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Romania Destroys Sea Baby Mine Spotted in the Black Sea

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Russia And Myanmar Conclude Annual Joint Naval Exercise

Published Dec 3, 2025 12:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Russia and Myanmar have conducted their annual joint naval exercise over two days in mid-November, training in the Andaman Sea. Exercise Marumex-2025 focused on training in anti-submarine and anti-piracy operations, involving gunnery practice, helicopter operations, and the use of Myanmar's Kilo Class submarine as a target. The Burmese navy deployed the Kyan Sittha Class frigates UMS Kyansitta (F12) and UMS Sinphyushin (F14), and the Anawrahta Class corvette UMS Tabinshwehti (F773). These three stealth-profile vessels were all built relatively recently...

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Pirates Attack LPG Carrier, Kidnap Crew Off West Africa

Published Dec 3, 2025 11:49 AM by The Maritime Executive

  An LPG carrier has become the latest target of the ongoing piracy off West Africa, with reports confirming that nine of the ship’s crew have been kidnapped and one injured. The vessel was underway bound for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, when it was boarded. Security group Vanguard reports the vessel was approximately 50 nautical miles west of the coast when an unknown number of armed pirates boarded the ship. The vessel is identified as the CGAS Saturn (3,090 dwt), built...

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Three Agencies with Antarctica Stations Charter Ship for Resupply Missions

Published Dec 2, 2025 9:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Three European countries with research stations in Antarctica have formed a unique partnership that involves joint operations to resupply their stations. The project aims to ease the logistical pressures and costs that come with voyages to the southern continent. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), and Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) have joined forces to share an ice-capable vessel. It will carry out resupply missions to their respective Antarctic research stations for the next 10 years.?...

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Trump Administration Targets Another Offshore Wind Farm Project

Published Dec 2, 2025 8:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Using a now familiar technique, the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, December 2, made a filing in U.S. District Court targeting yet another offshore wind farm project. Speaking on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Department of Justice confirmed that the Bureau is reviewing the approval for the New England Wind project, which is to be developed by Iberdrola’s subsidiary Avangrid. The filing asks the court for a voluntary remand of a case filed...

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Trump Administration Targets Another Offshore Wind Farm Project

Using a now familiar technique, the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, December 2, made a filing in U.S. District Court targeting yet another offshore wind farm project. Speaking on behalf of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Department of Justice confirmed that the Bureau is reviewing the approval for the New England Wind project, which is to be developed by Iberdrola’s subsidiary Avangrid. The filing asks the court for a voluntary remand of a case filed...

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Design for Large Ammonia-Powered Containership Achieves Key Milestone

  Classification society DNV reports that it has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to an emerging design for a 21,700 TEU ammonia-powered mega-boxship. This key step, which confirms the feasibility of the design and ensures no major technical hurdles to meeting class, comes as the shipping industry continues to flirt with ammonia as an emerging alternative power source.  The design for the vessel was developed by a joint consortium of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong International, and...

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Study Finds Major Drop in Ship Sulfur Emissions Following IMO Regulations

  An academic team led by researchers at the UK’s National Centre for Atmospheric Science completed a first in-depth study looking at sulfur emissions at sea and found “fairly good compliance” with the IMO regulations introduced in 2020. The group looked at compliance both in the European Sulfur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) and ships in the open ocean. The team found that the average sulfur content in ship fuel dropped nearly tenfold in open ocean areas following the International Maritime...

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In the Know Podcast 75: Matthias Schulze, VP Marine, Siemens Energy

In this episode of The Maritime Executive's podcast series, editor-in-chief Tony Munoz spoke with Matthias Schulze, VP of Marine at Siemens Energy. Schulze is a former German Navy officer and has worked for Siemens Energy's marine business for 25 years. Over the course of his career, the firm has helped propel the expansion of battery-electric propulsion systems from a niche option to an increasingly commonplace solution for ferries, harbor tugs and other vessel classes requiring an environmentally-sensitive operating profile. In addition...

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