSCL Merger Could Cause Chain Reaction in China
News

Drewry: COSCO, CSCL Merger Could Cause Chain Reaction in China

  By Drewry Shipping Consultants Having blocked the P3 Alliance on competition grounds, China could now merge China Cosco and CSCL and, as a result, cause

August 17, 2015
Total Views: 17

Wednesday, August 12, 2015
new suez canal
News

Drewry: New Suez Canal Targets ‘Ambitious’

  By Drewry Shipping Consultants The impressive ‘New Suez Canal’ project will improve capacity, transit times and reduce delays, not least because it

August 12, 2015
Total Views: 2

Thursday, July 23, 2015
cargo ship
News

Stowaways – Complicated, Messy, Expensive and Possibly Dangerous

  By Rick Spilman, Old Salt Blog Recently, the New York Times published Stowaways and Crimes Aboard a Scofflaw Ship, the first of a four part series, by

July 23, 2015
Total Views: 640

Wednesday, July 22, 2015
iranian crude supertanker
Maritime News

Holland & Knight: The Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Implications for the Maritime Industry

  By Jonathan M. Epstein and Farid Hekmat, Holland and Knight HIGHLIGHTS: On July 14, 2015, the United States, France, China, Russia, the United Kingdom,

July 22, 2015
Total Views: 5

IMB Piracy Report Shows Continued SE Asian Attacks Against Small Tankers
News

IMB Piracy Report Shows Continued SE Asian Attacks Against Small Tankers

  A new report published Wednesday by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) highlights a continuing trend in

July 22, 2015
Total Views: 27

U.S. Coast Guard Celebrates 225 Years of Service
News

U.S. Coast Guard Celebrates 225 Years of Service

  By William Thiesen, Atlantic Area Historian, Coast Guard Compass Blog The U.S. Coast Guard has been the steward of the nation’s maritime environment

July 22, 2015
Total Views: 40

Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Centuries-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off North Carolina Coast
News

Centuries-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off North Carolina Coast

Scientific sonar spots unknown shipwreck, possibly dating to the American Revolution Scanning sonar from a scientific expedition has revealed the remains of a

July 21, 2015
Total Views: 8
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