Category: maritime executive

  The average delay for containerships behind schedule has continued to increase in 2024 rising to the highest levels except during the peak of the pandemic and surge in container volumes. Sea-Intelligence is out with its monthly look at the average performance of the container shipping carriers across 34 different trade lanes highlighting the industry…

  An as-yet-unreleased UN report suggests that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have figured out a way to monetize their blockade of the Red Sea: insiders report that the group is operating a multi-billion-dollar tolling operation on the strategic waterway, extracting covert payments from shipowners in exchange for the right to pass safely. If accurate, the safe…

  South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries today started a demonstration of autonomous operations of a large containership with the systems specifically designed into the vessel. It is part of a government-sponsored program being overseen by Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, designed to advance and…

The carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will be leaving the Middle East within a few months and will not be replaced with another carrier strike group, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. A persistent carrier presence has been a key part of the U.S. strategy to deter Iran from attacking Israel; instead, the Defense Department will dispatch a…

  DFDS’ plans to acquire Turkish freight company Ekol Logistics have fallen apart in a public and acrimonious feud, with both sides claiming that they initiated a withdrawal.   In April, Danish freight ferry giant DFDS signed an agreement to buy Ekol for $545 million, adding more transport capacity to its cargo network in the…

  On Friday night, a team of Israeli commandos landed by sea in the town of Batroun, Lebanon and abducted Imad Amhaz, an alleged naval officer belonging to terrorist group Hezbollah. The raid demonstrated an ability to conduct a large-scale seaborne special operations raid in Israel’s near abroad, about 75 nautical miles north of the…

  [By Renee Coleman, National Coast Guard Museum] The National Coast Guard Museum will afford visitors the opportunity to journey through the history and evolution of search and rescue (SAR), from the mission’s infancy to modern-day practices. Even in its most primitive form, search and rescue has been the cornerstone of the Coast Guard’s mission-set for…

  On Friday, China embarked on its 41st Antarctic expedition as the country ramps up its presence in the Southern Ocean. For this mission, China has deployed three vessels, including the icebreaking research ships Xuelong and Xuelong 2. The other vessel is the cargo ship Yongsheng, which is carrying mission support materials. The mission is…

  [By Euan Graham] China is testing Prabowo Subianto’s new administration, with three successive incursions by China Coast Guard vessels into Indonesia’s exclusive maritime jurisdiction—the first occurring on the new president’s inaugural day in office. Jakarta urgently needs to recalibrate its South China Sea diplomacy and to revisit its basic assumptions about China. China’s move south should…

  After a collision between a bulker and a chemical tanker near the Strait of Gibraltar on Friday, white balls of solid paraffin wax have been floating ashore near the port of Algeciras, Spain. The substance appears to be connected to the cargo released by the tanker Southern Puma, which was struck by a bulker, spilling…