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Turkey Pledges Investigation into Movements of Damaged Shadow Tanker

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U.S. Coast Guard Has Seized 150,000 Pounds of Cocaine Since August

Published Dec 9, 2025 3:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The U.S. Coast Guard says that it has seized 68 tonnes of cocaine since beginning an intensive interdiction campaign in the Eastern Pacific in August, suggesting that it is on track for another banner year. At this pace, the service's performance could approach the record that it set in FY2025.  "This milestone is a testament to the vigilance and tenacity of our crews," said Adm. Kevin Lunday, the Coast Guard’s acting commandant. "When we say we own the sea,...

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Judge Vacates Trump’s Order Stopping Review and Approval of Wind Farms

Published Dec 9, 2025 2:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

A U.S. federal judge found for the states in a complaint filed against the Trump administration regarding Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order placing the wind energy industry under review. While the decision is being hailed as a key victory by advocates, it may in reality do little to end the administration's assault on wind energy and other elements of renewable energy. A coalition of 17 states and Washington, D.C., had sued earlier this year seeking...

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Cargo operations at the busy port of Shanghai Yangshan (file image courtesy Bruno Corbet / CC BY SA 3.0)

China's Trade Surplus Blows Past $1 Trillion

Published Dec 8, 2025 11:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

In the first half of 2025, the Trump administration made an unprecedented effort to shake loose China's grip on the American import market, employing sky-high tariffs to deter importers from buying Chinese goods. It worked, but not by reducing China's exports overall. Chinese manufacturers are making and shipping more finished goods than ever before - but they're now selling to other countries.   China's trade surplus in goods has broken an annual record: Chinese exports exceeded imports by...

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Saronic Secures $392M Unmanned-Vessel Contract From the U.S. Navy

Published Dec 8, 2025 10:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Autonomous vessel company Saronic has secured a U.S. Navy production contract worth $392 million for its Corsair unmanned vessel, a 24-foot speedboat with a 1,000-pound payload. It is the entry point for an ever-growing series of vessels in the startup's lineup, which extends from a six-foot mini-drone up to an 180-foot aluminum vessel capable of carrying containerized payloads. The contract was first reported by DefenseScoop in August, but the announcement provides additional details. "With Saronic, we went from...

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Judge Vacates Trump’s Order Stopping Review and Approval of Wind Farms

A U.S. federal judge found for the states in a complaint filed against the Trump administration regarding Donald Trump’s January 2025 executive order placing the wind energy industry under review. While the decision is being hailed as a key victory by advocates, it may in reality do little to end the administration's assault on wind energy and other elements of renewable energy. A coalition of 17 states and Washington, D.C., had sued earlier this year seeking...

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HOS Rocinante (Eastern Shipbuilding)

Eastern Shipbuilding Completes OSV-to-SOV Conversion for Hornbeck

  Eastern Shipbuilding Group has redelivered the HOS Rocinante, an offshore supply vessel that it rebuilt as a sophisticated service operation vessel (SOV) for Hornbeck Offshore. The project is a rare instance of reutilization of a Jones Act offshore oil and gas vessel for an SOV role - a cost-effective way to create a high-spec, high-capex asset for the U.S. market.  HOS Rocinante (ex name Bravante VI) is a 280-foot OSV built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group for Brazil's Bravante Group...

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Environment

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EPS Tanker Studied to Determine Results of Wind-Assisted Propulsion

A new study seeks to quantify the beneficial impact of adding wind-assisted propulsion to vessels while also establishing a framework for assessing the technology’s benefits in reducing fuel consumption and emissions. The study, which took place on the Eastern Pacific Shipping product tanker Pacific Sentinel (50,322 dwt), was conducted in association with the Global Center for Maritime Decarbonisation in Singapore.   The authors of the study highlight that one of the key barriers to the adoption of wind-assisted...

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Cargo operations at the busy port of Shanghai Yangshan (file image courtesy Bruno Corbet / CC BY SA 3.0)

China's Trade Surplus Blows Past $1 Trillion

In the first half of 2025, the Trump administration made an unprecedented effort to shake loose China's grip on the American import market, employing sky-high tariffs to deter importers from buying Chinese goods. It worked, but not by reducing China's exports overall. Chinese manufacturers are making and shipping more finished goods than ever before - but they're now selling to other countries.   China's trade surplus in goods has broken an annual record: Chinese exports exceeded imports by...

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