Friday, October 02, 2026
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US Coast Guard Has Stopped Vessels Carrying Oil to Cuba

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Video: Taiwan Coast Guard Uses Water Cannon on Chinese Fishing Boat

Published Oct 2, 2026 3:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Taiwan Coast Guard used a water cannon on a Chinese fishing boat that it reports illegally entered Taiwan’s waters and refused to respond to commands on October 1. It was one of the more dramatic encounters over the ongoing disputes about Chinese fishing vessels approaching Taiwan. Over the past few days alone, the Taiwan Coast Guard reported seizing a Chinese fishing vessel on September 26 that was operating illegally in the waters near Mudouyu, the northernmost island in the...

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Swedish Court Finds Captain and Pilot Negligent in Summer Boating Accident

Published Oct 2, 2026 2:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

The District Court in Gothenburg, Sweden, found both the captain of the cargo vessel Misje Verde and the pilot who was aboard guilty of negligence in the summer boating accident that killed a mother and daughter and injured the father and son aboard a small pleasure boat. Prosecutors argued it was a failure to keep a proper watch while the captain and pilot disagreed over their roles and responsibilities. The 5,310 dwt vessel was navigating in an archipelago area on...

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MSC Says Water Ingress Caused Precautionary Evacuation of Container Vessel

Published Oct 2, 2026 1:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company released a statement on the incident aboard its vessel MSC Hermes III a week and a half ago off Vietnam. The company stated that the evacuation of the vessel was a precautionary response to water ingress that happened on September 22. The Singapore Maritime and Ports Authority had reported that the crew abandoned the vessel, which was built in 2006, on the morning of September 22 while it was about 186 miles east of Vietnam. The...

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US Sends Third Carrier Strike Group to the Gulf

Published Oct 2, 2026 9:23 AM by The Maritime Executive

US officials in Washington have briefed the press that a third US Carrier Strike Group, led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), is on its way to the Central Command area. The USS Theodore Roosevelt, homeported in San Diego, departed quietly on September 27. Also seen deploying from San Diego on September 28 was the Amphibious Ready Group led by the Wasp Class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD-8), accompanied by the USS Anchorage (LPD-23) and the USS John...

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New Zealand Invests $20 Million in New Offshore Gas Projects

New Zealand has made further progress in restarting domestic gas production with a new round of funding targeting offshore exploration projects. Resources Minister Shane Jones and Associate Finance Minister Chris Bishop this week announced $21 million financing for two offshore gas projects. The financing will be made through the Gas Security Fund (GSF), a $113 million state-owned investment facility to ramp up gas production in New Zealand. One of the projects considered for funding in this round is EnZed Energy’s...

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Shipbuilding

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Five Issues That Derail Vessel Control System Modernizations

A vessel control system modernization can look straightforward on paper: remove aging components, install new hardware and software, test the system and return the vessel to service. In practice, the most difficult problems are rarely caused by a single PLC, display or sensor. They develop at the interfaces between old and new equipment, between drawings and actual shipboard conditions, and between the organizations responsible for design, installation and commissioning. 1. Starting with incomplete information Many working vessels have been modified...

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Environment

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Japan Conducts Demonstration Voyage of a Hydrogen-Fueled Tanker

Japan completed what it is calling a world’s first as it successfully demonstrated a coastal tanker using a hydrogen-fired 4-stroke high-speed engine. It is part of an ongoing research and demonstration project sponsored by The Nippon Foundation to contribute to the decarbonization of shipping. The project called for designing and demonstrating a 4,800-dwt tanker specifically designed for hydrogen propulsion. The coastal tanker Kikou Maro (IMO: 1015595) was launched on February 14, 2025, at the Nagasaki Yard of Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co.,...

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Business

People Are the Powerbase of the Shipping Business

Op-Ed: People Are the Powerbase of the Shipping Business

Decarbonisation, digitalisation, shifting patterns of global trade and an increasing level of influence from Asia are continuing to reshape the shipping, logistics and trading sectors. With this year’s WISTA International AGM and Conference taking place in Kuala Lumpur, the association’s president, Elpi Petraki, explains why there are important lessons to learn from the region as the challenges facing the industry demand more than new technologies and innovation. As the world’s largest maritime market, Asia offers an extraordinary degree of maritime...

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