The Maritime Executive
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Dramatic Rescue of CBP Agents and Boaters by USCG and Puerto Rico Police
A dramatic rescue took place Tuesday night, April 2, off the shores of Puerto Rico, according to a report from the U.S. Coast Guar...
Chinese Bulker Grounds in Suez Canal Stopping Traffic for Four Hours
A Chinese bulker briefly disrupted traffic for the southbound convoy of the Suez Canal on April 2 after the vessel experienced a r...
CMA CGM Vessel Is First Major Carrier Vessel Through Strait of Hormuz
Tracking services spotted that a French-owned containership was on the move and successfully made the transit of the Strait of Hor...
Competing Strategies Emerge for Opening the Hormuz
A resumption of international freedom of movement through the Strait of Hormuz is clearly of vital importance to the maritime comm...
Sweden Detains Third Shadow Fleet Vessel in a Month
Swedish authorities on Friday morning, April 3, detained a shadow fleet tanker on suspicion that the vessel caused an oil spill in...
Wah Kwong & Bureau Veritas 1st SMART “Augmented Ship” in Newbuild Series
[By: Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore] Wah Kwong Maritime Transport (“Wah Kwong”) and Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (“BV”) cele...
Saudi Global Ports Begins Operations at Jubail Container Terminal (JCT)
[By: Saudi Global Ports Group] Saudi Global Ports Group (SGP) has begun operations at the Jubail Container Terminal (JCT) at Jubai...
World Fuel Services & West Coast Clean Fuels Establish Methanol Bunkering
[By: World Fuel Services] World Fuel Services, in collaboration with West Coast Clean Fuels, has established a proven methanol bun...
UN Security Council Expected to Vote Down Use-of-Force Request for Hormuz
Three of the permanent members of the UN Security Council have signaled that they do not support a motion to authorize use of forc...
Russia Plans to Send Second Tanker Through U.S. Energy Blockade on Cuba
As a Russian tanker unloads in Matanzas, Cuba, breaking the de facto energy blockade imposed by the Trump administration, Moscow i...