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Armed pirates hijack a tugboat in Indonesia, steal crew and cargo A group of armed pirates hijacked a tugboat and a barge in Indonesia, robbed the crew and stole the cargo on board. According to local authorities, all 14 crew members on the tugboat Royal TB 17 were subdued and taken hostage before being released […]
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First Panamax container ship crosses the Arctic and arrives in China in just three weeks The first crossing of a Panamax ship through the Arctic went smoothly. The 294-meter-long Panamax Exocet 1 traveled from St. Petersburg in the Baltic Sea to China in just over three weeks, about two weeks shorter than the normal voyage
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The largest sailing ship will carry green coffee beans from Colombia to Canada. Canadian coffee company Café William has announced the maiden voyage of a new cargo ship. The ship will transport 50 containers of green coffee beans to Quebec, including beans from the ANEI cooperative in Colombia. It has partnered with TransOceanic Wind Transport
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Sensitive data found on Mike Lynch’s sunken yacht raises international security concerns. The $40 million luxury yacht owned by British tech billionaire Mike Lynch sank off the coast of Sicily in August, killing seven passengers and raising serious security concerns. The Bayesian yacht is now the focus of an investigation. Experts worry that highly sensitive
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Japan to Build Second Aegis-Equipped Ship Japan’s Ministry of Defense has formally awarded a local shipyard 700 million yen ($4.7 million) to develop the country’s second Aegis-equipped ship (ASEV). The Ministry of Defense awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) a 1.7 billion yen ($11.5 million) contract to build the first ASEV on August 23, and signed
Maryland sued the owners and managers of the freighter Dali over the Key Bridge accident. The state of Maryland is suing the owners and managers of the Dali freighter, which collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge earlier this year, causing it to collapse into the Patapsco River and killing six construction workers. The state
Authorities Scramble To Contain Oil Spill After Passenger Ship Sinks In Greenland Emergency crews near the southern Greenland community of Nanortalik worked over the weekend to contain a 20,000-liter oil spill after the small passenger ferry Adolf Jensen sank. The ship ran aground and sank last week at the mouth of the Tasiilmut Strait, north
Alaska Airlines expanded its cargo division after the merger with Hawaiian Airlines, established new leadership, and oversaw operations. Ian Morgan named Alaska Airlines vice president of cargo; Jason Berry named Alaska Air Group executive vice president of cargo This week, the Alaska Airlines Board of Directors elected Ian Morgan as Alaska Airlines’ new vice president
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First Green Route In The Baltic Sea Reduces Transport Emissions By 90% The first ecological shipping corridor in the Baltic Sea has opened. The new corridor, which runs from Vajirmala (Sweden) to Turku (Finland), has reduced emissions by 90%. The initiative is a collaboration between Viking Line, Scandic Trans, and Orkla Suomi. In July, the
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Maritime Employers Prepare For Dockworker Strike And Port Operations According to CNBC and Trade Magazine, the Port operations of New York/New Jersey managers are preparing for a full-scale work stoppage by the International Longshoremen’s Association, North America’s largest union. The strike could have far-reaching consequences, with nearly half of all U.S. monthly imports affected, equivalent