EU Forces Stop Sixth Tanker in the Mediterranean for Inspection

Crane Lifting Accident Starts Fire and Injures Two in Mumbai

Published Aug 31, 2026 3:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

Police at Mumbai Port in India are blaming an unstable lift for causing a horrendous accident on the pier on Sunday evening, August 30. According to the report, the cargo lift became unstable, causing a truck crane to topple over, starting a fire and injuring two crane operators. The Barbados-flagged bulker Vienna (52,224 dwt) had arrived at the port several days ago from China. The bulker is Chinese-owned and was alongside for cargo operations. Two truck cranes were engaged in...

Video: Two Abandoned Vessels Attacked in Black Sea Wash Ashore in Turkey

Published Aug 31, 2026 1:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

Turkish citizens were surprised to see two abandoned vessels drifting toward their shoreline, casualties of the war in the Black Sea. They reported the vessels to the Coast Guard, which is reported to have taken control of the scene. The larger of the two is a Chinese-owned product tanker, Golden Sapling (19,455 dwt). Built in 1999 and registered in Hong Kong, the vessel was reported by the Turkish media to have been stuck on August 26, while it was heading...

Op-Ed: Why the Extended Jones Act Waiver Fails Americans

Published Aug 31, 2026 12:27 PM by William P. Doyle

In an August 20, 2026, opinion piece published by The National Interest, “Why the Jones Act’s Temporary Waiver Was Renewed Again,” coauthors Max Pyziur and Matthew Sawoski argue that increased petroleum movements under the temporary Jones Act waiver demonstrate that the law constrains United States energy flows. What they fail to recognize is that the federal government did not simply open domestic shipping to greater competition. It opened American coastwise trade to foreign-built, foreign-owned, foreign-operated, and foreign-crewed vessels. In doing...

US Pre-empts Iranian Rocket Deployment of Sea Mines in Strait of Hormuz

Published Aug 31, 2026 8:57 AM by The Maritime Executive

In the first US attack mounted on Iran for about a month, US Central Command (CENTCOM) fired on IRGC positions on Larak Island late on August 30. The move was to intercept and destroy two Iranian missiles that were about to be launched. Although statements from Washington suggested a broader attack had been carried out on other targets, the CENTCOM operation appears to have been very precise and limited to preempting an Iranian attack, which was imminent. The Iranian response...

Shipping

MAIB Reports on Ferry-Jetty Incident That Holed Hull and Caused Flooding

Marine investigators in the UK have outlined the events that caused a ferry collision with a jetty during a normal berthing maneuver, causing massive flooding and endangering 157 passengers and crew aboard the RoPax Stena Estrid. In January this year, the passenger and vehicle ferry Stena Estrid (41,600 gross tonnage) suffered significant flooding after she made contact with a jetty at Holyhead Port, the UK's second busiest passenger ferry port. The serious marine incident occurred on January 7 while Stena...

Tugs & Salvage

Australia Likely to Fine Racing Yacht After Hitting Great Barrier Reef

The skipper and organizers of a thrilling odyssey to circumnavigate the planet could be slapped with hefty fines after one of the luxurious yachts in the flotilla grounded in an environmentally sensitive area in Australian waters. The 82.5-foot (25-meter) Viva La Vida yacht (Oyster model 825), which is part of a 23-yacht flotilla participating in the 2026-27 edition of the Oyster World Rally, sank in the Whitsunday Islands, which form part of the Great Barrier Reef, a sensitive coral habitat...

Government

US helicopter monitoring commercial shipping

CENTCOM Says Iran Attempts to Intimidate Shipping with False Reports

Iran continues to make multiple claims about stopping vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz while insisting that the only passage possible is on the route under its supervision. CENTCOM issued another of its “fact check” statements saying “it is yet another IRGC attempt to intimidate regional commercial shipping through disinformation.” The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement on Monday, August 31, asserting that “supertanker passing through the southern route” had been forced to come to a stop. It said...

Corporate News

Höegh Autoliners to Equip Entire Fleet with New Navigation Resilience Techn

[By Höegh Autoliners] Höegh Autoliners has signed a five-year contract with Norwegian technology company SGM Technology to equip its entire fleet with PntGuard™. The solution is designed to strengthen vessel positioning and navigation resilience in areas affected by GPS interference. The agreement covers Höegh Autoliners' current fleet of 38 vessels, as well as future newbuildings entering service during the contract period. GPS jamming and spoofing incidents have become an increasing challenge across major shipping routes worldwide, creating risks for navigation,...

Cruise Ships

Fincantieri Floats First Next-Generation Cruise Ship for NCLH's Oceania

Fincantieri and Oceania Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, marked the float-out of the first of a new generation of cruise ships as NCLH moves forward with a strategy to align the fleet with the enhanced luxury positioning of the brand. The launch came the same day as the first of the line’s oldest ships prepared to leave the fleet. The new ship, named Oceania Sonata, was christened and floated out at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy....

Ports

Construction Starts on Bangladesh Terminal to Double Ship Size and Capacity

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Chattogram, Bangladesh, for a new container terminal that is one of the largest public-private partnership investments in the history of the country and that will dramatically enhance its trade capabilities. Being developed by Maersk’s APM Terminals, it will increase the size of vessels that can reach the port and Chittagong’s container capabilities. Government officials highlight that approximately 93 percent of the country’s import-export trade is conducted through the port at Chattogram. However, the port...

Shipping

MAIB Reports on Ferry-Jetty Incident That Holed Hull and Caused Flooding

Tugs & Salvage

Australia Likely to Fine Racing Yacht After Hitting Great Barrier Reef

Government

CENTCOM Says Iran Attempts to Intimidate Shipping with False Reports

Corporate News

Höegh Autoliners to Equip Entire Fleet with New Navigation Resilience Techn

Cruise Ships

Fincantieri Floats First Next-Generation Cruise Ship for NCLH's Oceania

Ports

Construction Starts on Bangladesh Terminal to Double Ship Size and Capacity

Offshore

California Sues DOI Calling Offshore Wind Cancellation “Blatantly Unlawful"

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission moved forward with their earlier challenges and filed a lawsuit on August 28 against the Trump administration and Golden State Wind over what it is calling “the unlawful buyout” of the offshore wind energy lease. The state is contending the deal to buy back the offshore wind lease is illegal and would jeopardize its investments to support the project, the state’s energy policy, and the commitments from the developer for...

Shipbuilding

US Plan Advances for 50-Ship Nuclear-Powered Merchant Fleet

British-based nuclear energy company Core Power is pitching another proposal in the United States, seeking to commercialize nuclear energy propulsion plants for ships. In February this year, Core Power was seeking a tie-up with the US Department of War to take advantage of simpler regulations governing the operation of nuclear power plants on board ships docking at defense-owned ports. Because the Pentagon has extensive experience of using small nuclear reactors afloat, with well-established protocols, use of this regulatory environment would...

Environment

bulker with wind propulsion and solar panels for electricity

Bulker Demonstrates Wind Propulsion Integrated with Solar Power

Demonstrations are underway on an innovative power solution retrofitted to an ultramax bulker as part of a four-year research project to advance modular retrofit solutions to reduce GHG emissions from the long-distance maritime industry. The project, named WHISPER, recently completed the installation of a rigid wingsail and solar panels on the dry bulk carrier Maria Tipoc as the first of two demonstrations, which will also involve a containership. The 60,155-dwt bulker was recently retrofitted by Tsuneiship Shipbuilding and is currently...

Business

Dali containership and remains of bridge

Judge Dismisses Most of Remaining Dali Civil Damage Claims

The district court in Maryland, hearing the civil portion of the claims related to the containership Dali destroying Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, ruled on August 25, dismissing many of the economic loss claims while also letting several claims proceed. The court up until this point had declined to decide on issues related to a 1927 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that had limited economic losses only to claimants that had a direct property interest in the damaged property, in this...

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EU Forces Stop Sixth Tanker in the Mediterranean for Inspection

Crane Lifting Accident Starts Fire and Injures Two in Mumbai

Video: Two Abandoned Vessels Attacked in Black Sea Wash Ashore in Turkey

Op-Ed: Why the Extended Jones Act Waiver Fails Americans

US Pre-empts Iranian Rocket Deployment of Sea Mines in Strait of Hormuz

MAIB Reports on Ferry-Jetty Incident That Holed Hull and Caused Flooding

Australia Likely to Fine Racing Yacht After Hitting Great Barrier Reef

CENTCOM Says Iran Attempts to Intimidate Shipping with False Reports

Höegh Autoliners to Equip Entire Fleet with New Navigation Resilience Techn

Fincantieri Floats First Next-Generation Cruise Ship for NCLH's Oceania

Construction Starts on Bangladesh Terminal to Double Ship Size and Capacity

Beyond Web-Based SaaS: The Cloud-Native Advantage

A Mediterranean Residence Worth Pursuing for American Families

The Next Generation of Marine Propulsion

MAIB Reports on Ferry-Jetty Incident That Holed Hull and Caused Flooding

Australia Likely to Fine Racing Yacht After Hitting Great Barrier Reef

CENTCOM Says Iran Attempts to Intimidate Shipping with False Reports

Höegh Autoliners to Equip Entire Fleet with New Navigation Resilience Techn

Fincantieri Floats First Next-Generation Cruise Ship for NCLH's Oceania

Construction Starts on Bangladesh Terminal to Double Ship Size and Capacity

California Sues DOI Calling Offshore Wind Cancellation “Blatantly Unlawful"

US Plan Advances for 50-Ship Nuclear-Powered Merchant Fleet

Bulker Demonstrates Wind Propulsion Integrated with Solar Power

Judge Dismisses Most of Remaining Dali Civil Damage Claims

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