Bulker Gets Co-Processed VLSFO Bio-Bunkering with Cashew Nutshell Liquid

Published Aug 21, 2026 5:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

Vitol Bunkers is highlighting that it completed Singapore’s first bio-bunkering operation using Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO)...

Rock Strike Caused Near-Fatal Grounding of Tourist Vessel in New Zealand

Published Aug 21, 2026 4:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

The near-fatal grounding and loss of a tourist catamaran in New Zealand waters early this year was caused by the vessel coming int...

Published Aug 21, 2026 4:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

Dutch firm Conoship International is pushing to expand the scope of its short-sea shipping offering. After having pioneered a seri...

Published Aug 21, 2026 4:10 PM by The Conversation

[By Edward Rhys Jones} Sea Legend, a Chinese shipping line, recently announced it was launching a regular container service betwee...

Published Aug 21, 2026 12:16 PM by Tony Munoz

DOG DAYS It's been a long, hot summer with record temperatures in Europe and the U.S., on-and-off-again hostilities in the Middle...

Published Aug 21, 2026 9:18 AM by The Maritime Executive

The legal battle over the potential seizure and sale of the crude oil cargo aboard a shadow fleet tanker detained in Germany conti...

Published Aug 20, 2026 8:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S government is moving to cripple the operations of Ecuadorian drug trafficking cartels by imposing sanctions on individuals...

Published Aug 20, 2026 6:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Panama Canal Authority is expanding what it is calling “temporary modifications to the lock’s transit capacity” as the forecas...

Published Aug 20, 2026 1:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

For the second time in a week, Somali pirates have apparently struck, and this time they have taken control of a sanctioned produc...

Published Aug 19, 2026 7:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

Indonesian authorities are reporting one of their largest ever drug busts, completed on Monday night, August 17, on a small genera...