Dozens of Abandoned Shipwrecks Pose Safety Risks in Fiji

Published Mar 16, 2025 6:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

A fire incident this week onboard a Chinese fishing vessel, Dae Jin, while berthed at Suva Harbor, Fiji has rekindled co...

Sunk Costs: Shipwrecks and the Urgent Need for the Nairobi Convention

Published Mar 16, 2025 2:03 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

[By Sheridan Ward] It is estimated that there are 3,800 shipwrecks scattered across the floor of the Pacific Ocean. M...

Published Mar 15, 2025 2:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

The captain of the Portuguese-flagged containership Solong which hit the American-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate on March 10 of...

Published Mar 14, 2025 5:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Humberside Police and the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division confirmed late o...

Published Mar 13, 2025 6:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

As salvage teams are making headway in efforts related to the Stena Immaculate and the Solong, the UK’s Marine Acc...

Published Mar 13, 2025 4:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

A media report is circulating today, March 13, in South Korea saying that a North Korean bulker smuggling coal was involved in a c...

Published Mar 12, 2025 10:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Australian Border Force has destroyed an Indonesian fishing boat after finding hundreds of illegally-obtained s...

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

Officials from HM Coastguard and the shipping companies involved in Monday’s incident in the North Sea are reporting that...

Published Mar 11, 2025 10:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

The owners of the riverine tankers that split up and sank in the Black Sea in December are facing multiple lawsuits as Russian g...

Published Mar 11, 2025 9:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

This week, a Norwegian reefer ship narrowly avoided disaster after grounding on a remote shore in the Hebrides. At ab...