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Oregon Relaunches Its Only Container Terminal After Scheduled Closing

Published Jan 8, 2026 7:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

Officials gathered on January 7 at the Port of Portland, Oregon, to mark what they are calling a fresh start for a reborn containe...

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Declining US Container Imports Contribute to Smallest Trade Gap Since 2009

Published Jan 8, 2026 6:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

New data shows that 2025 was completed with a small decline in total U.S. imports, which fluctuated during the year and closed wit...

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Russia Resumes Attacks on Ukraine’s Ports Killing Two People

Published Jan 8, 2026 2:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia launched its first attack on the Odesa regional port complex for the first time since New Year’s. The ports of Chornomorsk...

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China’s Sprawling Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Sets New Record of 1.4 Billion Tons

Published Jan 7, 2026 6:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

The massive port complex in China’s central region is reporting a new record, claiming to be the first port worldwide to have hand...

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Latvia Investigates New Cable Damage Incident in the Baltic

Published Jan 5, 2026 12:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Latvian authorities confirmed they are investigating damage to a subsea optical cable that happened at the end of last week in the...

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Saudi Arabian Forces Bomb Port in Yemen Raising Tensions with UAE

Published Dec 30, 2025 6:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

Saudi Arabia, acting in the name of what it calls the “Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen,” launched what it is terming limi...

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Laid Up MSC Cargo Ship Breaks Free During High Winds in Baltimore

Published Dec 29, 2025 8:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

Commercial tugs and the Baltimore Fire Department reported they were responding to a laid-up U.S. cargo ship that broke free from...

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Video: Indonesian Authorities Battle Stubborn Engine Room Fire

Published Dec 29, 2025 7:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

Fire authorities at the Tanjung Perak port on Surabaya in Indonesia reported they were able to bring a challenging engine room fir...

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Japan Gives Suez Canal a New Dive Vessel to Support Emergency Preparedness

Published Dec 28, 2025 10:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

Egypt is hoping to enhance the navigational safety of the busy Suez Canal after securing a $22 million grant to finance the constr...

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Port Wars in the Horn of Africa

Published Dec 28, 2025 3:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

Egyptian government sources have briefed the UAE’s National newspaper that Egypt is to help develop the ports of Assab in Eritrea...

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