The Maritime Executive
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Passengers Abandon Cruise Grounded on Island from 2000 Movie “Cast Away"
Passengers aboard the Fiji cruise ship might have thought they were about to relive a scene from the 2000 movie “Cast Away,” in wh...
Virgin Voyages Sailing From The Port of Los Angeles for First Time
[By Port of Los Angeles] For the first time ever, Virgin Voyages today kicked off a brand-new West Coast itinerary sailing from th...
Pirates Abandon Iranian Dhow After Being Hounded by EUNAVFOR for a Week
EUNAVFOR Atalanta is reporting that its forces confirmed that the suspected Somali pirates abandoned the Iranian-flagged dhow Al W...
Trident Sues Tacoma Fire Dept. for the Loss of the Kodiak Enterprise
U.S. fishing company Trident Seafoods has filed a rare lawsuit against the city of Tacoma, Washington for alleged mishandling of t...
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Sinking Ship Carrying Grain Killing Three Crew
The Russian-installed governor of the Kherson region is accusing Ukraine of using a drone to set a grain ship on fire, leaving thr...
Ukraine Strikes Frigate and Oil Terminal in Massive Attack on Novorossiysk
In what is being called one of the most ambitious attacks staged on the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Ukraine claimed a...
Iran Continues Strikes on UAE Ports and Claims Hit on “Israeli Ship”
Iran continues to strike out at ports in the UAE in what the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is calling Operation Wave 97...
Orca AI Receives ClassNK Qualification for Autonomous Ship Perception
[By: Orca AI] The perception capabilities of the Orca AI platform within the DFFAS+ autonomous ship project have received official...
Maritime Partners Puts M/V Deirdre Ann Into Service
[By: Laborde Products] Maritime Partners placed the M/V Deirdre Ann into service as a new-construction pushboat built by FMT Shipy...
Polar Max Project Reaches Milestone with Start of Construction Ceremony
[By: ALMACO Group] Polar Max is a next?generation icebreaking vessel designed to strengthen Canada’s Arctic and maritime capabilit...