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Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Makes Brief Stop in Guam

Published Sep 22, 2026 3:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, escorted by the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Peterson Jr., made a brief stop in Guam last weekend. The US Navy acknowledged it was the first return to American soil for the personnel of Carrier Strike Group 3 in nine months without disclosing the plans for the ships. Lincoln has now exceeded 300 days (302 at last count) on deployment after having departed San Diego, California, on November 21, 2025. The...

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Video: AUKUS Partners Test-Fire Torpedo From Drone Submarine off Scotland

Published Sep 22, 2026 2:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

In a combined exercise of operational capability mounted jointly by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, a heavy-weight torpedo has been fired remotely from an unmanned submarine drone cruising in Scottish waters. The weapon used in the trial was jointly developed by Australia and the United States, and has been identified as a Mk 48 Mod 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) heavyweight torpedo, the latest version of a capable weapon with decades of service history. The...

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Iran Plans to Sell Seized Commercial Ships to “Compensate” Fishermen

Published Sep 22, 2026 1:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

An Iranian judicial official in a local TV interview said they planned to sell seized commercial ships linked to the Americans and Israelis as a form of compensation. In the past, Iran has sold seized oil cargoes, saying it was compensation, but this would be the first time it attempts to sell the vessels. Hassan Abdollianpour, head of the judiciary’s Center for Lawyers, said he was in Bandar Abbas along with other experts conducting an inspection to assess the damage...

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Crew Rescued After Abandoning Small MSC Boxship off Vietnam

Published Sep 22, 2026 11:48 AM by The Maritime Executive

Singapore’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Center is reporting that the crew of an MSC containership was rescued on September 22 after abandoning their vessel. The report indicates there were no injuries to the crew, but no details were provided on the circumstances that caused the crew to abandon ship. The distress call was made around 08:45 local time in Singapore on September 22 from the MSC Hermes III. The 38,193 dwt vessel, which was built in 2006, was acquired by MSC...

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Nine States Sue Trump Administration to Stop Offshore Wind Buybacks

California and a coalition of eight eastern states filed a total of three lawsuits on September 22, each seeking to block deals made by the Trump administration to buy back offshore wind leases in exchange for investments in fossil fuel projects. These suits follow earlier ones, in which they each allege the deals are illegal, violate several federal laws, and redirect renewable energy investments in Democratic-led states to other areas of the country. New York is leading a coalition that...

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U.S. Landing-Drone Startup Gets Support From a Small Japanese Shipyard

American defense tech startup Bulwark Dynamics is working with a Japanese shipbuilder on an autonomous landing craft - a system that could bring cargo into the combat zone without putting servicemembers at risk. Bulwark is in the very early stages of its evolution. Its Japanese partner, Onomichi Dockyard, is a mature small shipyard located towards the west end of Honshu, near Okayama; it is also an investor, having joined a group of VC funders in Bulwark's initial $6.8 million seed...

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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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Report: Royal Caribbean Looks to Buy Caribbean’s Sandals Resorts

Royal Caribbean Group, which is one of the largest operators and highest-valued companies in the cruise industry, is reported to be negotiating to buy a hotel chain, Sandals, located in the Caribbean. The Financial Times reported that negotiations are underway and could be concluded in “the coming days.” Sandals, which was established in 1981, is a privately-owned operator with 17 resorts under its brand name, as well as three family resorts, and two private destinations in the Bahamas and Panama....

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