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Japan Licenses Its First Autonomous Navigation Ro-Pax Ferry

Published Dec 10, 2025 3:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

Japan is set to launch service aboard its first autonomous navigation ferry. The vessel Olympia Dream Seto recently completed the licensing process and will start sailing with the autonomous system on Thursday, December 11, as part of an ongoing government-sponsored project to advance autonomous navigation technology. The Nippon Foundation hosted a demonstration of the autonomous system on Wednesday, highlighting it as a major milestone in the development of the technology. Reporters said the 60-meter (197-foot) ferry “gently pulled...

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Third Shadow-Fleet Tanker Hit by Suspected Ukrainian Drone-Boat Attack

Published Dec 10, 2025 3:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Russian and Ukrainian sources report that Ukraine's covert operations agency has attacked another Russia-facing "shadow fleet" tanker in the Black Sea. If accurate, it would be the third strike on a foreign-flag tanker in a month by Ukraine's drone-boat units.   The target vessel has been named as the Dashan (ex name Mianzimu, IMO 9299666), a 2005-built Suezmax of 165,000 dwt. According to Ukrainian accounts, the vessel was under way for Novorossiysk to take on a load of Russian...

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Italian Court Sides with Grimaldi and Suspends Sale of Moby Ferries to MSC

Published Dec 10, 2025 2:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

  An Italian administrative court issues a temporary suspension of the pending sale of five ferries from Moby Lines to MSC’s SAS division as part of a settlement of antitrust issues. The court found merit in a filing by the Grimaldi Group, signaling a new twist in the long-running rivalry between the Grimaldi and Aponte family interests. Grimaldi, which operates ferries in the Mediterranean, has long opposed the efforts by the Aponte’s MSC to acquire Moby Lines, another Italian ferry...

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Ukraine Seizes Cargo Ship Accused of Transporting Grain from Crimea

Published Dec 10, 2025 12:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reports that it has seized another cargo ship that it accuses of having transported grain from Crimea since the beginning of the Russian occupation. Ukraine has in the past seized several ships on similar allegations and, with a court order, seeks to sell the ships, while it has also moved to prosecute the masters of the vessels, resulting in fines for their actions. The latest seizure took place in recent days in the...

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Judge Vacates Trump’s Order Stopping Review and Approval of Wind Farms

A U.S. federal judge found for the states in a complaint filed against the Trump administration regarding Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order placing the wind energy industry under review. While the decision is being hailed as a key victory by advocates, it may in reality do little to end the administration's assault on wind energy and other elements of renewable energy. A coalition of 17 states and Washington, D.C., had sued earlier this year seeking...

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U.S. Navy Hires Palantir to Reorganize Shipbuilding Supply Chain With AI

  The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract worth nearly $450 million to the technology company Palantir to reorganize the submarine supply chain with advanced AI tools.  Palantir is a leading defense tech contractor with tools for analyzing and organizing manufacturing activity, sorting through intelligence, and aiding the process of targeting. It built the mission command platform for U.S. Special Operations Command,  and it has carried out countless sensor integration and data projects for the U.S. Army. For the Navy,...

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EPS Tanker Studied to Determine Results of Wind-Assisted Propulsion

A new study seeks to quantify the beneficial impact of adding wind-assisted propulsion to vessels while also establishing a framework for assessing the technology’s benefits in reducing fuel consumption and emissions. The study, which took place on the Eastern Pacific Shipping product tanker Pacific Sentinel (50,322 dwt), was conducted in association with the Global Center for Maritime Decarbonisation in Singapore.   The authors of the study highlight that one of the key barriers to the adoption of wind-assisted...

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Italian Court Sides with Grimaldi and Suspends Sale of Moby Ferries to MSC

  An Italian administrative court issues a temporary suspension of the pending sale of five ferries from Moby Lines to MSC’s SAS division as part of a settlement of antitrust issues. The court found merit in a filing by the Grimaldi Group, signaling a new twist in the long-running rivalry between the Grimaldi and Aponte family interests. Grimaldi, which operates ferries in the Mediterranean, has long opposed the efforts by the Aponte’s MSC to acquire Moby Lines, another Italian ferry...

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