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Somali Forces Free Second Tanker Held by Pirates for Five Months

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Kuwaiti Tanker Struck in the Strait of Hormuz

Published Sep 29, 2026 1:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

A new incident has been confirmed in the Strait of Hormuz, with reports that a tanker was struck after a lull of nearly a week. It comes after Donald Trump rejected overtures from Iran through the mediators, and IRGC leaders continue to assert that they control transits in the Strait. The IMO lists the latest attack as striking the Kuwaiti tanker Al Funtas (316,648 dwt). The vessel, which was built in 2014 and operates for Kuwait Oil Tankers, was not...

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Maersk Completes First Ethanol Bunkering in US Testing Bioethanol

Published Sep 28, 2026 9:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

Maersk reports it recently completed the first ship-to-ship commercial ethanol bunkering of a container vessel in the United States. It was a 100 percent bioethanol blend from U.S. producer Poet as part of an ongoing trial by Maersk of ethanol and alternative fuels. The bunkering took place aboard the Tangier Maersk, a recently delivered mid-size vessel built in China and delivered in February this year. The ship, which is 270 meters (900 feet) in length, has a capacity of 9,000...

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US and UK Complete Atlantic Thunder 26 Exercise with SINKEX

Published Sep 28, 2026 8:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

The US Navy’s Sixth Fleet and the UK Royal Navy teamed up for two weeks of joint training called Atlantic Thunder 26, which included a live-fire exercise. Full details on the program have not been released, but as U.S. European Command reported, the exercise concluded on September 25 with “a very bad day” for the decommissioned frigate USS Klakring. The program, which had been delayed for four months from May to September, kicked off a pre-sail conference at Faslane in...

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NZ Activists Board Research Vessel in Protests Against Deep-Sea Mining

Published Sep 28, 2026 7:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

Greenpeace activists in New Zealand are intensifying their opposition to deep-sea mining. They boarded a state-owned research vessel that was returning from an exploration mission in the Pacific on behalf of a U.S. company. On September 26, the activists boarded the RV Tangaroa, New Zealand’s only ice-strengthened and dynamically positioned deep-water research vessel, to protest the country’s role in facilitating U.S. company Glomar Minerals’ plans to start deep-sea mining in the Pacific Ocean. The 1991-built Tangaroa, which is 70 meters...

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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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UK Government Announces New Projects to Support Shipbuilders

The UK Government announced two new projects it will be undertaking that will be bid out only to the national shipbuilding industry. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey, said they would herald a “new age of industrialization” for the UK while contributing to national security. The government said it would back two major projects, the building of new dry docks for the Royal Navy’s submarine service and the building of a new marine research vessel to be deployed by...

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Maersk Completes First Ethanol Bunkering in US Testing Bioethanol

Maersk reports it recently completed the first ship-to-ship commercial ethanol bunkering of a container vessel in the United States. It was a 100 percent bioethanol blend from U.S. producer Poet as part of an ongoing trial by Maersk of ethanol and alternative fuels. The bunkering took place aboard the Tangier Maersk, a recently delivered mid-size vessel built in China and delivered in February this year. The ship, which is 270 meters (900 feet) in length, has a capacity of 9,000...

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Report: Israel Ends Zim Deal Review Telling Hapag-Lloyd to Restart Process

After growing speculation that opposition was mounting in Israel to Hapag-Lloyd’s proposed acquisition of Zim along with the investment fund FIMI, the Israeli media outlet Calcalist is reporting Tuesday night that Israel formally closed the review of the original deal. According to the report, the Government Companies Authority closed the review of the original proposal but left the door open for Hapag and FIMI to submit a new proposal and restart the review. The rejection of the original terms comes...

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