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After Strict U.S. Sanctions, Fewer Takers for Russian Oil

Published Nov 18, 2025 11:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The new U.S. sanctions pressure on Russian oil appears to be having the intended effect, according to multiple reports from oil traders and tanker trackers. Russian volumes stuck at sea are rising, the Chinese and Indian refiners who normally buy the product are less interested than they were a month ago, and the discounts on offer are widening fast.  The new American sanctions on top producers Rosneft and Lukoil have cut a large tranche of Russian oil exports out...

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Humpback Whale Euthanized on an Oregon Beach After Crab Line Entanglement

Published Nov 18, 2025 9:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Saturday, responders made the "very difficult decision" to euthanize a three-year-old female humpback whale that had stranded on the beach at Yachats, Oregon. The whale had been entangled in crab line, and its fate made international news.  "Given the state of the whale’s health and the sea state, and the fact that it’s extremely unlikely that it would be able to survive another day on the beach, we decided jointly that euthanasia is the best," said Jim Rice,...

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derelict cargo ship used for drug smuggling

Video: Florida Reefs Abandoned Cargo Ship Used by Smugglers

Published Nov 18, 2025 8:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

Officials in Florida came up with a novel way to dispose of a small cargo ship that was seized more than a decade ago while smuggling cocaine. The vessel, which was last known as the Borocho, was added to the state’s artificial reef program. The saga of the vessel, which was built in 1977 in Japan, began in September 2014 when the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bear was on patrol in the Caribbean. The USCG identified the vessel...

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Severe Windstorm Damages Multiple Vessels in Argentina

Published Nov 18, 2025 7:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A severe windstorm in southern Argentina damaged multiple fishing vessels in ports around the region on Monday, including three smaller vessels that sank in the harbor at Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz. With a low pressure system arriving from the Pacific and blowing over the Andes, gusts in parts of southern Argentina hit speeds upwards of 80 knots, according to the nation's government weather service. Swells rolling in from the Atlantic hit hard for smaller vessels moored alongside in less-protected...

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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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Shipbuilding

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Russia Proposes Cooperation with India to Develop Shipbuilding Industry

Russian officials launched talks in India ahead of a planned visit by President Vladimir Putin to India scheduled for next month. The delegation touched on many issues for potential cooperation, with reports saying Russia is proposing steps to build India’s shipbuilding industry. The Indian government has already mapped an aggressive plan of investments and policies designed to support the development of shipbuilding and the maritime industry. Preparing for the meeting between Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...

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derelict cargo ship used for drug smuggling

Video: Florida Reefs Abandoned Cargo Ship Used by Smugglers

Officials in Florida came up with a novel way to dispose of a small cargo ship that was seized more than a decade ago while smuggling cocaine. The vessel, which was last known as the Borocho, was added to the state’s artificial reef program. The saga of the vessel, which was built in 1977 in Japan, began in September 2014 when the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bear was on patrol in the Caribbean. The USCG identified the vessel...

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Unfrozen

New Book Examines the Fight for the Future of the Arctic

  Fellow political geographer Klaus Dodds and I have just published a new book called "Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic." We’re tremendously grateful to our publisher, Yale University Press, for making the book a reality. "Unfrozen" examines the twinned geopolitical and ecological crises facing the Arctic, where Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and climate change are both altering the terrain for cooperation and conflict. While the media hones in on the potential for a battle...

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