Ukraine is Using Financing from World Bank to Modernize Port Fleet

Pilot Project Achieves Better Than Projected 98% Reduction in Methane Slip

Published Oct 7, 2025 5:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A multi-year Japanese project sponsored by the government is reporting that it has achieved much higher than anticipated reductions in unburnt methane emissions (methane slip) during demonstrations on an in-service bulker operated by Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. They are testing methane oxidation catalysts, noting that it is a first for the technology, and confirms very promising results in tackling a key environmental concern. The project began in 2021 as part of efforts sponsored by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial...

Flag State Sues Equatorial Guinea for Illegal Seizure of Heroic Idun

Published Oct 7, 2025 5:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A newly-released legal complaint lays out serious allegations of mistreatment of the crew of the Heroic Idun, who were detained by local officials in international waters and then held for months without charges. In a lawsuit filed with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the flag state alleges that Equatorial Guinea's forces unlawfully boarded the vessel and then mistreated the crew, violating their human rights.  On August 8, 2022, Heroic Idun was drifting and waiting to load...

MOL is First Shipping Company to Join Australia’s Ammonia Bunkering Project

Published Oct 7, 2025 4:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is joining the effort to develop an ammonia bunkering operation in Australia’s Pilbara as part of the efforts to establish a green shipping corridor between the iron ore region and Asia. MOL becomes the first shipping company in the project, which was announced in June, that anticipates bunkering the Capesize bulkers that transport the ore and an ammonia export business. MOL will be working with an Australian company, NH3 Clean Energy, which is responsible for...

In the Know 72: Matt Miller, Marine Industry Principal at Aveva

Published Oct 7, 2025 3:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

  In this episode of the In the Know podcast series, news editor Paul Benecki caught up with Matt Miller, Marine Industry Principal at Aveva and an expert on enterprise data, AI and analytics. Aveva serves dozens of industrial segments with design and operations software, but maritime was its starting point and remains a major area of focus - now including the data tools that power the shipping industry's drive for efficiency. It has clients in ship design, vessel operations, port terminals,...

Shipping

MOL is First Shipping Company to Join Australia’s Ammonia Bunkering Project

Tugs & Salvage

Fishing vessels in the harbor at Hanstholm (file image courtesy Erik Christensen / CC BY SA 3.0)

Fisherman Killed in Capsizing at Harbor Entrance in Hanstholm

  A fisherman lost his life in a tragic grounding at the small Danish port of Hanstholm last night, according to local media accounts.  The fishing vessel Flipper was under way Sunday on a routine trip when the crew noticed issues with their steering gear, West Jutland's police department told Nordjyske. In foul weather and high waves, the crew returned to port at Hanstholm, a tiny port on the exposed northwestern tip of Jutland. While attempting to enter the harbor,...

Government

Natural gas bubbles turn the surface of the Baltic into froth off Bornholm after the blasts, 2022 (Swedish Coast Guard)

Poland Opposes Extradition of Ukrainian Diver to Face Nord Stream Charges

  Poland's prime minister has signaled that his government has no interest in extraditing a Ukrainian national to stand trial on charges of sabotaging the Nord Stream pipeline system in 2022, and suggested that the politicians who approved the pipeline's construction in the first place should be the ones facing blame.  Germany has asked Polish authorities to arrest and hand over a Ukrainian diver, identified as Volodymyr Z., on criminal charges of sabotage. The German security services believe that he...

Corporate News

St. Johns Ship Building Awarded Johnson Bros. Barge Construction Contract

[By St. Johns Ship Building]  St. Johns Ship Building, a leading Jones Act shipyard and a subsidiary of Americraft Marine, is proud to announce that it has been awarded a new contract by Johnson Bros. Corporation, a Southland Company, for the construction of three 140’ x 40’ x 8’ steel material deck barges with spud wells.  Founded in 1929, Johnson Bros. Corporation is a leader in the infrastructure industry, working with both private and public clients. In 2012,...

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

Shipping Backup as Belgian Pilots Stage Work Slowdown Over Pension Reform

The ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge, and Ghent are all reporting building delays and a backlog of ships after the Belgian sea pilots’ association began a work slowdown to protest the government’s proposed pension reforms. It marks the latest in a series of strikes across Belgium during 2025 over the government's plans for financial reforms. The pilots’ association is saying talks with the government stalled after a provisional deal was reached in the summer. Federal Pensions minister Jan Jambon...

Shipping

MOL is First Shipping Company to Join Australia’s Ammonia Bunkering Project

Tugs & Salvage

Fisherman Killed in Capsizing at Harbor Entrance in Hanstholm

Government

Poland Opposes Extradition of Ukrainian Diver to Face Nord Stream Charges

Corporate News

St. Johns Ship Building Awarded Johnson Bros. Barge Construction Contract

Cruise Ships

TUI Revised UK Strategy Transferring Newbuild Orders Away from Marella

Ports

Shipping Backup as Belgian Pilots Stage Work Slowdown Over Pension Reform

Offshore

SouthCoast Wind Challenges DOJ’s Delaying and Political Agenda

The developers of the proposed SouthCoast offshore wind project filed their response to the Department of Justice’s efforts to derail the approved project, calling the filing “yet another example of the president’s ongoing coordinated attack on this renewable energy industry.” The response came as the Department of Justice filed on September 18 with the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia seeking to voluntarily remand and stay a suit by the Town of Nantucket against the Department...

Shipbuilding

Rear Adm. Thomas Anderson, left, during his time as PEO Ships (USN file image)

Hanwha Hires Former Top U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Officer

  Hanwha Ocean's U.S. defense division has hired a former leader of the U.S. Navy's shipbuilding enterprise to oversee its American operations. The decision is a strategic boost for Hanwha's bid to become a significant player in U.S. defense shipbuilding, which is dominated by two prime contractors.  Rear Adm. Tom Anderson (USN, ret'd) served in the U.S. Navy for 34 years, including time at the helm of Program Executive Office Ships and as acting commander for all of Naval Sea Systems...

Environment

Pilot Project Achieves Better Than Projected 98% Reduction in Methane Slip

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Ukraine is Using Financing from World Bank to Modernize Port Fleet

Pilot Project Achieves Better Than Projected 98% Reduction in Methane Slip

Flag State Sues Equatorial Guinea for Illegal Seizure of Heroic Idun

MOL is First Shipping Company to Join Australia’s Ammonia Bunkering Project

In the Know 72: Matt Miller, Marine Industry Principal at Aveva

MOL is First Shipping Company to Join Australia’s Ammonia Bunkering Project

Fisherman Killed in Capsizing at Harbor Entrance in Hanstholm

Poland Opposes Extradition of Ukrainian Diver to Face Nord Stream Charges

St. Johns Ship Building Awarded Johnson Bros. Barge Construction Contract

TUI Revised UK Strategy Transferring Newbuild Orders Away from Marella

Shipping Backup as Belgian Pilots Stage Work Slowdown Over Pension Reform

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

MOL is First Shipping Company to Join Australia’s Ammonia Bunkering Project

Fisherman Killed in Capsizing at Harbor Entrance in Hanstholm

Poland Opposes Extradition of Ukrainian Diver to Face Nord Stream Charges

St. Johns Ship Building Awarded Johnson Bros. Barge Construction Contract

TUI Revised UK Strategy Transferring Newbuild Orders Away from Marella

Shipping Backup as Belgian Pilots Stage Work Slowdown Over Pension Reform

SouthCoast Wind Challenges DOJ’s Delaying and Political Agenda

Hanwha Hires Former Top U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Officer

Pilot Project Achieves Better Than Projected 98% Reduction in Methane Slip

In the Know 72: Matt Miller, Marine Industry Principal at Aveva

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