CPC Shuts Down Export Loadings After Attack on SPM Buoy

Spain Rescues Aging Freighter Left Adrift Without Fuel

Published Nov 30, 2025 6:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Spanish maritime authorities have decided to tow a ship that had allegedly been abandoned by its owners without fuel or provisions in the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media.  The Maritime Captaincy for the Port of Malaga told Spanish outlet Sur that the vessel in question, the 5,800 dwt coastal freighter Marine I, was drifting near the Strait and had been without propulsion for 10 days. The crew were reportedly without fuel, water or food, and their ship...

From Alternative to Anchor: Charting the LNG Surge in Global Shipping

Published Nov 30, 2025 5:38 PM by Steve Esau

  In a seismic era for shipping and global sustainability efforts, the perception of LNG as a marine fuel has shifted dramatically in recent years. Once seen as one of many ‘alternatives’ in the future fuels bucket, LNG together with liquefied biomethane (Bio-LNG/LBM/RNG) are firmly becoming mainstream options for owners and operators looking to decarbonize. Over the past three years, investment into the fuel has accelerated driven by a number of factors, including: Immediate regulatory compliance: LNG, in its...

EU Offshore Study: Average Wind Turbine Hits Only One Dozen Birds Per Year

Published Nov 30, 2025 4:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A new industry-backed study aims to push back on claims that the offshore wind industry is a threat to migratory birds. The consultancy-performed study concludes that (at least in the EU) birds almost completely avoid wind turbines and that the risks of collisions are significantly lower than previously assumed. The study commissioned by industry lobby group German Offshore Wind Energy Association (BWO) has now refuted assumptions that high migration intensity by birds in waters where offshore wind farms are...

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Study: Europe Needs to Scrap its Own Ships to Feed its Own Steel Mills

Published Nov 30, 2025 4:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

  With Europe working to revamp its industrial sector, the availability of cost-competitive steel is a major factor. But as the European Union tightens its climate regulations, focus has shifted to the decarbonization of steel production as well. Currently, the steel industry’s carbon footprint in Europe accounts for approximately five percent of all regional emissions, which is equivalent to about 190 million tons of CO2. Thus, the steel sector is critical in EU’s decarbonization plans. Although new technologies for clean steel...

Shipping

One Tanker's Dash to Darwin Shows Australia's Thin Margins for Energy

  [By John Coyne] A tanker sprinting against the clock to beat a cyclone shouldn’t be a national-security storyline—but last week it became one. As Tropical Cyclone Fina tracked toward the Top End, port authorities expedited the arrival of an inbound fuel tanker into Darwin Harbour to avoid a likely shutdown that would have delayed deliveries and left the region exposed to immediate supply constraints. What’s needed now is a clear-eyed admission that Australia’s fuel system, optimized for thin inventories,...

Tugs & Salvage

Scrap Metal Fire in UK Highlights Growing Risk of Contaminated Cargoes

  Scrap metal is among the most notorious cargoes for fire risk, not because of its inherent properties but because it is often contaminated with flammable debris and ready-made sources of ignition, like damaged lithium-ion batteries. A recent blaze at the port of Hull, UK illustrated the continuing danger to shipping, port facilities and public health from scrap-related fires.  On June 27, 2025, the freighter Altay was alongside a scrap yard at Albert Dock in Hull, England to take on...

Government

Haitian Gangs are Setting Up Shop for Seaborne Drug Smuggling

  The United Nations warns that gang warlords in Haiti have turned the country’s coastal waters into a pivotal transshipment hub for drugs originating from South America and destined for key markets across the Caribbean, the U.S. and Europe. As the country plunges deeper into the abyss of lawlessness, the UN contends that large gangs have taken control and are deeply entrenched along strategic corridors, in effect turning most of the country’s coastal waters into transit routes not only for drugs...

Corporate News

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Hydrex Performs Novel Underwater Repairs With Flexible Mobdocks

  [By Hydrex] Hydrex is able to perform a wide variety of operations with their flexible mobdocks. These enable them to create a dry environment underwater for divers to work in. There is no need to send the vessel to drydock. Hydrex brings the drydock to you and all operations can be carried out alongside or at anchorage with-out interruption. The lightweight mobdocks allow for a fast mobilization and the necessary adaptability.   Hydrex was the first company...

Cruise Ships

ferry operating as an entertainment center

Ex-Ferry Set to Launch Day Cruise Concept Off Singapore and Malaysia

A Singapore-based venture capital firm is launching a new day cruise operation, which it is billing as a retreat by day and a party celebration at night. The concept harkens back to the casino boats, which were old cruise ships anchored near Hong Kong and other Asian cities where gamblers and other travelers were moved by ferries out to the ships. Calling itself World Cruises, the new company is launching in December in Singapore using an ex-ferry built in 1982...

Ports

Law enforcement officers interacting with protesters at Newcastle, Nov. 29 (Rising Tide)

Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World’s Largest Coal Port

  Operations at the coal port of Newcastle, Australia have experienced significant disruptions after climate activists took over the harbor with a flotilla of kayaks and watercraft in a protest designed to push for higher taxes on the fossil fuel. Activists led by the groups Rising Tide and Greenpeace Australia Pacific have paralyzed operations at the busy port since November 27 after staging what is being termed as the ‘People’s Blockade’, protests that have affected ships movements and led to the...

Shipping

One Tanker's Dash to Darwin Shows Australia's Thin Margins for Energy

Tugs & Salvage

Scrap Metal Fire in UK Highlights Growing Risk of Contaminated Cargoes

Government

Haitian Gangs are Setting Up Shop for Seaborne Drug Smuggling

Corporate News

Hydrex Performs Novel Underwater Repairs With Flexible Mobdocks

Cruise Ships

Ex-Ferry Set to Launch Day Cruise Concept Off Singapore and Malaysia

Ports

Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World’s Largest Coal Port

Offshore

EU Offshore Study: Average Wind Turbine Hits Only One Dozen Birds Per Year

Shipbuilding

GAO Repeats Criticism of the USCG Program to Build Offshore Patrol Cutters

The Government Accountability Office has issued a new report on the U.S. Coast Guard’s program to build the Offshore Patrol Cutters and once again has criticized the approach and ballooning costs of the program. It is the third report developed by the GAO on the program and reiterates many of the same concerns that were raised in 2023, while also pointing out that no ships have yet been delivered and the uncertainties in the program. The new audit...

Environment

Op-Ed: Arctic States Have Less Than Two Weeks to Act on Polar Fuels

  The Arctic is warming four times faster than anywhere else on Earth, and this is a warning sign for elsewhere on the planet. The shipping sector has been gifted an opportunity to cut black carbon emissions from shipping in the region, which would have a near-immediate positive impact. But time is tight. December 5th is the deadline for countries to submit a crucial proposal for polar fuels, ahead of next February’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s Pollution Prevention and...

Business

Inmarsat Unveils Next Phase of NexusWave With Viasat-3

  [By Inmarsat] Inmarsat Maritime, a ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT) company, has unveiled the next phase in the evolution of its NexusWave bonded connectivity service, following the successful launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 2 satellite and in anticipation of the launch of the ViaSat-3 Flight 3 satellite. As the two ViaSat-3 satellites are scheduled to enter service in 2026, NexusWave customers will benefit from a dramatic increase in available bandwidth via a new generation of maritime terminal, with additional capacity expected...

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CPC Shuts Down Export Loadings After Attack on SPM Buoy

Spain Rescues Aging Freighter Left Adrift Without Fuel

From Alternative to Anchor: Charting the LNG Surge in Global Shipping

EU Offshore Study: Average Wind Turbine Hits Only One Dozen Birds Per Year

Study: Europe Needs to Scrap its Own Ships to Feed its Own Steel Mills

One Tanker's Dash to Darwin Shows Australia's Thin Margins for Energy

Scrap Metal Fire in UK Highlights Growing Risk of Contaminated Cargoes

Haitian Gangs are Setting Up Shop for Seaborne Drug Smuggling

Hydrex Performs Novel Underwater Repairs With Flexible Mobdocks

Ex-Ferry Set to Launch Day Cruise Concept Off Singapore and Malaysia

Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World’s Largest Coal Port

Understanding Hazardous Area Classification on Ships and Offshore

Why Financial Wellbeing Is Central to Seafarer Welfare

Estonia's Digital-First Ship Registry: A Modern Maritime Flag

One Tanker's Dash to Darwin Shows Australia's Thin Margins for Energy

Scrap Metal Fire in UK Highlights Growing Risk of Contaminated Cargoes

Haitian Gangs are Setting Up Shop for Seaborne Drug Smuggling

Hydrex Performs Novel Underwater Repairs With Flexible Mobdocks

Ex-Ferry Set to Launch Day Cruise Concept Off Singapore and Malaysia

Climate Activists Disrupt Operations at World’s Largest Coal Port

EU Offshore Study: Average Wind Turbine Hits Only One Dozen Birds Per Year

GAO Repeats Criticism of the USCG Program to Build Offshore Patrol Cutters

Op-Ed: Arctic States Have Less Than Two Weeks to Act on Polar Fuels

Inmarsat Unveils Next Phase of NexusWave With Viasat-3

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