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Trump Announces U.S. Blockade of Remaining Traffic in Strait of Hormuz

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UK Appoints Salvage Company to Remove Masts from Famous WWII Wreck

Published Apr 10, 2026 8:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

After six years of planning and annual surveys of the wreck site, the UK confirmed that it has selected a salvage company to remove the masts of the SS Richard Montgomery, a World War II Liberty ship that wrecked in the Thames Estuary in 1944. The wreck site became a popular tourist attraction, although all that is visible are the tops of three masts, but because the ship is still laden with explosives, people are warned to keep their distance....

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Alarm as Migrant Vessel Deaths in the Mediterranean Nears 1,000 in 2026

Published Apr 10, 2026 6:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) is sounding the alarm over rising numbers of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean. It highlights that 2026 is becoming one of the deadliest starts to a year in more than a decade, based on the number of reported deaths. Across the Mediterranean, at least 990 deaths have been recorded this year as more people try to cross the rough waters, making it the deadliest start to a year since 2014. In the Central...

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HM Coastguard and RNLI Coordinate Medevac After Cargo Ship Fire

Published Apr 10, 2026 6:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

A crew from HM Coastguard led the medevac of an injured seafarer from a cargo ship in the English Channel on April 8. The RNLI at Salcombe also dispatched an all-weather lifeboat at 2200 and stood by during the rescue and until a tug secured the disabled vessel. A small cargo ship, RDJ Waalstroom (2,650 dwt), issues a mayday call while transiting the English Channel near Portsmouth, England. The Dutch-owned ship, which was built in 2003, reported an engine room...

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Op-Ed: UK Naval Shrinkage Taints London Defence Conference

Published Apr 10, 2026 5:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

Attempts to develop the annual London Defence Conference as an annual geopolitical event rivalling the Munich Security Conference are facing difficulties as the conference gets underway. A tour of the Gulf by the British Prime Minister, and a press conference by the British Defence Secretary this week, were intended to soothe concerns. But instead, both have emphasized the weakness of the UK’s defense posture and have failed to paper over the cracks. Sir Kier Starmer, the British Prime Minister, spent...

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China Commissions Wind Farm At Its Deepest Offshore Position

Chinese officials highlighted the commissioning of its newest offshore wind farm, which is also setting a record for the country’s deepest fixed-bottom wind turbines and is located far out to sea. They highlighted the complex geology and challenges of extreme sea conditions in developing and operating the 504 MW wind farm, the Huaneng Shandong Peninsula North L Site. The wind farm was developed by the state-owned China Huaneng Group and will be managed and operated by the Yantai Power Plant....

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Meyer Werft Presents “Vision” for a Battery-Electric Cruise Ship

The German shipbuilder Meyer Werft, well known for its innovation in cruise ship design and construction, is presenting a new concept for the world’s first 100 percent battery-electric cruise ship with a size of more than 80,000 gross tons, which it aptly named Project “Vision.” It reports that the concept study demonstrates how sustainable innovations can redefine the future of the cruise industry while emphasizing the technology concepts that already exist to make a large, battery-electric cruise ship a reality....

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Buildout Continues of Emerging Category of CO2 Carriers for CCS

A new segment of shipping, purpose-built CO2 carriers designed to support the emerging efforts at carbon capture and storage (CCS), continues to grow. The first of the commercial operations is beginning, and the sector is driving the development of the ships. Northern Lights, a partnership between Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies was the first to enter the segment, starting commercial operations in 2025. It was designed with an initial capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year and has already announced plans...

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Net Zero by 2050? This Decade's Fuel Choices Will Decide

Green-hydrogen based synthetic fuels are stalled by a coordination problem across industries. Pooling demand and investment across sectors could unlock the production scale needed for shipping and other hard-to-abate industries, while strengthening energy security in the transition to net zero. The debate over whether net zero is possible by 2050 may continue for years, while global emissions and temperatures continue to rise. But the question of green hydrogen’s role in achieving it has swung from hype to skepticism to a...

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