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Video: Greek Cargo RoRo Abandoned After Fire Breaks Out Off Mykonos

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An unmanned bomb boat hits the former USS Peleleiu during a sinking exercise at RIMPAC 2026 (USN)

U.S. Navy Gives Unmanned Systems Their Own Warfighting Development Center

Published Sep 24, 2026 9:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy is taking more steps to restructure its unmanned-system programs, putting operational integration work under the newly-created Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center (RASWDC, pronounced "Rass-Widdick"). It is the latest in a long string of administrative structures housing various aspects of unmanned systems innovation in the Navy: Third Fleet's Surface Development Squadron One (SURFDEVRON One), the Navy's first real home for unmanned surface vessels; NAVSEA's Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC); the short-lived Portfolio...

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Corruption concerns vary by port, and MACN's members collect specific intelligence on specific risks (iStock / Around the World Photography file image)

Class Societies Join Maritime Anti-Corruption Network for the First Time

Published Sep 24, 2026 9:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

The American Bureau of Shipping, DNV and RINA have agreed to join the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), bringing new technical expertise to the global association for integrity in shipping. Historically, MACN's work has centered on combating facilitation payments (gratuities) in seaports, a longtime feature of interaction between ships' officers and local officials in certain port states around the world. Official solicitations for small payments of petty cash, food or cigarettes are common in some regions, and larger demands for bribes...

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Stena Extends Ferry Class with Order for Hybrid-Battery Vessels

Published Sep 24, 2026 8:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

Stena Line has ordered two hybrid-powered ferries that add battery capabilities to the company’s already successful hybrid E-Flexer ferry platform. Developed a decade ago by Stena RoRo, it is an adaptable class design that has seen a total of 17 vessels ordered, including seven operated by Stena Line and 10 on long-term charters to Stena RoRo customers. The latest adaptation of the design was developed by Stena RoRo to enable future operation solely on battery power. It will be based...

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Tampa crewmembers take control of a powerful go-fast smuggling boat with cocaine aboard (USCG)

Coast Guard, Marine Corps Rack Up Drug-Smuggling Busts in Eastern Pacific

Published Sep 24, 2026 7:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Coast Guard continues to patrol the Eastern Pacific for cocaine smugglers, and it is finding them. In a six-day period, cutter USCGC Tampa intercepted four drug boats carrying a combined load of more than 25,000 pounds of cocaine, plus smuggling suspects. The first suspect boat was carrying 6,800 pounds; four days later, Tampa caught two boats with a combined 15,000 pounds; and the next day, a fourth boat with another 3,400 pounds. One example was a three-outboard go-fast...

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Report: Saudi Aramco Achieves Partial Restart on Strategic Red Sea Pipeline

Saudi Aramco has achieved the technical means for a partial restart on its strategic East-West Pipeline, which was significantly damaged in a drone attack on September 11, according to multiple outlets. The pipeline is now operating at reduced capacity or will be soon, industry sources confirmed to Reuters, Bloomberg and the FT. The interim objective is to achieve a pipeline transfer rate of about four million barrels per day - enough to supply Saudi Arabia's own refineries along the Red...

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The parent hull design for Birdon's MUSV program (Birdon)

Birdon and C&C Begin Building MUSVs for U.S. Navy Competition

Australian-owned marine engineering firm Birdon has begun building its first "tranche" of Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels for the long-awaited U.S. Navy MUSV program, and at a fast pace of one vessel every two months. After several iterations of its MUSV acquisition strategy, the U.S. Navy has picked out seven different companies to compete for the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel program, including Sea Machines; Leidos; Saronic Technologies; Galliano Marine Services; PacMar Technologies; Birdon; and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), many in partnership...

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Executive Interview: Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder & CEO, NAMEPA

Carleen Lyden Walker is one of the best-known figures in maritime – founder of her own marketing business, co-founder of NAMEPA, former IMO Maritime Ambassador, Chief Evolution Officer of SHIPPINGInsight and a fierce advocate for all things maritime. She's a frequent speaker and participant at maritime conferences around the world, advocating for seafarers' rights, environmental stewardship and the role of women in maritime while raising the profile of an industry that touches every aspect of human life. Welcome, Carleen, we're...

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Hapag-Lloyd and FIMI Submit Framework of Revised Structure for Zim Israel

Israeli media is reporting that Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen flew to Israel and that, today, September 24, with Ishay Davidi’s FIMI Opportunity Funds, they submitted what they are calling a “significantly improved framework” for their proposed takeover of container carrier Zim. The companies are saying they understood the concerns raised by factions within the Israeli government and that they have addressed the issues, creating a stronger Zim Israel as the surviving Israeli company. The Israeli government had indicated that...

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