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High Surf Delays Response to San Juan Barge Grounding

Published Feb 10, 2026 5:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

Rough surface conditions are delaying the salvage response to the grounding of a tank barge at the entrance to San Juan's harbor, Puerto Rico's governor told local media on Tuesday. On Monday, the fuel barge Defiant grounded on the headland at the port's harbor entrance, just below Castillo San Felipe del Morro (better known as El Morro). In heavy surf, the barge drifted in between a rock breakwater and a riprap revetment along the shoreline, effectively trapping it in a...

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container stack collapse hitting barge alongside

USCG “Strongly Recommends” Safety Steps for Vessels During Cargo Ops

Published Feb 10, 2026 4:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a Marine Safety Alert for vessels alongside during cargo operations based on recent incidents with containers going overboard. While the investigations are ongoing into the incidents, USCG says, based on its findings of no established policies or planning and ad-hoc communications, it issued the alert with its strong recommendations. In the Safety Alert, the USCG reveals that there were two recent incidents. The collapse of 95 containers from the vessel Mississippi operated by Zim made...

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Galveston OSV

Op-Ed: America’s Offshore Fleet Is a National Security Asset

Published Feb 10, 2026 4:07 PM by Aaron Smith

The U.S. vessels that construct and support offshore energy are technological triumphs. These vessels are built for long-duration operations, crane operations, and modular mission profiles. Many combine satellites, lasers, and environmental sensors to automatically hold position within a matter of feet. Some of these vessels have cranes that can install hundreds of tons of equipment thousands of feet below the ocean surface. Designed to support complex offshore missions far from shore, they can be adapted quickly for national security roles...

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Singapore Jails Captain for Lying About Fatal Incident on Gas Tanker

Published Feb 10, 2026 3:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

A court in Singapore sentenced the captain of a gas tanker to 14 months in jail after he admitted to lying about a fatal incident aboard the vessel in 2024. He is the second officer from the ship sentenced to jail for the incident that took the life of a seafarer ordered to clean a gas tank, while the case against the chief officer of the vessel is still pending in the courts. The charges stem from an incident aboard...

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Transocean Buys Valaris for $6 Billion, Creating New Industry Leader

Offshore drilling company Transocean has struck a deal to acquire competitor Valaris for $6 billion in stock, giving Transocean shareholders a 53 percent stake in the combined company. The transaction creates the largest drilling company in the world, valued at $17 billion. It will operate 33 ultradeepwater drillships, nine semisubs and 31 jackups - 73 rigs in total - across global markets. Transocean CEO and President Keelan Adamson suggested that the combination makes for "a very attractive investment" in offshore...

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Shipbuilding

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PaxOcean Opens New Singapore Shipyard to Handle Larger Projects

PaxOcean marked the opening of its new Singapore shipyard, which is larger and incorporates the latest technologies to strengthen Singapore’s newbuilding, fabrication, conversion, and repair capabilities. The yard replaces the older yard launched in 2007 and will feature a center for R&D, along with a purpose-built innovation hub. The company reports it spent two years developing the new facility located in the Jurong Industrial Estate and invested more than S$200 million (US$158 million) in its development. At 17.26 hectares, it...

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Environment

LCO2 transport

Northern Lights has Deals With Shipping Lines to Double CO2 Transport Fleet

The Norwegian CO2 storage initiative, which became the first commercial operation for carbon capture and storage, announced a new deal that will double the company’s fleet by 2029. This comes just months after the company completed its first injection of liquid CO2 for permanent storage. Northern Lights, which is a joint venture between Equinor, TotalEnergies, and Shell, reports it has struck a new charter deal with major shipping companies, including existing partner Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” Line), while adding MISC...

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Business

Samsung shipbuilding

Samsung Heavy Industries Cancels Tanker Linked to Sanctioned Manager

According to a stock exchange filing, Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries canceled the delivery of the first of two crude oil tankers just as the vessel was due to be delivered. It cites the “shipowner’s financial difficulties,” warning that the second vessel could also be revised, while the speculation is that these tankers were ordered as part of a network linked to shipping Iranian and Russian oil. The contract was reported in June 2023, and, in the style of the South...

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