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Gaza Ceasefire Raises Hopes of Renewed Security in the Red Sea

Published Jan 16, 2025 10:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that an agreement for a ceasefire and hostage exchange...

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Crew Walk to Safety After Survey Vessel Grounds on a Pebble Beach in UK

Published Jan 16, 2025 5:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

  On Tuesday night, a small survey vessel ran aground off the coast of Newgale, UK while working on a telecom line project...

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Good Samaritans Rescue Crew of Fishing Vessel in Gulf of Alaska

Published Jan 16, 2025 2:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A good Samaritan vessel has rescued two fishermen from the cold waters of the Gulf of Alaska after a fishing vessel caps...

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Coast Guard Oversees Second Yacht Salvage in a Year off Culebra

Published Jan 14, 2025 7:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Coast Guard is keeping watch on an effort to refloat a large yacht that went aground over the holidays off Culebra,...

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Shell Finds Unexploded Bomb Next to Gas Pipeline for the Brent Field

Published Jan 13, 2025 9:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Shell has confirmed the discovery of an unexploded bomb next to a 40-year-old gas line running across the North Sea.&nbs...

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New Memorial Marks 50th Anniversary of Loss of Edmund Fitzgerald

Published Jan 12, 2025 4:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The tragic loss of bulk carrier Edmund Fitzgerald is set to be permanently engraved in a marker, five decades after it s...

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Singapore Manages Response to Two Sinkings in One Weekend

Published Jan 12, 2025 2:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Sunday, Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority rescued eight crewmembers from a sinking tanker just off Pedra Branca, a li...

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Bangladesh Could Lose Top Position in the Global Shipbreaking Market

Published Jan 10, 2025 10:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

  With global ship demolition at record low levels, Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry has reported that 2024 saw a...

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Fully Laden Shadow Fleet Tanker Breaks Down in Baltic Storm

Published Jan 10, 2025 4:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Friday, German response authorities had to deploy multiple tugs to rescue a broken-down shadow fleet tanker laden with Russian...

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LA Issues Ocean Water Quality Warning Due to Firefighting Runoff

Published Jan 9, 2025 8:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The fierce wildfires that have ripped through Los Angeles County over the past two days have destroyed more than 5,000 h...

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