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Ukraine Strikes Frigate and Oil Terminal in Massive Attack on Novorossiysk

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Passengers Abandon Cruise Grounded on Island from 2000 Movie “Cast Away"

Published Apr 6, 2026 5:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

Passengers aboard the Fiji cruise ship might have thought they were about to relive a scene from the 2000 movie “Cast Away,” in which Tom Hanks becomes stranded for years on an uninhabited island. Their ship, the Fiji Princess, grounded on April 4 on the same island used in the movie. The 179-foot (55-meter) cruise ship operates cruises up to a week in length around the islands in Fiji. Built in 1998, the ship has 32 passenger cabins with a...

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Pirates Abandon Iranian Dhow After Being Hounded by EUNAVFOR for a Week

Published Apr 6, 2026 4:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

EUNAVFOR Atalanta is reporting that its forces confirmed that the suspected Somali pirates abandoned the Iranian-flagged dhow Al Waseemi after having held the vessel and its crew for nearly two weeks. Assets deployed to the EUNAVFOR operation had been tracking the vessel and pressuring the pirates while not moving in because of concerns for the safety of the hostage crew. EUNAVFOR Atalanta currently has deployed the Italian frigate Emilio Bianchi and the Spanish frigate Canarias as part of its monitoring...

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Trident Sues Tacoma Fire Dept. for the Loss of the Kodiak Enterprise

Published Apr 6, 2026 4:27 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. fishing company Trident Seafoods has filed a rare lawsuit against the city of Tacoma, Washington for alleged mishandling of the fire aboard the fishing vessel Kodiak Enterprise, which was destroyed in a massive blaze three years ago. A lawsuit against an emergency response agency is virtually unheard-of after a marine casualty, but Trident alleges gross negligence on the part of the Tacoma Fire Department. In the early hours of April 8, 2023, a fire broke out in a compartment...

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Russia Accuses Ukraine of Sinking Ship Carrying Grain Killing Three Crew

Published Apr 6, 2026 3:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Russian-installed governor of the Kherson region is accusing Ukraine of using a drone to set a grain ship on fire, leaving three crewmembers dead. Ukraine has not acknowledged the attack but has accused Russia of using the Soviet-era river-sea ships to steal grain from Crimea. The vessel Volgo-Balt 138, built in 1971, was reported to be sailing between the port of Azov in the Rostov region and the port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar region. The class of ships...

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QatarEnergy’s U.S. LNG Plant Achieves First Production at Critical Time

Just as the world is looking for alternative sources of LNG, Golden Pass LNG in Texas reported it has achieved first production. The project, which has been in planning and development for 15 years, is set to start export shipments in the second quarter, coming online to help fill some of the shortfall from Qatar and the Middle East. The United States is already setting records for LNG shipments and has been rivaling Qatar for the title of the largest...

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One of Haddy's robots prints out a plastic drone boat prototype for a different unmanned-boat company, 2026 (Haddy)

Red Cat Plans to Make 3D-Printed Drone Boats for On-Demand Delivery

Red Cat, the drone company bringing Ukraine's famous unmanned boat designs to the U.S. market, has announced a partnership to use large-scale robotic 3D printing during manufacturing. The solution will double the manufacturing capacity of Red Cat's maritime division, Blue Ops. The firm is focusing its initial efforts on Ukraine's seven-meter drone boat design, with five different configurations for combat or surveillance. The best-known use case of the platform is its capability as a long-range remote-controlled bomb boat, but Blue...

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Japan Demonstrates Hydrogen-Fueled Engine for Large Commercial Vessels

Japan reports a breakthrough with the demonstration of a large hydrogen-fueled engine being developed by Japan Engine Corporation, working with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, for a demonstration project for an ocean-going vessel. It points out that most work so far with hydrogen is on smaller engines for coastal vessels, making this a major technological milestone toward the practical use of hydrogen-fueled vessels. While interest has developed in hydrogen, to date, the Japanese project points out that most of the initiatives are...

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Ship repair yard in Djibouti

Largest Ship Repair Yard in East Africa Inaugurated in Djibouti

Officials in Djibouti officially inaugurated the Djibouti Ship Repair Yard on April 4, marking what they called a milestone in the development of the country’s maritime economy. It becomes the largest ship repair yard in the Red Sea region and East Africa, available to provide critical repair and maintenance work. “The DSRY project has always been a national priority, given Djibouti’s strategic location at the entrance to the Bab el-Mandeb, one of the world’s busiest maritime routes,” said President Ismaïl...

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