Norwegian Budget Includes Money to Construct World’s First Ship Tunnel

Master of Shadow Fleet Tanker Pleads Guilty to Not Obeying USCG Orders

Published Jun 12, 2026 5:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

The master of the shadow fleet tanker Bella 1, which was pursued for weeks by the U.S. Coast Guard, pleaded guilty today, June 12, in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia for refusing to obey orders from the U.S. Coast Guard. Avtandil Kalandadze, age 47 and a citizen of the Republic of Georgia, took the USCG on a multi-week pursuit from the Caribbean through to the North Atlantic before the tanker was finally seized on January 7. Failing...

Diana and Genco Fine-Tune Positions as Takeover Battle Nears Key Vote

Published Jun 12, 2026 4:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

Diana and Genco Fine-Tune Positions as Takeover Battle Nears Key Vote With the shareholder meeting for Genco Shipping & Trading now less than a week away, both Genco and rival Diana Shipping are fine-tuning their approach to shareholders. After Diana became the largest shareholder of Genco and then launched its merger proposals in November 2025, the pivotal shareholder vote is on June 18, which will likely decide the fate of Diana’s approach to Genco. Genco, in a statement on Thursday,...

ATSB Finding of a Faulty Switch Causing Engine Shutdown Changes Operations

Published Jun 12, 2026 3:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

A fully laden iron ore carrier came within inches of grounding in a busy shipping channel in Australia in 2025 after an erroneous switch activation caused engine shutdown reports, Australian investigators. Following the investigation, the Fortescue company FMG International has amended engine management and instituted new safety checks across its iron ore fleet, while the Pilbara Ports Authority has taken safety actions, including improvements in machinery reliability, towage effectiveness, and structured emergency response. A final report by the Australian Transport...

Norwegian Shipping Group Orders Two Electric Short-Sea Container Vessels

Published Jun 12, 2026 2:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

Norway’s maritime investment group Eitzen is moving forward on its plan to build two electric container vessels, which it says will modernize short sea shipping and accelerate the transition to battery-powered vessels. At a ceremony in Oslo on June 12, the company confirmed it was placing an order for the construction of the two vessels to be built in China. The order was placed with the Zhejiang Dongpeng Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. The first ship is scheduled for delivery in...

Shipping

Strait of Hormuz Oman tanker attack location

Tanker Reports Being Struck, But India Denies It Was Their Vessel

Reports surfaced overnight of another tanker being struck by a projectile, even as government officials in Pakistan were saying that a Memorandum of Understanding would be signed within hours between the United States and Iran. U.S. Central Command said there had been launches from Iran, but Indian officials quickly sought to clarify that it was not a vessel associated with its seafarers. UK Maritime Trade Operations released a notice of what it calculates as the 68th incident this year, saying...

Tugs & Salvage

ATSB Finding of a Faulty Switch Causing Engine Shutdown Changes Operations

Government

Royal Marines board the shadow fleet tanker Smyrtos, with HMS Sutherland alongside

Britain Seizes its First Shadow Fleet Tanker

In the early hours of June 14, British Royal Marines boarded the Cameroon-flagged Aframax Smyrtos (IMO 9389100) ) in the English Channel. The Smyrtos is on both the EU and UK sanctions list, and the boarding was made in compliance with UNCLOS Article 110, which permits a warship to exercise a right of visit to verify a flag where there are reasonable grounds to suspect the vessel is without nationality. The Smyrtos is to be taken to an anchorage off...

Corporate News

Damen Delivers Fourth Combi Freighter 3850 to Reederei Bernd Sibum

[By: Damen Shipyards Group] Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the fourth Combi Freighter (CF) 3850 in an order of four to Reederei Bernd Sibum. The handover follows successful seatrials in Shanghai. In the coming weeks, the vessel, named Maria Sibum, will make her way to Europe loaded with cargo. Enhanced efficiency The handover of the fourth CF 3850 coincides with the arrival of the first vessel, Baltic Timber, at Damen Shiprepair Harlingen. Following their arrival in Europe, all four vessels...

Cruise Ships

Mein Schiff Relax on sea trials (file image courtesy TUI)

Bomb Squad Called Out During Cruise Ship Boarding at Kiel

Passengers aboard the cruise ship Mein Schiff Relax got a scare this week when a regular check turned up traces of explosives on a consignment of ships' stores. On Wednesday afternoon, Mein Schiff Relax was alongside at her berth at Kiel's Ostseekai, taking on supplies and embarking a new group of passengers. At about 1300 hours, four pallets of ships' stores - loaded with rolls of steel cable - were subjected to a pre-loading inspection in the terminal parking lot....

Ports

Three Killed in Collision of Two Harbor Crafts in Singapore

[Brief] Singapore officials are reporting that three bodies were recovered from the harbor on Friday, June 12, after two workboats collided near the Pasir Panjang Terminal. A search and rescue operation was conducted, but suspended for the night, according to CNA TV News. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore reported that the two boats collided around 0930 local time. It described one vessel as a supply boat and the other as a landing craft. Police and harbor craft from...

Shipping

Tanker Reports Being Struck, But India Denies It Was Their Vessel

Tugs & Salvage

ATSB Finding of a Faulty Switch Causing Engine Shutdown Changes Operations

Government

Britain Seizes its First Shadow Fleet Tanker

Corporate News

Damen Delivers Fourth Combi Freighter 3850 to Reederei Bernd Sibum

Cruise Ships

Bomb Squad Called Out During Cruise Ship Boarding at Kiel

Ports

Three Killed in Collision of Two Harbor Crafts in Singapore

Offshore

France Releases Details for a Mega-Scale, 11-Project Offshore Wind Tender

The French government is set to release the specifications for its next offshore wind tender, which seeks to develop 11 projects spanning each of France’s water borders and achieve 10 GW of capacity. The Ministry of Energy is calling it one of the largest offshore wind development programs ever undertaken in Europe. The Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) will release the specifications on June 12, detailing four fixed bottom projects to provide 5 GW and an additional 5 GW from seven...

Shipbuilding

Norwegian Shipping Group Orders Two Electric Short-Sea Container Vessels

Environment

First Ammonia Dual-Fuel Vessel Delivered to Exmar

The first newly built dual-fuel ammonia-fueled vessel, Antwerpen, has been officially delivered and went into service today, June 10, for the French division of Exmar. The pioneering ship is the first of a coming wave of deliveries and is seen as a critical step to accelerate the adoption of ammonia as a marine fuel across the wider shipping industry. Exmar, along with HD Hyundai, heralded the delivery of the vessel, the first of three due this year for Exmar, with...

Business

Executive Interview: Hayato Suga, President & CEO, ClassNK

Tell us about yourself. How did you pick the maritime industry as a career, and what brought you to ClassNK? In 1986, when the maritime industry was facing a major downturn, I joined ClassNK. While many of my classmates from the Naval Architecture Department at Hiroshima University pursued careers in other industries, such as the automotive sector, I deliberately chose to enter this field. Rather than focusing on specialized research, I wanted to contribute to the maritime industry as a...

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Norwegian Budget Includes Money to Construct World’s First Ship Tunnel

Master of Shadow Fleet Tanker Pleads Guilty to Not Obeying USCG Orders

Diana and Genco Fine-Tune Positions as Takeover Battle Nears Key Vote

ATSB Finding of a Faulty Switch Causing Engine Shutdown Changes Operations

Norwegian Shipping Group Orders Two Electric Short-Sea Container Vessels

Tanker Reports Being Struck, But India Denies It Was Their Vessel

ATSB Finding of a Faulty Switch Causing Engine Shutdown Changes Operations

Britain Seizes its First Shadow Fleet Tanker

Damen Delivers Fourth Combi Freighter 3850 to Reederei Bernd Sibum

Bomb Squad Called Out During Cruise Ship Boarding at Kiel

Three Killed in Collision of Two Harbor Crafts in Singapore

The Hidden Clause Contradictions Driving Demurrage Claims

Six Estonian Maritime Companies Solving Retrofit and Port Challenges

Rethinking Hull Maintenance: The Problem Goes Deeper Than Fouling

Tanker Reports Being Struck, But India Denies It Was Their Vessel

ATSB Finding of a Faulty Switch Causing Engine Shutdown Changes Operations

Britain Seizes its First Shadow Fleet Tanker

Damen Delivers Fourth Combi Freighter 3850 to Reederei Bernd Sibum

Bomb Squad Called Out During Cruise Ship Boarding at Kiel

Three Killed in Collision of Two Harbor Crafts in Singapore

France Releases Details for a Mega-Scale, 11-Project Offshore Wind Tender

Norwegian Shipping Group Orders Two Electric Short-Sea Container Vessels

First Ammonia Dual-Fuel Vessel Delivered to Exmar

Executive Interview: Hayato Suga, President & CEO, ClassNK

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