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Foreign-flagged tanker Skylight after an Iranian strike earlier this month (Omani social media)

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Scrap Metal Barge Burns in Delaware Bay

Published Mar 10, 2026 6:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Tuesday, a scrap metal fire broke out aboard a barge on the Delaware Bay, prompting a multi-agency response from local fire departments. At about 0800 hours, the U.S. Coast Guard received reports of a fire aboard the barge American Tracker at a position in the middle of the estuary. The crewmembers of the tug towing the barge were unharmed, and vessel traffic was not affected. At least three nearby cities dispatched marine firefighting assets to the scene, and fireboats...

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burnt-out LNG carrier drifting

Malta Prepares Contingency Plan as Burnt-Out LNG Tanker Drifts Closer

Published Mar 10, 2026 6:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Authorities in Malta are closely monitoring the hulk of the Russian gas carrier Arctic Metagas as it drifts toward the island nation. Earlier reports had said the vessel had sunk after a devastating explosion and fire last week, but now it is reported to be approaching Malta. The Times of Malta reported on Monday, March 9, that the vessel was approximately 35 nautical miles to the southeast. It had not yet crossed into Malta’s territorial waters, but the authorities are...

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U.S. Navy forces escort a U.S.-flagged tanker in the Arabian Gulf, Operation Earnest Will, 1987 (USN file image)

U.S. Navy Turns Down Hormuz Escort Requests Because of High Risk

Published Mar 10, 2026 5:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy has so far declined to provide Strait of Hormuz escorts for shipping, despite daily requests, multiple sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The reports contradict an earlier statement from Energy Secretary Chris Wright - since withdrawn - that a Navy vessel had escorted one tanker through the waterway. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims that no U.S. Navy warships have "dared" to come near the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of hostilities on February 28, and...

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detained cargo ship in Sweden

Sweden Arrests Captain and Detains Stateless Ship for Safety Violations

Published Mar 10, 2026 5:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

Swedish authorities are continuing their investigation into a stateless cargo ship after receiving a court order to hold the captain for up to two weeks due to a fear that he was a flight risk. At the same time, the Swedish Transport Agency issues a detention order for the cargo ship Caffa after completing its Port State inspection. Prosecutors told the court that they had probable cause to believe the captain, a Russian citizen in his 50s, had committed a...

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Safaniya

Report: Saudi Aramco Shuts Down Two Supergiant Offshore Oil Fields

Saudi Arabia has joined Kuwait and Iraq in beginning the process of drawing down oil production, a response to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a shortage of storage options. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Saudi Aramco has shut down the Safaniya and Zuluf fields, taking two million barrels per day of production offline. Safaniya is the world's largest offshore oil field, containing more than 30 billion barrels of oil in proven reserves, and Saudi Aramco...

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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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Trawlers

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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Building Resilient, Low-Carbon Supply Chains With ITS

Sustainability and resilience in shipping are not the result of a single decision. They come from daily practice, informed choices and the systems that help people make them. Other transport sectors already use connected digital networks to support safe and efficient movement. Maritime has begun to digitalise, but it has not yet built the joined up systems that allow data, infrastructure and operations to work together. Without that connection, the industry struggles to respond to growing pressure. Ports and shipping...

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