France Orders Shadow Tanker Captain to Appear in Court

Suspicious Drones Spotted Over Thyssenkrupp Sub-Building Shipyard in Kiel

Published Oct 1, 2025 10:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

The mysterious and provocative drone overflights around Denmark last week were not isolated incidents, new reporting from Germany suggests. Similar drone formations were spotted in and around Kiel last Friday, including parts of the port city's maritime infrastructure, according to Der Spiegel.  The incident in Kiel occurred on September 26, four days after a small flock of airborne drones forced the closure of Copenhagen's airport. According to Der Spiegel's sources, the drones surveilled the waterfront, the bay, and...

WISTA International President Elpi Petraki

Op-Ed: A Shared Obligation to Protect Our Oceans

Published Oct 1, 2025 10:06 PM by WISTA International

  This year’s World Maritime Day theme – Our Ocean, Our Obligation, Our Opportunity – reminds us of our responsibility to safeguard the ocean and highlights the importance of inclusion in supporting a sustainable maritime future, says WISTA International. Our Oceans Generating half of the planet’s oxygen, absorbing around 30% of carbon dioxide emissions, holding nearly 97% of Earth’s water and home to some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, the oceans are critical to our survival. Some...

U.S. Navy Scales Up Additive Manufacturing for Critical Sub Parts

Published Oct 1, 2025 9:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Welding equipment manufacturer Lincoln Electric has been a big player in U.S. Navy shipbuilding since at least the Second World War, when a massive construction effort drove demand for its arc welding technology. Today, it has also become a leading player in 3D metal printing, not by selling equipment, but by manufacturing printed parts from start to finish - and once again the Navy is tapping Lincoln's technology to accelerate shipbuilding needs. Additive manufacturing (3D printing) is usually picked...

Austal and US Navy Revise Contract in Program Building First Steel Ships

Published Oct 1, 2025 7:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

Austal and the U.S. Navy reached an agreement to resolve a pricing issue related to the first steel hull ships Austal USA is building for the Navy. Nearly a year after the company filed a “Request for Equitable Adjustment,” it reports that they have agreed to build only three of the five contracted ships with limited alteration to the overall original contract value. The program for the vessels known as T-ATS (Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship) was originally...

Shipping

Israel Stops All Boats in Flotilla and Will Deport Participants

After repeated warnings not to attempt to approach the Gaza coastline, and calls for the boats to turn back, Israeli forces intercepted the boats in the global flotilla before they could reach Gaza. The organizers confirmed that 21 boats had been intercepted, while they had lost contact with 18 others, and called the actions illegal as they contended they were in international waters. Israel has maintained a military blockade of Gaza for nearly 20 years, saying it was...

Tugs & Salvage

The wreck of the El Faro on the bottom, 2015 (U.S. Navy)

10 Years Later, Mariners Remember the Loss of the El Faro

  It has been 10 years since the con/ro steamship SS El Faro went down with all hands in a hurricane, and it remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent American history. 33 mariners lost their life in the sinking, and the victims' memory is preserved at memorial sites in Maine and in Florida, as well as annual remembrance ceremonies.  While El Faro was under way from Jacksonville to San Juan, Puerto Rico, her master put her on a...

Government

As IMO Emissions Showdown Approaches, Dual-Fuel Ship Orders Slow

  Strong interest in building alternative-fueled tonnage helped drive an ordering boom at shipyards in the early months of 2025, but with uncertainty about the path ahead for emissions regulation, that activity has cooled. According to DNV's statistics, only 14 alternative-fueled ships were ordered in September, and none at all in August.  "Following a record-breaking first half of the year, zero new orders in August and relatively low activity in September signal a clear slowdown in the alternative-fueled market in...

Corporate News

ABS Approves HD KSOE Design of an Ammonia Vent Gas Treatment System

[By: ABS] An advanced design of an ammonia vent treatment system from HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) received approval in principle (AIP) from ABS and the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR). The ammonia vent treatment system integrates compact scrubbers to treat ammonia fuel, which can escape during the purging process, to maintain safe concentration levels before discharge through the vent mast. HD KSOE says this design also minimizes wastewater production. ABS completed design reviews...

Cruise Ships

TUI Revised UK Strategy Transferring Newbuild Orders Away from Marella

TUI Group, which markets Mein Schiff in Germany and Marella Cruises in the UK, is revising its strategy for the UK. The group is transferring the first-ever newbuild order planned for Marella to TU Cruises, its joint venture with Royal Caribbean Group. The move is part of a “strategic realignment of its cruise operations,” the parent company TUI AG said in a financial community press release. It said the goal is to strengthen TUI Cruises' long-term growth platform...

Ports

Belgian LNG Terminal Blocked by Greenpeace Protestors

The Fluxys LNG terminal at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, is once again being blockaded by Greenpeace protestors. The group estimates as many as 70 activists took to small boats, rafts, and kayaks to call attention to its demands to end Russian and U.S. LNG imports into the European Union. Media reports indicate the group was hiding at various points around the port early this morning, October 1, and launched the protest shortly after an LNG carrier departed...

Shipping

Israel Stops All Boats in Flotilla and Will Deport Participants

Tugs & Salvage

10 Years Later, Mariners Remember the Loss of the El Faro

Government

As IMO Emissions Showdown Approaches, Dual-Fuel Ship Orders Slow

Corporate News

ABS Approves HD KSOE Design of an Ammonia Vent Gas Treatment System

Cruise Ships

TUI Revised UK Strategy Transferring Newbuild Orders Away from Marella

Ports

Belgian LNG Terminal Blocked by Greenpeace Protestors

Offshore

Jan De Nul Offers Subsea Cable Protection for an Era of New Security Risks

  In response to concerns about the vulnerability of subsea cables in an era of "hybrid warfare," the marine construction experts at Jan De Nul have a solution: protect them. Industry already has methods to protect subsea installations against scouring or stray trawler nets, and the same techniques could be applied to defend cables from hostile divers, robotic subs and ship anchors.  Jan De Nul has ordered a new rock-dumping ship that is designed to respond to the needs of...

Shipbuilding

U.S. Navy Scales Up Additive Manufacturing for Critical Sub Parts

Environment

Op-Ed: A Shared Obligation to Protect Our Oceans

Business

USTR Fees Could Cost Top 10 Carriers $3.2B in 2026, says Alphaliner

There continues to be a lot of speculation in the industry over the full extent of the looming U.S. port fees for Chinese-owned, operated, or built vessels calling at U.S. ports. Industry analyst Alphaliner presented a potentially worst-case scenario based on current deployments that shows the 10 largest container carriers could be confronted with approximately $3.2 billion in fees in 2026 to the U.S., if the USTR program proceeds as planned. The U.S. Trade Representative published its fee...

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France Orders Shadow Tanker Captain to Appear in Court

Suspicious Drones Spotted Over Thyssenkrupp Sub-Building Shipyard in Kiel

Op-Ed: A Shared Obligation to Protect Our Oceans

U.S. Navy Scales Up Additive Manufacturing for Critical Sub Parts

Austal and US Navy Revise Contract in Program Building First Steel Ships

Israel Stops All Boats in Flotilla and Will Deport Participants

10 Years Later, Mariners Remember the Loss of the El Faro

As IMO Emissions Showdown Approaches, Dual-Fuel Ship Orders Slow

ABS Approves HD KSOE Design of an Ammonia Vent Gas Treatment System

TUI Revised UK Strategy Transferring Newbuild Orders Away from Marella

Belgian LNG Terminal Blocked by Greenpeace Protestors

New Webinar Series Explores Polymers in Ship and Offshore Piping Systems

Retailers Turn to AI for Precision Forecasting Amid Supply Chain Challenges

ComAp Delivers Advanced Power Management for Damen’s Hybrid Waterbus

Israel Stops All Boats in Flotilla and Will Deport Participants

10 Years Later, Mariners Remember the Loss of the El Faro

As IMO Emissions Showdown Approaches, Dual-Fuel Ship Orders Slow

ABS Approves HD KSOE Design of an Ammonia Vent Gas Treatment System

TUI Revised UK Strategy Transferring Newbuild Orders Away from Marella

Belgian LNG Terminal Blocked by Greenpeace Protestors

Jan De Nul Offers Subsea Cable Protection for an Era of New Security Risks

U.S. Navy Scales Up Additive Manufacturing for Critical Sub Parts

Op-Ed: A Shared Obligation to Protect Our Oceans

USTR Fees Could Cost Top 10 Carriers $3.2B in 2026, says Alphaliner

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