Editorial

Speculation continues as to what new icebreaker will replace Australia’s long-serving Aurora Australis, and who exactly will build

Interview with Vale’s Executive Director for Ferrous and Strategy, José Carlos

By Kevin Reeder, The maritime industry’s promise to ensure maximum availability of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) to mariners is close to

By Rear Adm. Richard Breckenridge, Director, Undersea Warfare, OPNAV N97 USS Miami was set ablaze by an arsonist in May 2012. The Navy recently completed a

By Captain Richard Madden Just weeks before the August 20th implementation of the sweeping Maritime Labor Convention (MLC 2006) from the International Labor

By Congressman Duncan Hunter, For centuries, the world’s oceans have been an influential force.  They have forged industrial strength, enhanced

Rep. Duncan Hunter defends the Jones Act in this recent editorial for CNBC.

By Sarah O. Ladislaw, Center for Strategic and International Studies Ever since the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) authorized a second project to export

Another Deepwater Horizon aftershock today with Halliburton, the contractor in charge of the cement job that was supposed to keep the Macondo well from blowing

By CDR Chris Rawley, U.S. Navy Reserve and LCDR Claude Berube, U.S. Navy Reserve Introduction The last decade has again reminded us that irregular warfare can

By Michael Grey, This week’s containership fire was located once again in the Indian Ocean, with the Hansa Brandenburg abandoned by her crew, after the

By Lieutenant (junior grade) Joe DiRenzo IV, U.S. Coast Guard U.S. maritime services should seriously consider liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative

By Michael Grey I may have been taken to task for blaming the cargo (weights) for breaking the MOL Comfort in half, but I am probably on a safer

By Rene Toomse, CEO of Aburgus Maritime Security is not a rocket science.  To conduct the actual work one just needs a number of trustworthy men, some money

ISO 28007 sets the gold standard for PMSCs. By Steven Jones, SAMI Maritime

By McQuilling Services, LLC, Situational awareness requires that people know their surroundings and the risks inherent therein. In a crowded theater, one

Global warming is making the Arctic Ocean more accessible for navigation and providing the maritime industry with the means to avoid using lengthy transits to

Mariners aboard USNS Seay (T-AKR 302) rendered assistance to a commercial vessel in distress while underway in the Indian Ocean, June

The domestic tanker industry in the United States is finding support from the boost in the nation’s crude oil

By Bill Redmond It would not be unreasonable to ask if now is the time for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to be administered an effective enema,