The Maritime Executive
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BOEM Plans Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale Off American Samoa
After a request from U.S. deep sea mining startup Impossible Minerals and a new executive order from President Donald Trump, the U...
Salvors Raise First Component of Lost Superyacht Bayesian
Salvors have raised the first major component of the lost superyacht Bayesian, which sank in a severe storm off the coas...
Princess Cruise Ship Captain Dies Suddenly After Medical Emergency
The master of a Princess Cruises passed away from a sudden medical issue while under way on a weeks-long cruise, the cru...
Video: World’s Largest Cruise Ship, Star of the Seas, Starts Sea Trials
The second vessel of Royal Caribbean International’s Icon class, Star of the Seas, has begun its first sea tr...
Fire on Oil Platform off Angola Injures 17 People
A fire on Chevron's deepwater Benguela-Belize-Lobito-Tomboco (BBLT) platform off Angola has injured 17 people, inclu...
UK and EU Increase Sanctions on Shadow Fleet Tankers and Enablers
Citing the new waves of drone attacks on Ukraine despite the reported progress made during a call between Donald Trump a...
Crew Rescued Near Singapore After Fishing Vessel Collides with Tanker
The maritime authorities in Singapore and Indonesia coordinated the rescue of the crew from a capsized fishing vessel ne...
Malaysia Detains MSC Boxship for Illegally Anchoring Without Permission
Malaysia Maritime reports an enforcement action that saw an MSC containership detained and its captain and second engine...
Port of San Juan's Mystery Spill Returns
The long-running mystery spill at the Port of San Juan is back, but this time, the Coast Guard has found the culprit and...
Port of Oakland April Container Volume Drops 14.7% vs. March
[By: Port of Oakland] The Port of Oakland handled 185,499 TEUs (twenty-foot containers) in April, marking a 14.7% dec...