The Maritime Executive
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U.S. Navy Hires Palantir to Reorganize Shipbuilding Supply Chain With AI
The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract worth nearly $450 million to the technology company Palantir to reorganize the subm...
Fincantieri Floats New Luxury Cruise Ship for Regent Seven Seas
Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera, Italy, recently completed the float-out of a new luxury cruise ship for Norweg...
South Africa Completes Deal for Privatization of Durban Container Terminal
South Africa’s Transnet officially signed the partnership agreement with International Container Terminal Services...
Svitzer to Build Next-Generation Electric Tugs in India
Svitzer confirmed that it has entered into a shipbuilding order with India’s Cochin Shipyard to build at least four next-g...
U.S. Seizes Tanker off Venezuela
[Breaking] On Wednesday, U.S. forces seized a tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump told reporters.&...
Japan Licenses Its First Autonomous Navigation Ro-Pax Ferry
Japan is set to launch service aboard its first autonomous navigation ferry. The vessel Olympia Dream Seto recently completed th...
Third Shadow-Fleet Tanker Hit by Suspected Ukrainian Drone-Boat Attack
Russian and Ukrainian sources report that Ukraine's covert operations agency has attacked another Russia-facing &quo...
Italian Court Sides with Grimaldi and Suspends Sale of Moby Ferries to MSC
An Italian administrative court issues a temporary suspension of the pending sale of five ferries from Moby Lines to MSC...
Ukraine Seizes Cargo Ship Accused of Transporting Grain from Crimea
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reports that it has seized another cargo ship that it accuses of having transporte...
Tanker Operator Quits Russian Trade After Suspected Ukrainian Strike
After one of its vessels was hit and damaged in a suspected Ukrainian attack, Turkish tanker owner Besiktas Shipping has...