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USN Incident Reports on Truman’s Deployment Cite Preventable Errors

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Port of Long Beach

Port of Long Beach to Name Long-Time Executive Hacegaba Next CEO

Published Dec 4, 2025 6:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Port of Long Beach (California) revealed today that it plans to name long-time executive and well-known industry figure Dr. Noel Hacegaba as the port’s next Chief Executive Officer as of the new year. With nearly 16 years of experience with the port, Hacegaba succeeds Mario Cordero, who will step down at year’s end. Hacegaba is well-known in the industry, having first joined the Port of Long Beach in July 2010 with a background in trade and...

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South Korean shipyard Samsung

Samsung Sets Agreements with NASSCO and Conrad to Enter U.S. Shipbuilding

Published Dec 4, 2025 4:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

  South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries announced two key partnerships with leading U.S. shipbuilders, as it follows competitors HD Hyundai and Hanwha Ocean into the U.S. shipbuilding market. The South Koreans look to the emerging opportunities in the U.S. under the anticipated efforts to revitalize the segment and the Make American Shipbuilding Great Again program. Samsung Heavy Industries is one of South Korea’s largest shipbuilders, known for its work in developing the liquified natural gas carrier segment, ranging from LNG...

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seafarers released from captivity

Seafarers from Eternity C Return Home After Months in Houthi Captivity

Published Dec 4, 2025 3:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

Government officials in Oman and the Philippines confirmed the release of the seafarers who had been rescued from the sinking bulker Eternity C in July after sustained attacks by the Houthis over two successive days. A salvage team sent by the vessel’s operator had been able to rescue some of the seafarers, while the Houthis reported retrieving the others and taking them to Yemen. The Sultanate of Oman’s official statement said the release was part of its sustained...

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UK Redoubles Support for Yemeni Coastguard

Published Dec 4, 2025 2:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

The British minister responsible for the Middle East, Hamish Falconer, has redoubled the United Kingdom's support for the Yemeni Coastguard, demonstrated in a visit made in November to the Yemeni Coastguard's facility in Aden. In the first visit by a British minister to Yemen since 2019, Falconer was welcomed by the Yemeni Coastguard commander Maj Gen Khalid Al Qamali. After visiting the Coastgaurd's maritime situation center, he went aboard the 200GT patrol vessel Aden (IMO 4698611), built in 2011. This...

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Wind Farm to Power Amazon and Google Sends First Power to German Grid

  The Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm started feeding its first power to the German grid on December 3. The wind farm marks another milestone both for Germany and the EU, becoming the largest offshore wind farm in Ørsted’s German portfolio and one that has contracted more than four-fifths of its power with long-term corporate power purchase agreements. Located about 45 miles off the German coast in the North Sea, the project is being developed in a partnership between...

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Shipbuilding

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Saronic Invests $300M to Expand Louisiana Shipyard to Accelerate ASVs

  A U.S. defense tech startup specializing in autonomous ships is pushing to enhance its competitiveness in the fast-growing market with a $300 million investment to expand its production facility. Texas-based Saronic Technologies wants to deliver autonomous ships at speed and scale with the massive investment to expand its Franklin, Louisiana, shipyard. The firm, which began operations in April this year with the ambitions of redefining the building of unmanned surface vehicles, reports that the expanded facility will enable it...

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Environment

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Study Finds Major Drop in Ship Sulfur Emissions Following IMO Regulations

  An academic team led by researchers at the UK’s National Centre for Atmospheric Science completed a first in-depth study looking at sulfur emissions at sea and found “fairly good compliance” with the IMO regulations introduced in 2020. The group looked at compliance both in the European Sulfur Emission Control Areas (SECAs) and ships in the open ocean. The team found that the average sulfur content in ship fuel dropped nearly tenfold in open ocean areas following the International Maritime...

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Business

Zim containership

Report: Container Majors Are All Interested in Buying Zim

  Just days after the board of directors of the Israeli shipping company Zim confirmed they were considering alternatives for the future of the company, a report surfaced saying the industry majors are all expressing interest in the company. A sale of Zim, which is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, however, would be complicated by the strategic importance of the company to Israel and restrictions placed by the government. The Israeli news outlet Globes reported today, December...

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