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Video: Fire Breaks Out on Controversial Tanker at Turkish Scrapyard

Published Jul 4, 2025 5:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

A supertanker, which for many years had been used as a storage platform off Libya, is once again causing controversy after a fire broke out aboard the vessel. The tanker known as Sloug (251,500 dwt) is at a Turkish yard being dismantled. A fire call was issued around 1100 on July 3 at the Simsekler yard in the Aliaga region of Izmir, Turkey. Reports indicate the partially dismantled tanker was evacuated without injury, but due to concerns, other...

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Nigeria Starts First Domestic Container Shipping Line

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Clarion Shipping West Africa is starting what it calls “Nigeria’s first fully indigenous container liner,” as it looks to build regional trade and improve service versus the transshipment options of the major carriers. The company celebrated the launch of the service at Tin Can Island Port in Lagos on July 3. The first vessel, Ocean Dragon (6,100 dwt), arrived after a 60-day trip from China, marking the start of the Nigerian-owned shipping line. The company said it had...

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MARAD Receives Proposal for Floating Offshore LNG Export Terminal off Texas

Published Jul 4, 2025 3:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

With the rush to expand the U.S. LNG export business and strong support from the Trump administration for the energy sector, a developer has filed a novel proposal with the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. Coast Guard. In a notice to be published on Monday, July 7, in the Federal Register, MARAD and USCG report that the application is sufficiently complete to start processing the proposal from the company called ST LNG for the ST LNG Deepwater...

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Uni-Tanker’s Financial Liability Limited in 2022 Anchor Dragging Incident

Published Jul 4, 2025 11:45 AM by The Maritime Executive

A Danish court has found that although the master of a tanker acted with negligence in an anchor-dragging incident that severed a subsea power cable, the shipping company’s liability is limited. The case, which dates to February 2022, comes as the issue of anchor dragging and intent and awareness of the situation has been raised after similar incidents in the Baltic that are under legal review. This case stems from February 26, 2022, when the island of Bornholm...

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