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Iran Seizes False Flag Vessel in Increased Crackdown on Fuel Smuggling

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One Tanker's Dash to Darwin Shows Australia's Thin Margins for Energy

Published Nov 30, 2025 11:36 PM by The Strategist

  [By John Coyne] A tanker sprinting against the clock to beat a cyclone shouldn’t be a national-security storyline—but last week it became one. As Tropical Cyclone Fina tracked toward the Top End, port authorities expedited the arrival of an inbound fuel tanker into Darwin Harbour to avoid a likely shutdown that would have delayed deliveries and left the region exposed to immediate supply constraints. What’s needed now is a clear-eyed admission that Australia’s fuel system, optimized for thin inventories,...

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Haitian Gangs are Setting Up Shop for Seaborne Drug Smuggling

Published Nov 30, 2025 10:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The United Nations warns that gang warlords in Haiti have turned the country’s coastal waters into a pivotal transshipment hub for drugs originating from South America and destined for key markets across the Caribbean, the U.S. and Europe. As the country plunges deeper into the abyss of lawlessness, the UN contends that large gangs have taken control and are deeply entrenched along strategic corridors, in effect turning most of the country’s coastal waters into transit routes not only for drugs...

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Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World’s Largest Coal Port

Published Nov 30, 2025 10:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Operations at the coal port of Newcastle, Australia have experienced significant disruptions after climate activists took over the harbor with a flotilla of kayaks and watercraft in a protest designed to push for higher taxes on the fossil fuel. Activists led by the groups Rising Tide and Greenpeace Australia Pacific have paralyzed operations at the busy port since November 27 after staging what is being termed as the ‘People’s Blockade’, protests that have affected ships movements and led to the...

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Scrap Metal Fire in UK Highlights Growing Risk of Contaminated Cargoes

Published Nov 30, 2025 9:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Scrap metal is among the most notorious cargoes for fire risk, not because of its inherent properties but because it is often contaminated with flammable debris and ready-made sources of ignition, like damaged lithium-ion batteries. A recent blaze at the port of Hull, UK illustrated the continuing danger to shipping, port facilities and public health from scrap-related fires.  On June 27, 2025, the freighter Altay was alongside a scrap yard at Albert Dock in Hull, England to take on...

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EU Offshore Study: Average Wind Turbine Hits Only One Dozen Birds Per Year

  A new industry-backed study aims to push back on claims that the offshore wind industry is a threat to migratory birds. The consultancy-performed study concludes that (at least in the EU) birds almost completely avoid wind turbines and that the risks of collisions are significantly lower than previously assumed. The study commissioned by industry lobby group German Offshore Wind Energy Association (BWO) has now refuted assumptions that high migration intensity by birds in waters where offshore wind farms are...

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Seatrium Seeks Arbitration Against Maersk Offshore Wind Over WTIV

  Singapore-based Seatrium has filed a counterclaim for arbitration against Maersk Offshore Wind in the ongoing dispute over the nearly completed newbuild wind turbine installation vessel ordered in 2023. The dispute emerged in October after Maersk Offshore Wind filed a surprise termination notice for the nearly completed vessel. Seatrium rejected an arbitration claim made by Maersk Offshore Wind in October, which alleged problems with the construction project without supplying specific details. The claim that “disputes had arisen” during the project....

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Op-Ed: Arctic States Have Less Than Two Weeks to Act on Polar Fuels

  The Arctic is warming four times faster than anywhere else on Earth, and this is a warning sign for elsewhere on the planet. The shipping sector has been gifted an opportunity to cut black carbon emissions from shipping in the region, which would have a near-immediate positive impact. But time is tight. December 5th is the deadline for countries to submit a crucial proposal for polar fuels, ahead of next February’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Pollution Prevention and...

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Inmarsat Unveils Next Phase of NexusWave With Viasat-3

  [By Inmarsat] Inmarsat Maritime, a ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT) company, has unveiled the next phase in the evolution of its NexusWave bonded connectivity service, following the successful launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 satellite and in anticipation of the launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. As the two ViaSat-3 satellites are scheduled to enter service in 2026, NexusWave customers will benefit from a dramatic increase in available bandwidth via a new generation of maritime terminal, with additional capacity expected...

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