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Massive Container Explosion Was Caused By Self-Heating Chemical Cargo

Published Apr 24, 2025 10:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The dramatic container explosion aboard the boxship YM Mobility at Ningbo last year was caused by thermal runaway i...

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NTSB Cites Inexperienced Pilot Using Cell Phone in Ohio River Tow Incident

Published Apr 24, 2025 5:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The NTSB released a report on a 2024 incident in which a towing vessel moving coal barges struck a vane dike on the Ohio...

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Jury Awards $2.8M to Crewmembers of Superyacht That Sank a Tanker

Published Apr 23, 2025 9:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Three former crewmembers of a yacht that hit and sank a tanker in 2021 have won millions of dollars in damages in a suit...

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Egypt Launches First Domestically-Built Tugs for Suez Canal

Published Apr 23, 2025 3:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

Egyptian officials celebrated the launch of the first two domestically-built tugboats on April 23, which will be used for the Su...

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Argentine Responders Rescue Crew of Sinking Tug on Rio de la Plata

Published Apr 22, 2025 4:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Last week, the Argentine Naval Prefecture rescued the crew of a tug that flooded and partially sank while pushing a cont...

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MSC Boxship Gets Emergency Tow to Las Palmas

Published Apr 22, 2025 4:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Over the weekend,  Spanish first responders rescued a disabled MSC boxship that was adrift just off Gran Canaria, a...

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Fire-Damaged Conro Departs for Scrapyard After Awakening Belgium

Published Apr 21, 2025 5:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Grimaldi’s fire-damaged Conro Grande Brasile was towed from the Port of Antwerp, Belgium where it had laid for the past tw...

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NOAA Finds a Flashy Car Inside the Wreck of WWII Carrier USS Yorktown

Published Apr 21, 2025 4:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On a recent deployment to the Pacific, a NOAA remotely operated vehicle (ROV) crew spotted an unusual vehicle inside the...

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Passengers Evacuated After Ferry Grounds in Philippines

Published Apr 21, 2025 1:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard reports the successful evacuation of the passengers from an interisland ferry that grounded late on A...

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Photos: Death Toll From Chinese Dredger Capsizing Rises to Nine

Published Apr 20, 2025 1:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

The death toll from the capsizing of the dredger Hong Hai 16 has risen to nine people, with two more still missing, according to t...

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