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Royal Navy Monitors Russian Spy Ship Loitering Near NATO Exercise

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Research Confirms Digital Port Queuing System Also Cuts Shipping Emissions

Published May 30, 2025 5:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Researchers based in California studied the electronic reservation system established for containerships and have now concluded that the digital port queuing system is low-hanging fruit that can help drastically cut shipping emissions. They are the latest to endorse versions of slow steaming for vessels while warning that ports and liners are clinging to the archaic “first-come, first-served” approach. The starting point for their research focused on the fact that the commercial shipping industry contributes nearly three percent...

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Infamous Liner Turned Cruise Ship to Be Sold at Auction 77 Years After MV

Published May 30, 2025 3:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

One of the most historic passenger ships is facing an uncertain future that will likely end with the ship being removed for scrap after not having operated for the past five years. Today known as Astoria, the ship is best remembered as the Swedish liner Stockholm that was involved in the fatal collision with the Italian liner Andrea Doria in 1956.  The Rotterdam District Court has ordered the ship to be sold at auction on June 17. The proceeds...

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Solong’s Master Enters Not Guilty Plea for Death of Seafarer in Collision

Published May 30, 2025 1:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The master of the containership Solong made his first official appearance at a court in the UK today, May 30, two and a half months after the ship he was commanding hit the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate off the English coast. The UK is proceeding with charges of manslaughter for the death of a Filipino seafarer working aboard the vessel at the time of the allision. Vladimir Motin, age 59, a Russian citizen from St. Petersburg, made a brief...

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Video: Monsoonal Rains and Wind Drive Ships Ashore in Bangladesh

Published May 30, 2025 11:53 AM by The Maritime Executive

Incessant heavy rains along with strong winds are interrupting shipping operations in the Bay of Bengal while several ships have been driven from the anchorage along the coast of Bangladesh. The port of Chattogram remains open but many smaller vessels have been forced to seek shelter with forecasts that the strong conditions will continue for at least another day. As of mid-day on Friday, May 30, the weather service was reporting that nearly eight inches of rain had...

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Trump’s DOE Issues First Final Export Approval to Sempra’s Port Arthur LNG

  After campaigning on a promise to accelerate the U.S. energy industry, the Trump administration issued its first final LNG export approval which went to Sempra Infrastructure’s proposed Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project. The permit granted by the Department of Energy would make it possible for the second phase project to export LNG to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement with the United States. The Trump administration has been fiercely critical of its predecessor’s pause on LNG...

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Fincantieri Floats Second LNG-Fueled Cruise Ship for Germany’s TUI Cruises

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri continues to show the strength of its cruise ship orderbook as the company’s Monfalcone shipyard today floated the second LNG-fueled cruise ship, Mein Schiff Flow, for Germany’s TUI Cruises. It follows the delivery of her sister ship, Mein Ship Relax, in February, and a recent order from another TUI Group company Marella Cruises for two new ships. The relationship with TUI Group was established in 2018 with the order of the two cruise ships known...

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vessel backlog in Southern California

Research Confirms Digital Port Queuing System Also Cuts Shipping Emissions

  Researchers based in California studied the electronic reservation system established for containerships and have now concluded that the digital port queuing system is low-hanging fruit that can help drastically cut shipping emissions. They are the latest to endorse versions of slow steaming for vessels while warning that ports and liners are clinging to the archaic “first-come, first-served” approach. The starting point for their research focused on the fact that the commercial shipping industry contributes nearly three percent...

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UCL: Ammonia is the Cheapest Compliance Option for New IMO Carbon Rules

  When the University College London's Energy Institute used detailed modeling to evaluate the IMO's highly complex new carbon price structure, they came to a surprising conclusion: if proven safe, dual-fuel ammonia propulsion will be the least-cost alternative for shipowners who want to comply with the rules in the 2030s and beyond - and it reduces the risk of fuel unavailability, too. "Although there are significant complexities and uncertainties in what was agreed [at IMO MEPC 83] in April, even conservative...

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