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Shadow Fleet Tanker Diverts to Turkey After Reporting Drone Attack

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Seaspan Inks Design Deals for U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Security Cutters

Published Jan 7, 2026 6:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards is highlighting the readiness of its design for the new class of icebreakers, reporting that the program is ready to move forward to meet the U.S. expectations. Just a week after the U.S. Coast Guard completed construction contracts with Rauma Marine in Finland and Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana, Seaspan has inked design deals with both yards, highlighting that the design is ready to move into immediate production. The addition of a fleet of new Arctic Security Cutters...

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China’s Sprawling Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Sets New Record of 1.4 Billion Tons

Published Jan 7, 2026 6:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

The massive port complex in China’s central region is reporting a new record, claiming to be the first port worldwide to have handled a record 1.4 billion tons of cargo ranging from containers to dry bulk. Officials highlight that the port is expected to have maintained its position for the 17th consecutive year as the busiest overall port complex in terms of annual cargo throughput. The Ningbo-Zhoushan port, they highlight, has grown rapidly, moving up four places in the ranking...

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Op-Ed: Bangladesh's Phased HKC Rollout Makes Sense - If Enforced

Published Jan 7, 2026 5:59 PM by Prof. Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed

When the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC) entered into force on June 26, 2025, it changed the legal landscape of global ship recycling overnight. What had long been discussed as a future compliance goal suddenly became binding international law. Bangladesh, the world’s largest ship-recycling state by volume, immediately found itself under intense scrutiny. Critics were quick to argue that allowing ship-recycling yards to comply with the Convention “phase by phase” after...

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U.S. Navy Expands Maintenance and Repair Work with South Korea’s Shipyards

Published Jan 7, 2026 5:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy is continuing to expand its maintenance, repair, and overhaul assignments with South Korea’s shipyards as part of a strategy to maintain ships when possible closer to their areas of deployment. Korea broke into the MRO segment in 2024 and has now completed a series of contracts while expecting more work from the United States. South Korea’s largest shipbuilding group, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, is marking two milestones in the MRO business for the United States. The yard...

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Ørsted Files Additional Lawsuit Challenging Stop-Work Order on Sunrise Wind

Danish offshore energy developer Ørsted has filed its second lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s December 2025 stop-work order on five under-construction wind farms along the U.S. Atlantic coast. The company says the latest suit challenges the lease suspension and is seeking a preliminary injunction against the stop-work order. The suit follows a similar action filed by Ørsted last week as the joint owner of the Revolution Wind project. In addition, Equinor, which is developing the Empire Wind project, as well...

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Russia's New Baltic Patrol Ship Could be a Covert Yacht for Putin

After nine years of construction, United Shipbuilding Corporation has delivered the emergency rescue vessel Voyevoda to the Russian Marine Rescue Service, MORSPAS. Voyevoda has unique characteristics that set her apart from anything else in the agency's response fleet. Wraparound glass on a forward observation deck; refined, curving lines and livery; a reported complement of eight residential suites; and a top speed of 22 knots all set her apart. The vessel's real purpose - first reported in English by Naval News,...

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Researchers Say the Oceans Have Passed a Milestone for Acidification

[By Anna Napolitano] The past 12 months have been worrying for researchers who study the chemistry of the ocean. More and more evidence has been published showing that human activities are fundamentally altering this chemistry in an acidic direction. At the end of 2025, it seems clear ocean acidification is pushing the largest habitat on Earth into a risky zone. Ocean acidification is part of the global carbon cycle. When carbon dioxide dissolves in water, it forms carbonic acid. This...

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A floating modular nuclear power station based on molten salt reactor technology, granted an AIP by BV in 2022 (BV)

Regulatory and Liability Challenges to Unlocking Nuclear Power for Maritime

2025 was a challenging year for the maritime industry’s decarbonization efforts. Reports at the beginning of the year highlighted that despite an acceleration in the industry’s engagement in low-carbon clean technologies, international shipping emissions were said to have largely returned to 2008 levels. Positive signals came early in January with the introduction of FuelEU Maritime (FEUM), which represents one of the most comprehensive pieces of regional emissions legislation to date, and which seeks to incentivize the integration of low-carbon alternative...

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