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Latvia Investigates New Cable Damage Incident in the Baltic

Published Jan 5, 2026 12:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Latvian authorities confirmed they are investigating damage to a subsea optical cable that happened at the end of last week in the...

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Saudi Arabian Forces Bomb Port in Yemen Raising Tensions with UAE

Published Dec 30, 2025 6:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

Saudi Arabia, acting in the name of what it calls the “Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen,” launched what it is terming limi...

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Laid Up MSC Cargo Ship Breaks Free During High Winds in Baltimore

Published Dec 29, 2025 8:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

Commercial tugs and the Baltimore Fire Department reported they were responding to a laid-up U.S. cargo ship that broke free from...

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Video: Indonesian Authorities Battle Stubborn Engine Room Fire

Published Dec 29, 2025 7:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

Fire authorities at the Tanjung Perak port on Surabaya in Indonesia reported they were able to bring a challenging engine room fir...

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Japan Gives Suez Canal a New Dive Vessel to Support Emergency Preparedness

Published Dec 28, 2025 10:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

Egypt is hoping to enhance the navigational safety of the busy Suez Canal after securing a $22 million grant to finance the constr...

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Port Wars in the Horn of Africa

Published Dec 28, 2025 3:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

Egyptian government sources have briefed the UAE’s National newspaper that Egypt is to help develop the ports of Assab in Eritrea...

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Kuwait Contracts With Chinese Company to Build Port in Northern Gulf

Published Dec 28, 2025 2:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Kuwaiti government has signed a preparatory engineering, procurement and construction contract with a Chinese state-owned cons...

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Vessels Damaged as Russia Intensifies Attacks on Ukraine’s Ports

Published Dec 26, 2025 1:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia appears to be intensifying its assault on the Black Sea ports of Ukraine. The relentless barrage continued for a second nig...

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China to Develop New Port in Kuwait for Regional and Global Trade

Published Dec 23, 2025 6:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

Kuwait and China formalized a new agreement, building on their cooperation and which aims to complete the development of a new por...

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Cargo Ship and Ports Damaged During Massive Russian Attack on Ukraine

Published Dec 23, 2025 2:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukrainian officials are reporting what they called a “massive Russian strike” directed overnight and into this morning broadly at...

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