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Iranian Smuggling to the Houthis Continues

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UK Completes Legal Review to Allow Dark Fleet Seizures

Published Mar 26, 2026 11:30 AM by The Maritime Executive

A mystery has been solved this week, explaining why the United Kingdom has been forward-leaning in providing support both to the United States and to France in their interceptions of dark fleet tankers - without participating in these seizures themselves. The UK aided both the U.S. chase of the Russian-flagged Marinera (IMO 9230880) and the French seizures of the Comoros-flagged Grinch (IMO 9288851) in January and the Mozambique?flagged Deyna (IMO 9299903) last week. Similarly, while Finland, Sweden, and Estonia are...

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Tanker Carrying Russian Oil Hit By Drone Attack in Black Sea

Published Mar 25, 2026 11:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

A tanker carrying Russian oil has been hit by drones near the northern entrance to the Bosporus, according to Turkish officials. The vessel, identified as the Sierra Leone-flagged Suezmax Altura, sustained damage to her bridge and to her engine room, according to Turkish channel NTV. No injuries were reported among the 27 members of the crew, all of whom are Turkish nationals. The salvage and rescue vessel Nene Hatun was dispatched to the scene to assist. As of Thursday morning,...

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Two Bulkers Collide on Mississippi Near New Orleans

Published Mar 25, 2026 11:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

Two vessels have collided and remain stuck together just up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. On the afternoon of March 23, the freighter Pac Dubhe was downbound on the Mississippi, headed for Panama. The geared bulker African Buzzard was headed upriver. At about 1550 hours local time, as they passed the town of Hahnville, Louisiana, the two vessels collided. African Buzzard's anchor embedded in the bow of the Pac Dubhe, the Coast Guard...

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Chevron Plans to Buy Oil From Sable's Controversial Santa Ynez Unit

Published Mar 25, 2026 8:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

Houston-based Sable Offshore, owner of the Santa Ynez platform complex and pipeline in Santa Barbara County, has a buyer for its production. Chevron says that it will begin buying 20,000 barrels per day from Sable now that the Trump administration has approved a restart of the former Santa Ynez pipeline, the oil major announced Tuesday. "We’re going to run Sable’s crude at El Segundo in April," Chevron president of downstream Andy Walz told Bloomberg. "We’re taking American crude oil, putting...

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Chevron Plans to Buy Oil From Sable's Controversial Santa Ynez Unit

Houston-based Sable Offshore, owner of the Santa Ynez platform complex and pipeline in Santa Barbara County, has a buyer for its production. Chevron says that it will begin buying 20,000 barrels per day from Sable now that the Trump administration has approved a restart of the former Santa Ynez pipeline, the oil major announced Tuesday. "We’re going to run Sable’s crude at El Segundo in April," Chevron president of downstream Andy Walz told Bloomberg. "We’re taking American crude oil, putting...

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HD Hyundai Moving Forward with Humanoid Welding Robot for Shipyards

HD Hyundai has been working on several projects to develop technology that would support the use of humanoid robots to undertake precision tasks at its shipyard. The company announced on March 23 that it had completed a positive evaluation and is now moving to the next phase of the project. The parent company said HD Kore Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, the intermediary holding company for its shipyards, will be partnering with HD Hyundai Robotics and a U.S.-based industrial humanoid robotics...

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Carbon Storage Developers Complete Applications in UK’s Second CCS Round

The UK’s North Sea Transition Authority received bids for more than two million acres of seabed in its second carbon storage licensing round. Bidding closed on March 24 after having opened in December 2025 and follows the first four licenses, which were awarded in 2023, which have already begun efforts testing the injection process. A total of 21 licenses were awarded in the first round. The authority had reported strong initial interest before beginning the solicitation, and it now says...

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Hutchison Expands Arbitration Claims Beyond $2B Against Panama

The ongoing battle between CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Company and the government of Panama has reportedly been “escalated beyond $2 billion,” the company announced in its latest volley in the back-and-forth between the two sides. It reportedly expanded the international arbitration with an additional filing on March 24. PPC continues to call Panama’s actions an “unlawful takeover” of the terminals at the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal. It filed the arbitration claim in February with the International Chamber of Commerce...

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