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Spanish Special Forces Liberate Greek Tanker After Pirate Attack

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Xi Jinping, center, with crewmembers aboard Fujian (PLA / state media)

China Commissions its Third and Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier

Published Nov 6, 2025 11:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

  China's newest and most sophisticated aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has been formally commissioned into service after a series of final trials in the South China Sea. Chinese state media confirmed the milestone on Friday, and noted that President Xi Jinping attended the ceremony.  Fujian is a conventionally-powered carrier built at CSSC Jiangnan, and is much more advanced that the earlier Liaoning and Shandong, both built to Soviet specifications. Fujian is the PLA Navy's first carrier with catapults, which are critical...

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India Has "Largely Stopped" Buying Russian Oil, Trump Says

Published Nov 6, 2025 10:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

  India's refiners have "largely stopped" buying oil from Russia after U.S. pressure, U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday - a remarkable turnaround after years of Indian leadership in the Russian oil market.  For months, the Trump administration has asked India's government to curtail purchasing Russian energy exports, which help finance the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. India has a longstanding trade relationship with Russia, and its refiners (along with China's) have been absorbing the gray-market Russian barrels that were displaced...

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Korean Team Tests AI-Powered Automatic Firefighting System Aboard Ship

Published Nov 6, 2025 9:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

  South Korean researchers have developed an advanced AI-powered firefighting system that can independently identify a petroleum fire, activate, and concentrate the discharge of firefighting foam at the blaze. The team believes that it is the only system of its kind to successfully complete both shoreside and shipboard testing. The research group from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials took aim at the problem of oil fires on warships, caused by leaking distillate fuel from engines, generators or aircraft....

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Offshore Wind Developers Invest to Make Belfast Harbor a Hub for Wind Farms

Published Nov 6, 2025 7:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The developers of two offshore wind farms that have gained government consent will make a large investment to develop the historic Belfast Harbor in Northern Ireland into a major offshore wind farm hub. The project was announced by the local authority, but also drew the attention of UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The two offshore wind projects, Mona and Morgan, are being developed by a partnership between EnBW and Jera Nex bp. As the companies move forward with...

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Orsted Still Sees a Strong Future for Offshore Wind in Europe

  Western offshore wind leader Orsted sees signs of hope in the European market, despite near-term headwinds in the global market, executives said in a third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday.  "We remain very bullish about the prospects for offshore wind in Europe, in particular. We see the rebasing happening in the market," said Rasmus Errboe, Group President and CEO. "We will be patient, and we will prioritize value over volume." Errboe highlighted three potential business areas for growth in Europe:...

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ICE Shipyard Raid Nabs 25 Illegal Immigrants

  Immigration officers carried out a raid on a shipyard in Louisiana last week and came away with more than two dozen suspected illegal immigrants who were working for a welding contractor, according to ICE Homeland Security Investigations.  The raid occurred at an unnamed yard in Harvey, Louisiana, but the individuals in question were employed by Belle Chasse-based contractor Barrois Welding Services. ICE had specific intelligence about the workplace, HSI said: one Barrois Welding Services employee had been arrested in...

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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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Shake-Up at DFDS as Ferry Operator Looks to Accelerate Financial Turnaround

DFDS, one of Europe’s largest ferry operators, announced a series of shake-ups after posting disappointing financial results for the third quarter. The company had said that 2025 would be a transitional year as it laid the foundations for improving financial performance, and now it is adding layoffs, cost-cutting, and a search for a new chief executive officer. While saying that it was making progress on most of the priorities laid out in its plan, DFDS reported a 32...

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