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NGO Shipbreaking Platform Reports on 2025 and Calls for More Regulation

Published Feb 5, 2026 9:17 PM by The Maritime Executive

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform compiled a report on the ships sold for dismantling in 2025 while calling for continued efforts to i...

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Captain of Solong Gets Six Years as Court Cites “Complacency and Arrogance"

Published Feb 5, 2026 5:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

A judge at the UK’s “Old Bailey” court in London sentenced the former master of the Solong containership to six years in jail for...

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Italian Coast Guard Finds 54 Deficiencies After Saving Livestock Carrier

Published Feb 4, 2026 3:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Italian Coast Guard completed its inspection of the livestock carrier Blue Ocean A after overseeing the towing of the disabled...

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Op-Ed: Seafarer Recruitment Should Never Be a Gamble

Published Feb 4, 2026 7:35 AM by Josephine Le

Recent reports concerning Chinese seafarers who traveled overseas for what they believed were legitimate job opportunities, only t...

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Video: Tanker Crew Rescues Yacht in Challenging Weather off Bahamas

Published Feb 3, 2026 11:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Monday morning, a merchant tanker rescued three people from a sailboat in distress about 450 miles to the east of Daytona Beach...

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Maersk-Hapag Alliance to Send Ships Through Red Sea with Naval Assistance

Published Feb 3, 2026 2:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

The alliance between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will start for the first time to send vessels through the Red Sea as part of its gradu...

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With U.S. Embargo Lifted, Venezuelan Oil Exports Bounce Back

Published Feb 2, 2026 8:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Oil exports from Venezuela have surged upwards since the end of the U.S. embargo and the capture of former dictator Nicolas Maduro...

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Tankers Sail Off After Malaysia Finds Them "Cojoined" and Stops Illegal STS

Published Feb 2, 2026 7:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia proudly celebrated its crackdown last week on an illegal ship-to-ship oil transfer but...

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Yang Ming Captain Arrested on Suspicion of Drug Smuggling

Published Feb 2, 2026 4:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

An arrest warrant was issued late on January 30 in Taiwan for the captain of a Yang Ming containership on suspicion of drug smuggl...

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US Seizes $70k in Unreported Currency from COSCO Bulker

Published Feb 2, 2026 1:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Officials of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a large amount of unreported cash from a Chinese-owned bulker whi...

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