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Video: Fire Breaks Out on Controversial Tanker at Turkish Scrapyard

Published Jul 4, 2025 5:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

A supertanker, which for many years had been used as a storage platform off Libya, is once again causing controversy after a fir...

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Indonesia Searches for Missing and Dead After Interisland Ferry Sinks

Published Jul 3, 2025 2:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Indonesian maritime services and the police are leading a search operation after an interisland ferry sank as it was app...

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Coast Guard Rescues Family of Three From Half-Sunken Yacht off Bahamas

Published Jul 2, 2025 11:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued a family of three from a partially-sunken sailing vessel near Plana Cays, Bahama...

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The Grandfather of White-Collar Piracy

Published Jul 2, 2025 2:33 PM by Marcella Boehler

  In Greece, Max Hardberger posed as an interested buyer, in Haiti as a port official, in Trinidad, a shipper. He has plie...

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Jackup Barge Collapses and Sinks off Egypt, Killing Four

Published Jul 2, 2025 11:31 AM by The Maritime Executive

  Egyptian authorities mounted a rescue effort overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday after an oil drilling jackup barge co...

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New VDR Transcript Sheds Light on Xpress Pearl Disaster

Published Jul 1, 2025 10:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

The BBC World Service has obtained a previously unreported VDR transcript of what may be a series of conversations between the mas...

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Crewmember Dies Trying to Reach Shore After Tug Grounding Off Sulawesi

Published Jul 1, 2025 10:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

  One crewmember lost his life after a tug went aground at a remote beach in Southeast Sulawesi, according to rescue...

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NTSB Releases First Report on Mexican Navy Training Ship Accident

Published Jun 30, 2025 7:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

The National Transportation Safety Board has released the preliminary results of its investigation into the allision of the Mexica...

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Wan Hai 503 is Structurally Compromised and Moved Out of Indian EEZ

Published Jun 30, 2025 4:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

Weather concerns and the inability to stop the smoldering fire prompted the Indian authorities working with the private salvage...

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Explosion Reported on Crude Tanker Off the Coast of Libya

Published Jun 29, 2025 7:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

A Greek-managed crude tanker has suffered an explosion at a position off the coast of Libya, according to maritime security consul...

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