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Dynagas LNG Partners LP
Dynagas LNG Partners LP is a Marshall Islands limited partnership, listed on the NYSE as DLNG and spun off from Greek shipowner Georgios Prokopiou, that owns six LNG carriers on long-term charters.
E-boat
An E-boat was the Allied name for the German Schnellboot (S-Boot), a fast motor torpedo boat used by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for night attacks.
e-Navigation
e-Navigation is an International Maritime Organization strategy for harmonized electronic collection, exchange, and presentation of marine information on board and ashore, first proposed in 2006 to enhance berth-to-berth navigation safety.
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc.
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. was a Stamford, Connecticut-headquartered owner and operator of Supramax and Ultramax dry bulk vessels, incorporated in the Marshall Islands in 2005 and merged into Star Bulk Carriers in 2024.
Eclipse (yacht)
Eclipse, also known as M/Y Eclipse, is a 162.5-meter motor yacht built by Blohm+Voss in Hamburg and delivered in 2010 to Roman Abramovich; she was then the world's largest private yacht.
Edward Smith (sea captain)
Edward John Smith, also known as E.J. Smith, was an English sea captain of the White Star Line who died when RMS Titanic sank on her maiden voyage in 1912.
Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision
The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision was a 2001 accident in which a US Navy submarine sank a Japanese training ship off Oahu, killing 9.
Electric boat
An electric boat, also known as an electric vessel, is a watercraft propelled by electric motors drawing on onboard batteries, first demonstrated on the Neva River in 1838.
Electrolytic reduction
Electrolytic reduction is a conservation treatment that makes a metal artifact the cathode of an electrolytic cell, removing chlorides chiefly from iron recovered from shipwrecks.
Emergency position-indicating radiobeacon
An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (EPIRB) is a battery-powered maritime distress transmitter that sends a coded 406 MHz signal to the Cospas-Sarsat satellite system, which has helped rescue more than 50,000 people since 1982.
Emission Control Area
An Emission Control Area is a sea area designated under MARPOL Annex VI where ships must meet stricter limits on sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions.
Emma Mærsk
Emma Mærsk, also known as MV Emma Mærsk, is a Danish container ship operated by Maersk Line, the world's largest when it entered service in 2006.
Enchanted Princess
Enchanted Princess is a Royal-class cruise ship of Princess Cruises, built by Fincantieri in Italy and delivered in 2020; she began service in November 2021 after pandemic delays.
End launch
An end launch is a ship launching method in which a vessel slides end-on, normally stern first, down greased inclined slipways, and was dominant worldwide until drydock building spread in the 1960s.
Endurance22 expedition
The Endurance22 expedition was a 2022 Antarctic expedition organized by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust that located Shackleton's ship Endurance, sunk in the Weddell Sea in 1915, at a depth of 3,008 meters in March 2022.
Energy efficiency design index
The energy efficiency design index is a mandatory International Maritime Organization measure under MARPOL Annex VI that limits new ships' CO2 emissions per tonne-mile, in force since 2013.
Engine department
The engine department, also called the engineering department, operates and maintains a ship's propulsion and support systems; one of three merchant-ship departments, it is headed by the chief engineer.
English ship Revenge (1577)
Revenge was an English race-built galleon of the Elizabethan navy, launched in 1577, that served as Sir Francis Drake's flagship against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
English ship Sovereign of the Seas
Sovereign of the Seas was a first-rate warship of the English Royal Navy, launched at Woolwich in 1637 and the first English vessel to carry 100 guns.
Entrepôt
An entrepôt is a storehouse or port where imported goods are stored for distribution, transshipment, or repackaging, often without import duty because they are held for re-export, as in Singapore.
Escort carrier
An escort carrier, called a jeep carrier or baby flattop, is a small, slow aircraft carrier built to protect convoys and hunt submarines during World War II.
Essex (whaleship)
The Essex was a Nantucket whaleship rammed and sunk by a sperm whale in the Pacific on November 20, 1820; its crew's three-month open-boat ordeal inspired Melville's Moby-Dick.
Etchells (keelboat)
The Etchells is a one-design racing keelboat about 30 feet long, designed in 1966 by American boatbuilder Skip Etchells and adopted as an international class in 1974.
Euromax Terminal Rotterdam
Euromax Terminal Rotterdam is a fully automated deep-sea container terminal at Maasvlakte 1 in the Port of Rotterdam, operated by Hutchison Ports ECT and opened in September 2008.
European exploration of Africa
European exploration of Africa, also called the Exploration of Africa, is the record of European voyages into the continent, from the Portuguese voyages of the 1400s onward.
Eva Hart
Eva Miriam Hart was an English survivor of the Titanic sinking at age 7 in 1912 who became a prominent speaker and critic of salvage of the wreck.
Evangelos Marinakis (Ευάγγελος Μαρινάκης)
Evangelos Marinakis (Ευάγγελος Μαρινάκης), also known as Vaggelis Marinakis, is a Greek shipowner who founded Capital Maritime in 2005 and owns Olympiacos and Nottingham Forest.
Ever Given
Ever Given is a 400-meter container ship owned by Japan's Shoei Kisen Kaisha and chartered to Evergreen, which blocked the Suez Canal for six days in 2021.
Evergreen Marine
Evergreen Marine, trading as Evergreen Line, is a Taiwanese container shipping company founded by Chang Yung-fa in 1968 with one used cargo vessel, now the world's 7th largest container carrier.
Explora I
Explora I is a luxury cruise ship operated by Explora Journeys, the luxury brand of MSC Group, delivered by Fincantieri in 2023 as the first of six planned ships.