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A Philippine Coast Guard vessel encounters a China Coast Guard cutter in close quarters (PCG)

China Attempts to Suppress Documentary on South China Sea

Published Jul 9, 2025 5:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

  China's embassy in New Zealand attempted to suppress a public screening of a documentary about Philippine fishermen, according to producers of a film festival in Auckland.   China's government believes that it has sovereignty over the vast majority of the South China Sea under its "nine dash line" policy, named for the shape of a map created in the 1940s by the predecessor Nationalist Chinese government (Kuomintang). This rough outline covers all of the areas beyond national jurisdiction in...

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Irish Coast Guard Takes “Human Approach” as Russian Vessel Skirts Sanctions

Published Jul 9, 2025 5:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Irish Coast Guard and defense forces report they were aware of a replica Russian sailing vessel that was sailing through coastal waters and made an unannounced middle-of-the-night stop in a remote Irish seaport. They are investigating what might officially have been a violation of the sanction against Russia, while the master of the vessel told the Irish media that the Coast Guard took a “human approach” to his making the port call. The vessel named Shtandart had...

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Ukraine SAR vessel

Ukraine Indicts Russian Navy Officers for Ill-Treatment of Civilian Crew

Published Jul 9, 2025 4:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Odesa Prosecutors’ Office reports it is pursuing charges against two Russian naval officers in the Black Sea Fleet, alleging they were responsible for the poor treatment of a civilian crew seized days after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It is largely a show event as the two officers are in Russia, but Ukraine is using it to draw attention to the ongoing conflict. Two days after the invasion began on February 24, 2022, the rescue vessel Sapphire...

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Seychelles and RISE Advance Sustainable Ports for Small Island States

Published Jul 9, 2025 4:56 PM by Mikael Lind et al.

  [By Mikael Lind, Rajelle Barbe, Sandra Haraldson, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Daniel Adam, David Bianchi, Chrystold Chetty, Sony Payet, Phillippa Samson, and Lennart Swenson] On 6 May 2025, the Seychelles Port Authority (SPA) and Sweden’s RISE have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on collaboration on developing green port capabilities, aiming to position Port Victoria, Seychelles, as a role model for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in sustainable and resilient port operations. The MoU results from months of thorough, deep communication and...

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Valaris DS-9, chartered by ExxonMobil for the Pegasus campaign (Valaris file image)

ExxonMobil Finds New Gas Deposit Off Cyprus

  ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy have hit another natural gas find in the Block 10 lease south of Cyprus, adding to a previous discovery in the same area. The positive E&P results add to Cyprus' strong portfolio of offshore gas prospects for possible export development.  Exxon's Pegasus-1 well found about 350 meters of gas-bearing reservoir in a deepwater well in about 6,000 feet of water. Exxon said only that further assessment will be needed to evaluate the results fully.  Two...

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Shipbuilding

containership shipbuilding

Big Gets Bigger as Largest Container Carriers Continue Growth

  The largest container carriers are continuing their capacity growth, although at a slower pace so far in 2025, according to a new report from Alphaliner. It points out that while MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company continues to pull away from the pack, other carriers are also accelerating growth, and for the first time, CMA CGM topped the 4 million TEU capacity mark. In the first half of 2025, Alphaliner reports saw an additional 1.18 million TEU of capacity added to...

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Environment

solar powered inland cargo vessel

HGK Launches First Inland Cargo Vessel Capable of Sailing With Solar Power

A newly built inland dry goods vessel, Blue Marlin, was named last week in Hamburg, Germany, and became the world’s first hybrid solar-power inland shipping vessel, as well as receiving a designation for remote-controlled operations. The solar system aboard the ship advances on prior low-voltage systems that are supplying power for onboard systems and provides the first capability to contribute solar power to propulsion. The vessel has several unique capabilities, starting with its 192 solar panels, which are...

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Business

Korean shipbuilder

Former STX Shipyard For Sale as Investors Seek to Cash Out After Turnaround

  Once one of the leading shipbuilders in South Korea, the former STX Yard, which was relaunched as K Shipbuilding, is celebrating a remarkable turnaround. According to a report in The Korean Economic Daily, after having posted its first profit in 14 years, the investment group with revived the shipbuilder is now looking to cash out. KHI Investment and United Asset Management Company (UAMCO), South Korea's biggest bad debt investor, took control of the troubled shipbuilder in 2021, paying more...

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