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Hapag-Lloyd Calls Q1 "Unsatisfactory" While Warning of Uncertainty

Published May 13, 2026 7:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

Hapag-Lloyd was the latest carrier to report dramatically lower first quarter financial results. Reporting that the company swung...

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Australian High Court Says Shipping Company Cannot Limit Liabilities

Published May 13, 2026 6:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

Four years after a docking accident caused the loss of two tugs and caused significant environmental damage, Australia’s High Cour...

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RMT Union Members Conduct New Strikes at Royal Fleet Auxiliary Over Pay

Published May 13, 2026 4:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

For the second time in two years, crews from the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary are staging 24-hour strikes over pay. The National Uni...

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Dali’s Operator Responds to DOJ as $2.25B Maryland Settlement is Finalized

Published May 13, 2026 1:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Synergy Marine Group, the operators of the containership Dali that destroyed the bridge in Baltimore in 2024, is responding to new...

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U.S. Indicts Operator and Supervisor of Dali on Multiple Criminal Charges

Published May 12, 2026 11:53 AM by The Maritime Executive

The operator of the containership Dali, which destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, along with one of the...

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Vroon is the Latest to Exit Livestock Export by Selling Carrier Business

Published May 11, 2026 3:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

Vroon Holding, which billed itself as the largest provider of premium livestock tonnage, is the latest operator to exit the segmen...

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Pretrial Hearing Sets the Stage for Dali Trial to Begin June 1

Published May 7, 2026 7:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

More than two years after the containership Dali hit Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, destroying the roadway, killing six peo...

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Falling Freight Rates Drive Maersk to Q1 Loss in Shipping Segment

Published May 7, 2026 5:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

Maersk gave a preview of the pressures the container shipping sector experienced in the first quarter, reporting that it swung to...

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Last-Minute Offer Adds a Twist to Hapag-Lloyd's Acquisition of Zim

Published May 6, 2026 10:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

A competing bid is the latest twist in the saga of Hapag-Lloyd's planned takeover of Israeli shipping line Zim - even though Zim's...

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New Zealand Fines Ferry Operator for Grounding and Lack of Crew Training

Published May 6, 2026 6:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

New Zealand has ordered inter-island RoRo ferry operator KiwiRail to pay a fine of NZ$400,000 ($234,671) after it was found culpab...

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