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Winter Storms Are Taking Toll on Wrecked MSC Baltic III and Salvage Efforts

Published Dec 12, 2025 7:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Canadian Coast Guard released a series of pictures showing the damage to the hull of the MSC Baltic III, which has been grou...

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Stranded Shadow Tanker to be Towed to Secure Location

Published Dec 12, 2025 1:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Bulgarian officials expect the standard shadow tanker Kairos will be towed on Sunday, December 14, from its position off...

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NTSB: Finding Loose Wire in Dali's Switchboard Took a Month

Published Dec 11, 2025 9:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has reported the probable cause of the container ship strike that took d...

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Third Shadow-Fleet Tanker Hit by Suspected Ukrainian Drone-Boat Attack

Published Dec 10, 2025 3:06 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Russian and Ukrainian sources report that Ukraine's covert operations agency has attacked another Russia-facing &quo...

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Turkey Pledges Investigation into Movements of Damaged Shadow Tanker

Published Dec 9, 2025 12:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Turkish and Bulgarian officials have met to discuss the case of the fire-damaged tanker Kairos, which drifted off the Bu...

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Vietnam and Malaysia Coordinate to Rescue Crew from Listing Cargo Ship

Published Dec 8, 2025 2:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Vietnamese officials are highlighting a successful coordination with their counterparts in Malaysia to rescue the crew f...

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Bulgaria Seeks Answers as First of Crew is Removed from Sanctioned Tanker

Published Dec 8, 2025 12:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Bulgarian authorities are still seeking answers about how the fire-damaged tanker Kairos ended up stranded offshore while it con...

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Chinese Coastal Bulker Grounds and Breaks Up off Fuzhou

Published Dec 7, 2025 12:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

  [Brief] A Chinese bulker has grounded and broken up in Xinghua Bay, off the coast of Fuzhou.  On November 27, Hu...

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Shadow Tanker Mystery Continues as Crew Waits for New Tow off Bulgaria

Published Dec 6, 2025 10:25 AM by The Maritime Executive

Bulgarian authorities are still trying to understand the situation with the fire-damaged tanker Kairos, which washed up on their...

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Bulgaria Responds to Mystery as Sanctioned Tanker Drifts Toward Shore

Published Dec 5, 2025 5:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The mystery around the sanctioned tanker Kairos (149,989 dwt) is continuing to grow as the vessel, which was attacked wi...

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