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Russian ship accused of transporting stolen grain from Crimea

Ukraine to Prosecute Captain Who Transported Grain for War Crimes

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Rescuer Lost During Evacuation of Burning Containership East of Brazil

Published Oct 19, 2026 1:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

The rescue of the crew from a burning containership took a tragic turn, according to reports from the Portuguese authorities. While the crew of the Singapore-registered containership Espirito Santo Express was safely recovered, the chief officer from the rescue ship, the Portuguese-flagged bulker Aeolian Arrow, was tragically lost as the rescue operation was being completed. The fire aboard the 132,789 dwt containership was reported on October 15 in a location approximately 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles) east of Rio de Janeiro,...

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Wine Trader

Is Russia Probing NATO Weakness in the Black Sea?

Published Oct 18, 2026 11:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia is clearly mounting a campaign in the Black Sea against merchant shipping, with the aim of reducing shipping volumes heading to and from Ukraine. There have been eight recorded attacks on merchant shipping in the western Black Sea in October, excluding attacks carried out directly on shipping and port facilities in Ukraine. Four vessels were attacked by drones in the sea area adjacent to the Romanian coastline. The San Marino-flagged chemical tanker Wine Trader (IMO 8808707) and the Turkish-flagged...

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Kharg

The Blockade on Iran Is Now Hitting Home

Published Oct 18, 2026 11:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Analysts use the best available information to try to determine how effective the United States' blockade of Iranian shipping has been in putting pressure on Tehran. But inevitably, they do not have the complete picture, particularly when there is unadvertised activity cloaked in secrecy. The Maritime Executive has tried to estimate how effective the U.S. naval blockade has been, based on the curtailment of Iranian imports and exports through the Strait of Hormuz and on calculations of when Iranian oil...

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Salalah

Omani Government to End Maersk-Linked Concession in Salalah Port

Published Oct 18, 2026 11:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Omani government says that it will not extend the current Salalah port concession to a Maersk-linked operator beyond the current lease expiration date in November 2028. Following a series of negotiations, Salalah Port Services Company (SAOG) has announced that it has received a notification from the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT), confirming the end of the concession. Further, the notification indicated that the decision is final and unconditional. MTCIT emphasized that normal port operations will continue...

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Two Protesters Arrested for Boarding Offshore Gas Platform off Australia

Australian authorities have arrested two Greenpeace activists who briefly boarded an offshore gas platform off the coast of Western Australia. On Saturday morning, a group of Greenpeace activists sailed out to the Scarborough gas floating production unit (FPU), about 125 nautical miles off the coast of Exmouth, Western Australia. They climbed aboard without authorization and suspended banners from the FPU's hull, signaling their opposition and forcing operator Woodside to temporarily suspend pre-commissioning operations on the platform. The activists brought hanging...

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Shipbuilding

Mangalia shipyard Romania

Rheinmetall Says Mangalia Will Become a Dual-Use Shipyard with MSC

German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall confirmed that it plans to acquire the Mangalia shipyard in Romania together with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company. It reports the yard, which was once one of the largest shipbuilders in Europe, will serve roles for both civil and military shipbuilding. The court-appointed administrator for the shipyard confirmed 10 days ago that Rheinmetall had won the bidding in the fifth court-ordered auction for the yard. It placed a successful bid of €134 million ($154 million), promising to...

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Environment

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Investigating the Hidden Costs of World’s Farmed Seafood

For nearly a decade, the Outlaw Ocean Project, the non-profit journalistic organization that I founded, has produced high-impact investigative stories about lawlessness at sea and the variety of threats posed to the people and biodiversity of a space that covers two thirds of our planet. The oceans bear a heavy and largely invisible burden. The public usually takes it for granted, a forever self-replenishing resource that we use to fill our stomachs or line our wallets. Our journalism intends to...

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Business

A refinery in Moscow burns after a Ukrainian drone strike, June 2026 (Russian social media)

IEA: Russian Diesel Deal Won't Change Tight Global Energy Market

The tight global market for diesel fuel is likely to extend well into 2027, according to the latest analysis from the International Energy Agency, meaning that record prices may be here to stay through at least the first quarter of 2027 - and maybe longer, depending upon the conflicts in the Mideast and Ukraine. The disruption at the Strait of Hormuz, attacks on refineries in the GCC states, and Ukraine's concerted campaign of strikes on Russian energy infrastructure have all...

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