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Chinese Coastal Bulker Grounds and Breaks Up off Fuzhou

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Russian Navy Flotilla Conducts Exercises in the Red Sea

Published Dec 7, 2025 8:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Russian Pacific Fleet flotilla that conducted exercises with Myanmar's Navy in mid-November has now appeared in the Red Sea, and may be about to transit north through the Suez Canal. The flotilla consists of the Udaloy Class frigate RFS Marshal Shaposhnikov (F543) and the Boris Chilikin Class oiler Boris Butoma (IMO 8842557). The third ship of the flotilla, the Gremyashchiy Class corvette RFS Gremyashchiy (F337), has not rejoined, having split off to make port visits alone to Chittagong and...

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Study: Marine Carbon Removal Needs More Thought Before Scaling Up

Published Dec 7, 2025 7:36 PM by Gemini News

  [By Nancy Bazilchuk] The oceans have to play a role in helping humanity remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to curb dangerous climate warming. But are we ready to scale up the technologies that will do the job? The answer, according to an expert group reporting to the European Union, is no. At least, not yet – not until there are measures in place to ensure these technologies, called marine carbon dioxide removal technologies, are doing what they are supposed to...

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Overboard Containers Loaded with Bananas Delay Cruise Ship’s Departure

Published Dec 7, 2025 6:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Shipping in the port of Southampton, England, including a large P&O Cruise ship, was delayed on Saturday, December 6, into Sunday while authorities worked to find containers that had gone overboard from a reefer cargo ship in the Solent. The UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency confirmed the delays and warnings issued to all shipping in the area, advising that reefers loaded with bananas and other produce were in the waterway. The reefer ship Baltic Klipper reported around 1800 local...

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Iranian Naval Forces Spurred Into Action

Published Dec 7, 2025 3:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

  In the wake of reports that the Iranian navy has spent most of the period since the 12-Day War in June tied up in harbor, Iranian naval commanders have been goaded into action and are seeking to make amends with a burst of activity. Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, the commander of the regular Iranian Navy (Nedaja), has disclosed that the Moudge Class frigate IRINS Jamaran (F76) is now on patrol in the Indian Ocean, possibly between Mauritius and the...

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Wind Farm to Power Amazon and Google Sends First Power to German Grid

  The Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm started feeding its first power to the German grid on December 3. The wind farm marks another milestone both for Germany and the EU, becoming the largest offshore wind farm in Ørsted’s German portfolio and one that has contracted more than four-fifths of its power with long-term corporate power purchase agreements. Located about 45 miles off the German coast in the North Sea, the project is being developed in a partnership between...

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At WorkBoat 2025, Cost Control Takes Center Stage

  American operators often get sticker shock when pricing out new vessel tonnage these days, and at WorkBoat 2025, vessel affordability was at the top of the agenda. How can yards bring down the cost of construction, and how can owners, naval architects and engineers write specs for value - not just perfection? TME asked around the show to find out, and came away with a few answers - some well-known, some less so.  Well-known solutions First, there are a few...

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Environment

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The Southern Ocean is "Sweating" as Heat Rises, With Effects on Weather

  [By Steven Siems and Zhaoyang Kong] If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island – a narrow, wind-lashed ridge halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica – the first thing you’ll notice is the wildlife. Elephant seals sprawl across dark beaches. King penguins march up mossy slopes. Albatrosses circle over vast, treeless uplands. But look more closely and the island is changing. Slopes are becoming boggier. Iconic megaherbs such as Pleurophyllum and Stilbocarpa are retreating. For years, scientists suspected the culprit was increasing rainfall. Our new research, published...

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Renewed Speculation of Potential Bidders to Acquire HMM

  Korean media reports suggest that there continues to be exploration over the possible privatization of container carrier HMM, nearly two years after a prior attempt collapsed. According to Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper group, the food and logistics giant Dongwon Group has decided to renew its exploration to formulate an offer for the company. Next year will mark a decade since the government stepped in to rescue Hyundai Merchant Marine. It took majority ownership through the Korea Development Bank and...

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