Iranian Navy Sends Out Two Flotillas – Destinations Uncertain

U.S. Offshore Wind Developers Stop Work and Explore Next Steps

Published Dec 23, 2025 5:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

From New England to the Mid-Atlantic regions, offshore wind developers reported they were complying with the government order to suspend offshore installation work while also expressing frustration. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management followed up the public announcement with a written notification to the developers of the five projects ordering them to stop their offshore work on the Outer Continental Shelf while the government conducts a review. Several of the projects highlighted that they were just weeks away from beginning...

Then-VCNO Adm. James Kilby visits a Future Sailor Preparatory Course classroom, 2024 (USN file image)

Report: U.S. Navy Exceeded Limits for Underperforming Recruits

Published Dec 23, 2025 5:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

In its rush to meet recruitment targets, the U.S. Navy exceeded the allowable legal limit for recruits who underperform on standard armed forces capability testing, according to the Pentagon's Office of the Inspector General. The Navy has a serious need for more enlisted personnel out in the fleet, and is running some of its warships short-handed. In FY2023, it missed its recruitment target by 20 percent, hampered by multiple factors: a shortage of qualified youths in the general population; a...

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Cargo Discharged from Fire-Damaged ONE and Wan Hai Vessels

Published Dec 23, 2025 3:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

The salvage operation for two recent containership fires, ONE Henry Hudson and Wan Hai 503, is continuing. The details show the intricate process required to recover from these incidents. Ocean Network Express (ONE) reports that containers have started to be offloaded from the ONE Henry Hudson more than four weeks after the fire, while the ship was docked in the Port of Los Angeles. Reports indicated that the fire, which began on November 21, was possibly an electrical fire while...

Product Tanker Giant Hafnia Launches Plan for Mega-Merger with Torm

Published Dec 23, 2025 2:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

World-leading product tanker company Hafnia has purchased a large block of shares in competitor Torm, and has signaled plans to pursue a mega-merger bringing together two leading fleets in the segment. In dual statements, the companies said that Hafnia has acquired about 14 percent of Torm's issued share capital from Oaktree Capital Management, drawing on its own working capital and its lines of credit to make the purchase. The share purchase is large enough to give Hafnia consultation rights on...

Shipping

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CMA CGM Sends ULCV Through Suez Canal as 2026 Traffic Return is Predicted

The Suez Canal Authority is highlighting what it is calling a “new phase in the return of containerships” as it marked the first transits in two years by ultra-large vessels. Today, December 23, was a milestone for the Suez Canal as two of CMA’s large vessels passed in the Canal while Maersk’s first ship completed its transit, the first time the majors have sent their large vessels back since the start of the Houthis’ campaign in late 2023. Admiral Ossama...

Tugs & Salvage

Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations

Floating Crane Catches Fire at Russian Ship Repair Yard

On Tuesday, a major fire broke out at a small ship repair yard in Nizhy Novgorod, a city on the Volga in western Russia. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia reported that a fire damaged a floating crane at the Borskaya Ship Repair Company, a commercial river-sea freighter repair yard. Fuel spilled from the vessel and burned over an area of about 1000 square feet, the agency said. Photos provided by the ministry show firefighters applying foam in quantity...

Government

Venezuela's Oil Exports Grind Towards a Halt Under U.S. Pressure

Venezuela is having difficulty in getting its oil to market due to U.S. tanker seizures in the Caribbean, multiple officials told the New York Times and Reuters. Two laden VLCC tankers have been captured by the U.S. Coast Guard; another has been "pursued" back into the Atlantic without capture; at least several more have turned around mid-voyage, according to TankerTrackers.com; multiple tanker owners have declined signing new charters for future Venezuelan loadings, officials said; and about 30 tankers are stranded...

Corporate News

Liberia, Marshall Islands, & Panama's International Flag-State Association

[By: International Flag-State Association] The International Flag-State Association (IFA), an association of the world’s three largest registries, Liberia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Panama, has been meeting since 2021. IFA is the first alliance of its kind and was designed to allow its members to have a platform to more formally engage with respect to global challenges, stakeholder insight, and the development and implementation of international instruments to enhance maritime safety, security, the protection of...

Cruise Ships

Passenger Killed as Nile River Cruise Ships Collide

Egyptian authorities are confirming that one passenger, an Italian tourist, has died from injuries sustained during the collision of two Nile River cruise ships. The captain of one of the vessels has had his license suspended and is under investigation for violations of the maritime regulations. The General Authority for River Transport is accusing the captain of the cruise ship Royal Beau Rivage of making a sudden, sharp maneuver, which caused the two vessels to collide. The Royal Beau Rivage...

Ports

China to Develop New Port in Kuwait for Regional and Global Trade

Kuwait and China formalized a new agreement, building on their cooperation and which aims to complete the development of a new port in northern Kuwait. Known as the Mina Mubarak Al-Kabeer port, it is a key part of Kuwait’s Vision 2035 project and China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Plans have been discussed for the new port as part of Kuwait’s economic diversification project aimed at moving the country’s economy away from its total dependence on oil. In 2023, China signed...

Shipping

CMA CGM Sends ULCV Through Suez Canal as 2026 Traffic Return is Predicted

Tugs & Salvage

Floating Crane Catches Fire at Russian Ship Repair Yard

Government

Venezuela's Oil Exports Grind Towards a Halt Under U.S. Pressure

Corporate News

Liberia, Marshall Islands, & Panama's International Flag-State Association

Cruise Ships

Passenger Killed as Nile River Cruise Ships Collide

Ports

China to Develop New Port in Kuwait for Regional and Global Trade

Offshore

U.S. Offshore Wind Developers Stop Work and Explore Next Steps

Shipbuilding

Trump: Trump-Class Battleship Will be Flagship for Navy's New Golden Fleet

President Donald Trump has announced plans to order a future "Trump-class" battleship in large quantities, and says that he will press defense contractors to deliver it quickly. "They'll be the fastest, the biggest, and by far 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built," the president said at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday afternoon. In a statement, the White House confirmed that the class would be "the most lethal surface combatant ever constructed." Illustrations show...

Environment

large gas carrier designed for ammonia shipping

JERA Advances Plans to Ship Ammonia Produced in Louisiana to Japan

Japan’s largest power generation and energy company, JERA, is advancing its plans to ship low-carbon ammonia from a production facility in Louisiana to Japan to fuel a power generation plant. The project, working with shipping companies NYK and Mitsui O.S.K., is expected to become the first commercial-scale effort to import ammonia fuel to Japan. The companies announced that they have signed contracts which will lead to the development of very large gas carriers designed specifically for ammonia transport. Mitsui O.S....

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Iranian Navy Sends Out Two Flotillas – Destinations Uncertain

U.S. Offshore Wind Developers Stop Work and Explore Next Steps

Report: U.S. Navy Exceeded Limits for Underperforming Recruits

Cargo Discharged from Fire-Damaged ONE and Wan Hai Vessels

Product Tanker Giant Hafnia Launches Plan for Mega-Merger with Torm

CMA CGM Sends ULCV Through Suez Canal as 2026 Traffic Return is Predicted

Floating Crane Catches Fire at Russian Ship Repair Yard

Venezuela's Oil Exports Grind Towards a Halt Under U.S. Pressure

Liberia, Marshall Islands, & Panama's International Flag-State Association

Passenger Killed as Nile River Cruise Ships Collide

China to Develop New Port in Kuwait for Regional and Global Trade

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CMA CGM Sends ULCV Through Suez Canal as 2026 Traffic Return is Predicted

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U.S. Offshore Wind Developers Stop Work and Explore Next Steps

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