UK Tracks Russian RoRo Carrying Arms from Syria Escorted by Warship

U.S. Sanctions Houthi Leaders for Arranging Weapons Deals With Russia

Published Mar 5, 2025 3:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Treasury has imposed new counterterrorism sanctions on seven Houthi leaders who worked to secure weaponry from the Russian government and supply Yemeni fighters for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. No Russian officials were sanctioned in the announcement. The Houthis repeatedly attacked merchant shipping in the Red Sea from late 2023 through the end of 2024, then paused their operations in January after the announcement of the group's stated objective - the phased ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian terror...

UK Awards $71M Grant to Create Largest Scottish Floating Wind Farm Port

Published Mar 5, 2025 2:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UK Government awarded a £55 million ($71 million) grant to Scotland’s Port of Cromarty Firth to drive the next phase of expansion which will be used to support planned float offshore wind farms. The grant is the first of two announced under a program launched by the government in 2023 to support the development of port infrastructure needed for the floating wind sector. Located on the northeastern shore of Scotland near Inverness, the Port of Cromarty Firth...

CMB.TECH Expands Bulker Position Paying Fredriksen $1.2B for Golden Ocean

Published Mar 5, 2025 2:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

In a surprise move that was also seen as a vote of confidence for the lagging dry bulk sector, the Saverys family announced they are paying nearly $1.2 billion to become investors in Golden Ocean. The company describes itself as one of the world’s leading dry bulk shipping companies currently with a fleet of 91 vessels. The Saverys’ company CMB.TECH continues its efforts at consolidating the shipping industry after acquiring Euronav and converting it to the tanker operating...

Migrants Rescued After Seeking Shelter on Mediterranean Oil Platform

Published Mar 5, 2025 1:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

A group of migrants was rescued after spending four days on a Mediterranean gas platform. One of the NGOs active in the region, the Berlin-based Sea-Watch, finally intervened and with permission from Italy landed 32 survivors and one deceased individual. It was the second incident with the same platform in the past three years. The drama began on Saturday, March 1 when the NGO’s patrol aircraft Seabird which monitors the flow of migrants in the Mediterranean reported it had...

Shipping

CMA CGM Joins Ranks of Methanol Pioneers Putting First Vessel in Service

The French shipping group CMA CGM recently took delivery of its first dual-fuel methanol containership. While the group continues significant investments in LNG-fueled newbuilds it also recognized the need for diversified sources during this period of transition in the maritime industry. The new vessel CMA CGM Iron departed Singapore on March 4 bound for the Khalifa port in the UAE on its first voyage. The vessel is joining the route between Ais and the Middle East Gulf region....

Tugs & Salvage

Photos: Cargo Vessel “Stuck in the Mud” in UK’s Humber Estuary

Local officials and the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency are working on a plan to free a Dutch short-sea cargo ship that is high and dry or as one observer described it “stuck in the mud.” After three attempts over a 24-hour period, the vessel remains aground. The short-sea cargo ship H&S Wisdom (1,850 dwt) was inbound on Sunday, March 2, after an overnight trip from Rotterdam when according to reports on the BBC there was a “navigational...

Government

A sheen from the Manawanui's wreck in the days after the sinking, October 2024 (NZDF)

Uncertain Amount of Fuel Remains Aboard Lost Survey Ship Manawanui

Poor weather has repeatedly delayed the pollution-abatement operation for the wreck of the New Zealand naval survey ship HMNZS Manawanui, which grounded and sank off Samoa in October 2024, and New Zealand's representatives have declined to update local media on the amount of fuel left in her tanks. After the sinking, New Zealand's defense department initially said that Manawanui contained about one million liters of fuel in her tanks, and maintains that minimal amounts leaked out after the sinking....

Corporate News

All American research vessel Cal Poly Humboldt

All American Marine Delivers Research Vessel to Cal Poly Humboldt

[By All American Marine] All American Marine (AAM) has successfully delivered a 78’ x 26.7’ semi-displacement aluminum catamaran to Cal Poly Humboldt. This cutting-edge research vessel will serve as a state-of-the-art scientific exploration platform and support faculty research along the Northern California and Oregon coasts. Designed by Nic de Waal of Teknicraft Design, the RV North Wind builds on the proven success of similar research vessels, including the R/V Shackleford and the University of Hawaii’s R/V Imua. Constructed...

Cruise Ships

Mitsui OSK Buys Second Seabourn Ship from Carnival to Grow Domestic Cruises

Japan’s Mitsui Ocean Cruises reports it has purchased a second, small luxury cruise ship from Carnival Corporation’s Seabourn Cruise Line as it seeks to expand its domestic cruise operations. The shipping major best known for its bulker operations announced plans in 2023 to diversify its business with an expansion of its cruise line which was operating a single ship. The Seabourn Sojourn (32,477 gross tons) was delivered to MOL on February 28 and immediately chartered back to Seabourn to...

Ports

UK Awards $71M Grant to Create Largest Scottish Floating Wind Farm Port

Shipping

CMA CGM Joins Ranks of Methanol Pioneers Putting First Vessel in Service

Tugs & Salvage

Photos: Cargo Vessel “Stuck in the Mud” in UK’s Humber Estuary

Government

Uncertain Amount of Fuel Remains Aboard Lost Survey Ship Manawanui

Corporate News

All American Marine Delivers Research Vessel to Cal Poly Humboldt

Cruise Ships

Mitsui OSK Buys Second Seabourn Ship from Carnival to Grow Domestic Cruises

Ports

UK Awards $71M Grant to Create Largest Scottish Floating Wind Farm Port

Offshore

Migrants Rescued After Seeking Shelter on Mediterranean Oil Platform

Shipbuilding

Trump Announces a New White House Office of Shipbuilding

It is rare that maritime interests get billing in a joint addreses to Congress, one of the most-watched formal policy speeches that a U.S. president gets to deliver. On Tuesday, though, President Donald Trump took time to call for a reinvigorated American shipbuilding industry, and pledged new support for both commercial and naval yards. "To boost our defense industrial base we are also going to resurrect the American shipbuilding industry, including commercial shipbuilding and military shipbuilding. And for that purpose, I...

Environment

EU Audit Finds Polluting Ships “Slip Through the Net” with Lax Enforcement

Despite significant resources and financial investments, the European Court of Auditors found in a new report that ships continue to pollute EU maritime waters with shortcomings in the tracking and enforcement. The auditors are calling for further steps and possible enhancements in the environmental action program to meet the EU’s zero pollution ambition. The audit focused on ship-sourced pollution and the more than a decade of regulations from the EU. It examined EU actions between January 2014 and...

Business

CMB.TECH Expands Bulker Position Paying Fredriksen $1.2B for Golden Ocean

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UK Tracks Russian RoRo Carrying Arms from Syria Escorted by Warship

U.S. Sanctions Houthi Leaders for Arranging Weapons Deals With Russia

UK Awards $71M Grant to Create Largest Scottish Floating Wind Farm Port

CMB.TECH Expands Bulker Position Paying Fredriksen $1.2B for Golden Ocean

Migrants Rescued After Seeking Shelter on Mediterranean Oil Platform

CMA CGM Joins Ranks of Methanol Pioneers Putting First Vessel in Service

Photos: Cargo Vessel “Stuck in the Mud” in UK’s Humber Estuary

Uncertain Amount of Fuel Remains Aboard Lost Survey Ship Manawanui

All American Marine Delivers Research Vessel to Cal Poly Humboldt

Mitsui OSK Buys Second Seabourn Ship from Carnival to Grow Domestic Cruises

UK Awards $71M Grant to Create Largest Scottish Floating Wind Farm Port

Colonial Oil Industries Expands Marine Fueling With New Towboat and Barge

XMAR: Is Shipping Ready to Evolve with AI and Data-Driven Decision-Making?

EU Can Do It! Five Simple Steps to FuelEU Maritime Compliance

CMA CGM Joins Ranks of Methanol Pioneers Putting First Vessel in Service

Photos: Cargo Vessel “Stuck in the Mud” in UK’s Humber Estuary

Uncertain Amount of Fuel Remains Aboard Lost Survey Ship Manawanui

All American Marine Delivers Research Vessel to Cal Poly Humboldt

Mitsui OSK Buys Second Seabourn Ship from Carnival to Grow Domestic Cruises

UK Awards $71M Grant to Create Largest Scottish Floating Wind Farm Port

Migrants Rescued After Seeking Shelter on Mediterranean Oil Platform

Trump Announces a New White House Office of Shipbuilding

EU Audit Finds Polluting Ships “Slip Through the Net” with Lax Enforcement

CMB.TECH Expands Bulker Position Paying Fredriksen $1.2B for Golden Ocean

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