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Op-Ed: Maritime Cybersecurity is a Financial Investment

Published Jun 8, 2026 7:02 PM by Youri Hart

Over the last two months, the world has seen, in real time, the challenges and urgency of protecting maritime vessels from geopoli...

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Four Indian Seafarers Rescued from Abandoned Ship After 10 Months

Published Jun 8, 2026 6:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

It took intervention from the Turkish government to finally rescue four Indian seafarers who had been stuck on a decrepit cargo sh...

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Indian Crew Airlifted from Burning Tanker Disabled by US Forces off Oman

Published Jun 8, 2026 12:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Indian crew of a sanctioned, shadow fleet tanker abandoned ship on Monday, June 8, after a fire was reported aboard the ship....

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Tanker Awaiting Scrapping Stuck in Limbo by US Sanctions

Published Jun 5, 2026 5:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Bangladeshi scrappers community and the cash buyers are dealing with what they termed a “highly unusual incident” after one of...

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Five Azerbaijani Seafarers Killed as Ukraine Attacks Cargo Ships

Published Jun 5, 2026 4:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

Five Azerbaijani seafarers were killed, and between three and six more were injured, in a series of attacks on commercial shipping...

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Panama Canal Preemptively Lowers Draft Levels Due to El Niño Forecast

Published Jun 5, 2026 3:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Panama Canal Authority issued an advisory to shipping companies announcing that it plans to reduce the maximum authorized draf...

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Omani Oil Exports Back to Normal After Drone Attack

Published Jun 5, 2026 1:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

Oman’s oil export terminal at Mina Al Fahal is loading as normal on June 5, after Reuters was told by three separate sources that...

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US Forces Board Sanctioned Stateless Tanker Carrying Iranian Oil

Published Jun 5, 2026 11:17 AM by The Maritime Executive

The United States has carried out another interdiction of a stateless tanker in the Indian Ocean. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command report...

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LR: Shipping's ESG Progress Varies by Sector

Published Jun 4, 2026 11:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

ESG performance remains as variable in shipping as the industry itself, a new report from Lloyds Register's Advisory branch sugges...

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Oil-Market Uncertainty Ahead as U.S. Inventory Hits 22-Year Low

Published Jun 4, 2026 10:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

Oil market experts have disagreements about what comes next if the Strait of Hormuz shutdown continues on, but inventories are fal...

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