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Tar Balls Wash Ashore as Salvage Continues of MSC Baltic III

Published Apr 18, 2025 3:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Canadian Coast Guard confirmed that a few tar balls have been recovered in the area near where the MSC Baltic III co...

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Death Toll in Chinese Sand Carrier Capsizing Rises to Four

Published Apr 17, 2025 5:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

  [Graphic images - reader discretion advised] The remains of two more deceased crewmembers have been recovered from th...

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Helmsman and Pilots Worked Against Each Other During Fremantle Allision

Published Apr 16, 2025 10:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

  An interim factfinding report on the allision involving the boxship Maersk Shekou at Fremantle last year suggests that t...

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Two Dead, Nine Missing After Capsizing of Chinese Sand Carrier

Published Apr 16, 2025 8:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

Rescuers are attempting to find survivors after the capsizing of a Chinese-operated sand carrier off the coast of Rizal, Occidenta...

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Major EV Fire Breaks Out Aboard Ro/Ro at Zeebrugge

Published Apr 16, 2025 4:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Wednesday, a fire broke out aboard a ro/ro cargo ship at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, prompting an immediate - and...

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Safety Panel Rules That Sewol Sinking Started With a Steering Failure

Published Apr 15, 2025 3:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The latest investigation into the sinking of the South Korean ferry Sewol has concluded that the capsizing was initiated...

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NTSB: Two Tankers Had the Same Accident in Two Years on Cooper River

Published Apr 13, 2025 10:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The NTSB has determined that the tanker Hafnia Amessi struck a pier on the Cooper River last year because the pilot let...

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Estonian Navy Detains Stateless Tanker With Dozens of Deficiencies

Published Apr 13, 2025 5:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Friday, the Estonian Navy boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker in the Baltic for allegedly flying a false flag. T...

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Grounded Scallop Boat Spills Diesel in Boston Harbor

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

  On Friday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Boston Police Department rescued three fishermen from a scallop boat tha...

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Six Dead in Helicopter Crash on the Hudson River

Published Apr 10, 2025 6:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Six people are reported dead after a small helicopter crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, according to local firs...

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