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Coast Guard MSRT team prepares to board a Venezuela-linked tanker, December 20 (DHS)

Report: U.S. Coast Guard Awaits Specialized Team to Board Third Tanker

Published Dec 24, 2025 3:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. officials say that the U.S. Coast Guard's "pursuit" of the sanctioned VLCC Bella 1 will come to a conclusion after a team of boarding specialists arrives on scene. The service's cuttermen and law enforcement detachments (LEDETs) are skilled at interdicting small craft, but boarding a noncompliant vessel on the high seas requires the specialized skills of a Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT), the counterterrorism SWAT units that the service created after the 9/11 attacks. On Saturday, American forces began...

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A U.S. Navy sub calls at the American base at Diego Garcia, 2022 (USN)

Diego Garcia Deal Stokes Debate on Islanders' Right to Self-Determination

Published Dec 24, 2025 1:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

Having delayed the legislative process in the face of growing opposition to the plan to surrender sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territories to Mauritius, the British government is planning an attempt to force the legislation through the UK Parliament after the Christmas recess. The legislation provides for a lease-back arrangement which will allow for the continued operation of the US Naval Support Facility on Diego Garcia. From a security perspective, the terms of the deal have already been questioned....

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The unprecedented drone-submarine strike on a Russian attack submarine at Novorossiysk (SBU)

Ukraine Disabled Russian Maritime Patrol Aircraft Before Submarine Strike

Published Dec 24, 2025 2:18 AM by The Maritime Executive

In advance of the drone sub strike on the Russian Navy submarine pen on the Black Sea, Ukraine's SBU security service paved the way by damaging the only Russian antisubmarine patrol aircraft in the area, the agency claims. On December 15, the SBU released video showing a strike on a Kilo-class attack submarine at a pier in Novorossiysk, the protected port where the Russian Navy has relocated almost all of its combatant vessels in the Black Sea. The agency claimed...

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ZIM sammy ofer container ship

Takeover Offers Prompt Debate Over ZIM's National Security Role

Published Dec 23, 2025 11:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

Shares in Israeli container line ZIM soared in value on Tuesday after the company's board said that it is evaluating a possible private buyout. At least one offer has already been declined, but two foreign offers are still under consideration, according to Israeli media. The buyout competition started last month with an offer from the firm's sitting CEO, Eli Glickman, who proposed to take ZIM private in cooperation with Israeli businessman Rami Unger. ZIM's boardmembers solicited competing offers in order...

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U.S. Offshore Wind Developers Stop Work and Explore Next Steps

From New England to the Mid-Atlantic regions, offshore wind developers reported they were complying with the government order to suspend offshore installation work while also expressing frustration. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management followed up the public announcement with a written notification to the developers of the five projects ordering them to stop their offshore work on the Outer Continental Shelf while the government conducts a review. Several of the projects highlighted that they were just weeks away from beginning...

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Greek Unions Protest Repair Period for Israeli Cruise Ship

Trade unions in Greece are protesting plans for a cruise ship with alleged links to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to be allocated space at a Greek yard for extensive repair and maintenance work. The Athens-based World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) wants Greek authorities to revoke the approval for the allocation of space for Crown Iris, a cruise ship that is allegedly due to arrive at the Public Power Corporation (PPC) pier in Keratsini, Piraeus, for the repair work....

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JERA Advances Plans to Ship Ammonia Produced in Louisiana to Japan

Japan’s largest power generation and energy company, JERA, is advancing its plans to ship low-carbon ammonia from a production facility in Louisiana to Japan to fuel a power generation plant. The project, working with shipping companies NYK and Mitsui O.S.K., is expected to become the first commercial-scale effort to import ammonia fuel to Japan. The companies announced that they have signed contracts which will lead to the development of very large gas carriers designed specifically for ammonia transport. Mitsui O.S....

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Happy Holidays From the Team at The Maritime Executive

Season's greetings from The Maritime Executive! Thank you for visiting our website, subscribing to our newsletter and reading our magazine. Thanks to you, the reader, it was a banner year for TME - and we're pleased to celebrate it with you. Whether you're a shipowner, shipbuilder, merchant mariner, a supplier or in vessel operations, The Maritime Executive promises to meet your industry news and information needs in 2026. Happy Holidays and a happy New Year!

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