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New Zealand Execute Complex Medevac from the US’s Antarctic McMurdo Station The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) has carried out a medical evacuation of three staff at the U.S. Antarctic McMurdo Station. The mission is being described as complex and high-risk owing to the fact that it was undertaken in the height of the…

Senators Introduce Bill to Clear Barriers to Naval Shipyard Hiring Four senators from New England have introduced a bill that would compel the administration to speed up hiring for production roles at the Navy’s four public shipyards, which provide maintenance for the service’s nuclear-powered subs and carriers.  The Trump administration rolled out a comprehensive hiring freeze…

Panama is First Registry to Enforce Rules to Crack Down on STS Actions The Panama Ship Registry started its new rules as of August 6, requiring reporting of planned ship-to-ship (STS) offshore oil transfers as the latest step in a series of crackdowns targeting the shadow tanker fleet. Panama had announced plans for the new…

German Divers Begin Testing Retrieval System for Seabed Ordnance   Sponsored by a German government environmental program, a Baltic Sea diving and salvage company has begun an extended trial of new techniques to clean up decaying ammunition from the seabed. Germany has a pressing need to solve the problem because the aging munitions in its…

Maersk Surprises with Improved Outlook Despite Volatile Environmenment Maersk, the largest publicly-traded shipping and logistics company and long considered a bellwether for the global economy, surprised with a stronger-than-expected second quarter financial report and outlook. The company believes shippers have been able to adjust, or are still waiting, in the face of a “volatile external…

Marcura Buys Brightwell Navigator, Consolidating Crew Payment Sector   Maritime operations tech company Marcura has acquired Brightwell Navigator, the crew payroll services unit of the Atlanta-based financial services firm Brightwell. The Brightwell Navigator service is overwhelmingly popular for cruise line crew payment processing, a high-demand sector for payroll services because of the thousands of crewmembers…

Portugal Finds Cocaine Hidden in Rotting Hides as Koreans Seize Missed Box   Portugal’s Judicial Police seized more than 1.5 metric tons of cocaine, which they believe was part of a larger smuggling ring using animal hides to obscure the drugs. It is the latest in a series of large drug seizures as police report…