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USCGC Argus at her launch ceremony (ESG file image)

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Fishermen, Residents Concerned About Weather Damage to MSC Baltic III

Published Nov 14, 2025 10:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Residents and fishermen in Newfoundland are growing concerned about the deteriorating state of the boxship MSC Baltic III, which ran aground on a rocky shelf in Lark Harbour on February 15. The North Atlantic's winter weather has arrived in earnest, and heavy wave action is smashing the ship upon the rocks, causing more damage by the day. The concern, local stakeholders say, is that the ship will break up and release debris and pollutants into coastal waters.   "This...

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Fires, phosphorus flares and tracer fire from air defense guns at Novorossiysk, Nov. 13 (Russian social media)

Ukraine Takes One of Russia's Largest Oil Terminals Offline

Published Nov 14, 2025 9:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Ukrainian strike on the port of Novorossiysk, Russia has damaged oil loading berths and taken about two percent of the global oil trade temporarily offline, according to multiple reports. Inside sources claim that a moored tanker was hit in the attack as well, injuring three seafarers, Reuters reports. The strike has forced the Sheskharis export terminal to shut down, and has prompted midstream operator Transneft to temporarily halt crude deliveries on the pipeline that feeds the facility, sources...

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China's New Catapult-Equipped Amphib Heads Out on Sea Trials

Published Nov 14, 2025 5:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The PLA Navy's new flat-deck amphibious assault ship Sichuan has departed shipyard for sea trials, barely two years after her keel was laid and just 11 months after her launch ceremony.  The sea trials will involve standard testing of ships' systems; mooring trials and equipment commissioning have been completed smoothly and as planned, the PLA Navy said in a social media statement. Testing of the diesel-electric power system that runs both the propulsion and the ship's power-hungry combat systems...

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Years-Long Pollutant Cleanup Completed for Historic Carrier USS Yorktown

Published Nov 14, 2025 4:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A famed U.S. World War II aircraft carrier is all set to continue attracting tourists at the Charleston Harbor in South Carolina after contractors completed a herculean task of removing toxic pollutants, a project that took two years and cost $31.6 million. The USS Yorktown, a National Historic Landmark moored at Patriots Point in Charleston Harbor, had become a ticking environmental time bomb owing to years of corrosion of her hull. Two years ago, the state government made a decision...

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Nigeria Gets its First Locally-Owned FPSO

  Nigeria has welcomed its first locally owned floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO Emem is owned by the Nigerian oil company Oriental Energy Resources (OER). This reveals growing capacity by local producers to deliver complex offshore development in a market dominated by global oil majors. The FPSO has been undergoing conversion at the Drydocks World Dubai Shipyard, which was initially scheduled to be completed in February. After almost eight months of delay, Nigerian Minister for Petroleum...

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USCGC Argus at her launch ceremony (ESG file image)

Eastern Shipbuilding Suspends Work on Offshore Patrol Cutter Program

  Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) has finally made the tough decision of suspending work on the troubled Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) program, a development that comes six months after the Trump administration announced partial termination of the contract owing to delays and cost overruns. ESG CEO Joey D’Isernia announced that owing to the significant financial strains caused by the program’s structure and conditions, the company has opted to suspend work on its in-construction Heritage-class OPCs, resulting in layoffs. The OPC...

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Harbor and iron or pier at Saldanha Bay, South Africa (Hp.Baumeler / CC BY SA 4.0)

Study: South Africa-Europe Shipping Route Could Run on Ammonia by 2029

  Despite the existing uncertainty in global regulations for clean shipping, some decarbonization initiatives are setting ambitious targets for transitioning to alternative fuels. One such example is the South Africa-Europe iron ore shipping route, which could feasibly deploy ammonia-fueled bulk carriers as soon as 2029 and scale toward full decarbonization by 2035. These findings are contained in a feasibility study by the Global Maritime Forum, produced in partnership with a consortium formed in 2023 to develop a green shipping corridor...

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Cyber Proofing

  With the Coast Guard's final cybersecurity rule in effect as of July 16, 2025 and the training mandate due January 12, 2026, the marine transportation system is being pushed to treat cyber risk as an operational reality. Two voices, one from a maritime technology company and one from a safety-and-risk leader, point to the same answer: If the industry wants resilience, it must move beyond checklists toward engineered controls, measurable hygiene and contracts that create accountability. SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTERS...

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