The Maritime Executive

The Maritime Executive started its journey in 1997, offering insights from global executives along with case studies about their companies in every edition. Over the years, it has grown into the largest business journal in the maritime sector, distributing 28,000 copies six times a year across 127 countries. In 1999, the MarEx Newsletter launched, initially reaching just 1,000 readers with a monthly publication. Now, it has expanded significantly, publishing five times a week and reaching over 60,000 subscribers. The Maritime Executive's website, which debuted in 1999 at www.maritime-executive.com, originally served as a platform for the magazine and newsletter. It has since evolved into a valuable source for breaking news, editorials, videos, and industry happenings. Both the newsletter and the website have also turned into substantial revenue generators for the organization.

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Saya de Malha: Creating a New Nation

1 week ago | maritime-executive.com | Ian Urbina

Vast and sometimes brutal, the high seas are also a place of aspiration, reinvention and an escape from rules. This is why the oceans have long been a magnet for libertarians hoping to flee governments, taxes and other people by creating their own sovereign micronations in international waters. The Saya de Malha Bank has been especially attractive for such ambitions.
Economic Impact: Cruise Boom Benefits Port Communities

1 week ago | maritime-executive.com | Tom Peters

At the eastern end of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on the island of Cape Breton sits the small port of Sydney. By comparison to dozens of other North American ports, it's small potatoes. But what's important, and even vital, to Sydney is the revenue generated by its cruise industry. In 2024, Sydney had a record year with 117 vessel calls, 13,297 passengers arriving on 20 cruise lines and millions of dollars in economic activity.
Saya de Malha: Far Away From Human Rights

2 weeks ago | maritime-executive.com | Ian Urbina

In October 2022, a British-American couple, Kyle and Maryanne Webb, were sailing their yacht through a remote area of the Indian Ocean between Mauritius and Seychelles, just south of the Saya de Malha Bank, the world’s largest seagrass field. The Webbs were sailing enthusiasts and had covered tens of thousands of miles on their vessel, the Begonia, over the previous years.
Interview: Charles B. Robertson, President & CEO, American Cruise Lines

2 weeks ago | maritime-executive.com | Tony Munoz

Charles B. Robertson is the President and CEO of river cruise leader American Cruise Lines, and he recently spoke to TME editor-in-chief Tony Munoz about the company's history and his own journey as an executive. Welcome, Charlie! Tell us about yourself – how you grew up and prepared to one day run the family business. It's been a lifelong preparation, really. I literally grew up with the company, which my parents started before I was born.
Interview: Charles B. Robinson, President & CEO, American Cruise Lines

2 weeks ago | maritime-executive.com | Tony Munoz

Charles B. Robertson is the President and CEO of river cruise leader American Cruise Lines, and he recently spoke to TME editor-in-chief Tony Munoz about the company's history and his own journey as an executive. Welcome, Charlie! Tell us about yourself – how you grew up and prepared to one day run the family business. It's been a lifelong preparation, really. I literally grew up with the company, which my parents started before I was born.
Compliance Assurance

3 weeks ago | maritime-executive.com | Paul Benecki

Compliance is a top priority for shipowners, and that includes the handling of effluent and emissions. Merchant ships have at least five major waste streams – exhaust, bilge water, solid waste, ballast water and sewage – each with stringent limits. Of these, ballast water requires treatment for almost every deepsea shipping application, and treatment failures mean costly delays in cargo operations.
Vanishing Protectors and Predators of the Saya de Malha

3 weeks ago | maritime-executive.com | Ian Urbina

In November 2022, several scientists in scuba gear dove over the side of a 440-foot research ship, which had been sent to the Saya de Mahla Bank, a vast seagrass meadow in the Indian Ocean between Mauritius and Seychelles, more than 200 miles from land. Their goal that day was to film sharks. When they were not diving, the scientists submerged a remote-controlled submarine to search the sea column.
Mowing Down An Ecosystem

3 weeks ago | maritime-executive.com | Ian Urbina

Situated in the Indian Ocean between Mauritius and Seychelles, more than 200 miles from land, the Saya de Malha Bank extends over an area the size of Switzerland and is one of the world’s biggest seagrass meadows, which make it the planet’s most important carbon sink. Much like trees on land, seagrass absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores it in its roots and soil. But seagrass does it especially fast—at a rate 35 times that of tropical rainforest.
Ol' Man River

3 weeks ago | maritime-executive.com | Jack O'Connell

The hit song from Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern's 1927 groundbreaking musical, "Show Boat," continues to mesmerize, nearly 100 years later. Haunting and magical, the lyrics and melody seem to cast a spell: Ah gits weary/An' sick of tryin' Ah'm tired of livin'/An' skeered of dyin', But ol' man river, He jes' keeps rolling' along. Timeless, really, like the river itself. None of which was going through our minds last year when we decided to sail the Mississippi.
Interview: Tim Klaybor, Managing Director, Fassmer Service America

1 month ago | maritime-executive.com | Jack O'Connell

Klaybor and his team are the service experts for Fassmer products in North and Central America as well as the Caribbean. It's a lifesaving mission in a market that's growing. Tell us about yourself – your background and education. What attracted you to the maritime industry? Growing up in Fredonia, New York with Lake Erie as my front yard, I was perpetually drawn to the water.