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Bookings Begin for South Korea’s First Commercial Arctic Container Voyage

Published Jul 29, 2026 12:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

South Korea’s Panstar Line has begun accepting cargo bookings for the country’s first commercial containership routing along the N...

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Explosion and Fire on Norwegian Tanker Carrying Sulfuric Acid

Published Jul 28, 2026 4:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Norwegian authorities and the shipping company Utkilen are reporting the situation is stable after an explosion and fire broke out...

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Norwegian Researchers Develop Ultra-Light Emergency Towing Rig

Published Jul 27, 2026 10:06 PM by Gemini News

[By Henriette Louise Krogness] Bad weather and challenging rescue conditions are common scenarios when ships need help at sea. Sta...

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Korean Container Ship Rescues Tug Crewmembers in South China Sea

Published Jul 27, 2026 7:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

[Brief] A Korean container ship helped rescue four crewmembers from an Indonesian tug off the coast of the Riau Islands in the Sou...

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Italy and UK Each Find Cocaine Hidden in Shipments of Bananas

Published Jul 23, 2026 5:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

European authorities are reporting that refrigerated shipments of bananas continue to be one of the favored means of smugglers for...

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Chinese Space Firm Launches Commercial Rocket From E. China Sea

Published Jul 22, 2026 11:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

China's Gravity-1 launch vehicle, the world's most powerful solid-fuel rocket, has successfully launched from a sea-based platform...

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UK Convicts 11 Members of Drug Gang in Bumbled Smuggling Effort

Published Jul 22, 2026 5:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UK’s National Crime Agency is reporting the details of a bumbled smuggling effort that nearly saw the gang lose the drugs befo...

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An Imperative Case for eLoran

Published Jul 22, 2026 3:59 PM by Victor Tasiemski

Imagine a liquefied natural gas (LNG) or an oil tanker transiting some of the world's most strategically important waterways while...

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More Ships U-Turn to Avoid Houthi Threats

Published Jul 22, 2026 10:56 AM by The Maritime Executive

Further to vessels suspected of having reversed course on July 21 to avoid potential Houthi hostile action, more ships have been i...

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EU Approves New Permanent Storage Option for Onboard Carbon Capture

Published Jul 21, 2026 11:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Singapore-based Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation has secured a step forward for the deployment of onboard carbon cap...

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