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With Orderbooks Full, Big Yards May Pass on "Green" Custom Newbuild Orders

Published Sep 22, 2026 8:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

Efficiency was the watchword on the show floor at this year's SMM: the industry's innovators and leaders are focused on reducing u...

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Iran Plans to Sell Seized Commercial Ships to “Compensate” Fishermen

Published Sep 22, 2026 1:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

An Iranian judicial official in a local TV interview said they planned to sell seized commercial ships linked to the Americans and...

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Crew Rescued After Abandoning Small MSC Boxship off Vietnam

Published Sep 22, 2026 11:48 AM by The Maritime Executive

Singapore’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Center is reporting that the crew of an MSC containership was rescued on September 22 aft...

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Global Industry Leaders to Take the Stage at IBIA Annual Convention 2026

The global marine energy community will come together in New York from November 10 to 12 for the IBIA Annual Convention 2026, taki...

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Big Three

Published Sep 21, 2026 10:25 PM by Sean Hogue

The ship registry industry is undergoing a sea change. As business booms with the global fleet reaching approximately 112,500 vess...

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EU's Top Diplomat Calls for Bigger Naval Force in the Red Sea

Published Sep 21, 2026 9:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called for a substantial increase in the European commitment to maritime security patrols...

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Iran Keeps Up Pressure, Hitting Another Tanker as US Asserts Hormuz is Open

Published Sep 21, 2026 2:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran hit another tanker on September 21 in the Strait of Hormuz, causing injuries to two seafarers and maintaining its assertion t...

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Somali Navy Reports Rescue of Crew from Bulker

Published Sep 18, 2026 5:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

Somalia’s fledgling navy is reporting the rescue of seafarers from a bulker in distress. Details of the incident are incomplete, b...

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Iran Exploits Attack on Small Product Tanker to Assert Hormuz Control

Published Sep 18, 2026 3:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy continues its campaign of attacking vessels and exploiting the incidents to assert that...

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Germany Receives Next FSRU as It Adds LNG Import Capacity

Published Sep 17, 2026 7:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

The state-owned Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET) highlighted the return of its fourth FSRU (Floating Storage and Regasification...

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