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US Sends Carrier Ford Through Suez with Reports Bush is Following

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Trump Administration Details $20B Maritime Reinsurance to Get Oil Moving

Published Mar 6, 2026 5:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

With the global energy markets in disarray, the Trump administration moved quickly and, late on Friday, March 6, announced more details on its plans for a $20 billion maritime reinsurance program. It came, however, as oil prices skyrocketed, sending gasoline prices in the United States to their highest level in over a year, while forecasts are for continued global shocks. Donald Trump had announced on Tuesday, March 3, a plan to roll out a reinsurance program as prices of war-risk...

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Shipping Concerns Grow as Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd Suspend Routes

Published Mar 6, 2026 4:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

Container shipping continues to reel as the war in the Persian Gulf reaches its first week, and U.S. and Israeli officials are saying it could continue for weeks. Against that backdrop, an announcement by Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd that the two liner companies were suspending key routes is drawing wide attention as analysts speculate on the full impact on the container segment. “Following our latest risk assessment and operational review and considering the escalating conflict affecting safe navigation in the Gulf...

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Balboa Panama

CK Hutchison Seeks $2B in Damages from Panama as It Takes More Legal Steps

Published Mar 6, 2026 2:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

CK Hutchison and its Panama-based subsidiary, the Panama Ports Company, have taken a series of additional legal steps in the ongoing dispute over the concession to operate terminals in the ports of Balboa and Cristobal. As part of the action, the Panama Ports Company (PPC) clarified that under the already filed international arbitration, it is seeking at least $2 billion in damages, a figure it says Panama has been misrepresenting. Before the Supreme Court decision was published finalizing the ruling...

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Iranian supply ship Bushehr

Sri Lanka Takes Control of Iranian Supply Ship, Evacuates Sailors

Published Mar 6, 2026 12:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

The government of Sri Lanka has decided to take control of the Iranian supply ship IRIS Bushehr, with the president of the country calling it a humanitarian effort after the ship sought refuge in Colombo. They are evacuating the sailors from the ship and will move the Bushehr to a remote port in the northeast of the country. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of Sri Lanka reported that they had carefully discussed the situation, emphasizing that the country remains neutral in...

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Seatrium Delivers WTIV to Maersk Offshore Wind

The next-generation wind turbine installation vessel, which became the center of a dispute before it was completed, has been successfully delivered, with both companies now celebrating the possibilities. Seatrium reports it completed the delivery on February 26 after sea trials and final readiness evaluations at the Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore, while Maersk Offshore Wind is calling the ship the first in its journey towards growing a future-ready fleet. Maersk Offshore Wind, which is owned by the investment company A.P....

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Shipbuilding

State of Maine training ship

Third US Training Ship State of Maine Delivered to MARAD

The third newly built U.S. training ship for the merchant marine, the State of Maine, was handed over to TOTE Services and delivered to the U.S. Maritime Administration. It will be the fifth training vessel, and the first purpose-built vessel, to be operated by the Maine Maritime Academy, located in Castine, Maine. The handover to the U.S. government took place at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard, and the vessel is scheduled to depart for Maine in the coming days. Once it...

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Study: Ocean Warming Puts "Constant Negative Pressure" on Fish Populations

A new meta-study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution suggests that ocean warming has an outsize impact on the total amount of fish in the water, enough to have major implications for global fisheries. The study, led by researchers at Spain's Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, looked at hundreds of thousands of studies of fish populations in the Northern Hemisphere over a period of nearly 30 years, spanning 1993-2021. The vast data set covered more than 1,500 fish species and...

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Genco dry bulk vessel

Diana Raises Offer for Genco and Agrees to Sell 16 Ships to Star Bulk

Diana Shipping is back with a sweetened offer to acquire fellow bulk shipper Genco Shipping & Trading, both increasing the cash dollar amount and announcing it has partnered with Star Bulk Carriers. Under the new plan, the all-cash offer is reported to be a 31 percent premium to the share price from last year, backed by a deep list of major financial institutions, and set to carve up Genco’s fleet with Star Bulk. Highlighting what it said was considered to...

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