The Maritime Executive
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Saildrone Completes Pioneering Mapping Mission of Cayman Islands’ EEZ
[By: Saildrone] Saildrone, the global leader in autonomous deep water mapping solutions, has completed its mission to map...
Bananas Ahoy as Overboard Containers Wash Ashore
Five days after eight containers carrying bananas were washed overboard from the reefer ship Baltic Klipper in Southampton Water...
Seized Shadow Fleet Tanker Gets Under Way in U.S. Coast Guard Custody
The seized tanker Skipper has turned its AIS transponder back on and is now broadcasting a position just east of St. Vin...
NYK and Mitsui OSK to Settle Long-Running UK Pricing Fixing Allegations
Two of Japan’s leading shipping companies and operators of car carriers have agreed to settle a long-running case...
Royal Navy Tracks Russian Submarine’s Transit of English Channel
The UK’s Royal Navy is highlighting that it once again tracked the movements of a Russian submarine and its escorts travel...
Billionaire "Dark Fleet" Oil Traders Weigh In on Iran's Succession Battle
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is aging and his health is now openly discussed within Iran, raising the pro...
German Courts Debate Seizure of Russian Oil and Shadow Fleet Tanker
Eleven months after the German customs authorities first moved to seize a shadow fleet tanker and confiscate its cargo o...
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pairs With B-52 Bombers for Maritime Strike Trials
U.S. Alaskan Command has completed a rare joint exercise involving U.S. Air Force bombers and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter...
Ukraine Strikes Caspian Sea for the First Time, Damaging Lukoil Platform
Ukraine continues to expand its assault against Russia’s oil industry, reporting its first strikes on the oil operations i...
ABB DP2 Functionality Shows Improvement In Vessel Control During Sea Trials
[By: ABB] ABB has verified a major advancement in vessel Dynamic Positioning (DP) technology, following successful Failure Mode...