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Russian Captain and Shadow Fleet Tanker Ordered Detained in Sweden

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Lincoln City

Coast Guard Saves Teenager Trapped on a Cliff Face at Oregon Beach

Published Mar 16, 2026 4:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Saturday, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter aircrew saved a hiker who had gotten trapped on a steep ledge, halfway down a rocky cliff on the seaside at Lincoln City, Oregon. The teenage hiker had slipped and fallen down the side of a cliff face on the God's Thumb headland in Lincoln City. Two fellow hikers stayed safe atop the cliff, but off of the standard trail network. The local police and fire and rescue departments responded to the scene,...

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India and Pakistan Offering Escorts as Ships Pass Through Strait of Hormuz

Published Mar 16, 2026 2:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

Indian officials confirmed that they have sent warships west toward the Persian Gulf region to provide escorts as they work to gain safe passage for ships and especially for critical supplies of oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). India’s efforts mirror those of Pakistan, which began its first escorts last week. There was reportedly an appeal to release two LPG carriers as concern was growing in India about the supplies. The government insists it has increased production and that the...

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bunker ship detained in India

Iran Fails in Bargaining Gambit Over Shipping with India

Published Mar 16, 2026 1:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

India has said it will not enter into a bargaining process with Iran on shipping matters. The spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, said that India was not in the business of bargaining over exchanges, after discussions the Ministry had with the Iranian Ambassador to India, Dr. Mohammad Fathali, in New Delhi on March 16. The Iranian Ambassador had sought to set up the release of three Iranian-owned oil product tankers, which India seized in February on...

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Sailors load a mine countermeasures drone boat into the hangar aboard a U.S. Navy LCS, 2025 (USN)

As Iran Lays Mines, Two Gulf-Based Minesweepers Moved to Malaysia

Published Mar 15, 2026 11:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The White House is urging allied navies to commit to a mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and bring Iran's blockade to an end, even threatening consequences for NATO allies who do not contribute. But at the same time as the administration asks allies to send assets, it appears that two specialized U.S. Navy mine countermeasures vessels have departed for Malaysia, 3,000 nautical miles away. The two hulls in question are the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships USS Tulsa and...

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Two U.S. Offshore Wind Projects Reach Milestones

Two of the five large offshore wind power projects under construction in the United States simultaneously reached milestones at the end of last week, despite the ongoing effort by the Trump administration to derail the industry. Vineyard Wind 1 completed installation by hoisting its last turbine blade, while Revolution Wind delivered its first power to the New England grid. Both projects had faced opposition from the Trump administration. Revolution Wind had to challenge two stop-work orders issued by the Bureau...

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Shipbuilding

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Third US Training Ship State of Maine Delivered to MARAD

The third newly built U.S. training ship for the merchant marine, the State of Maine, was handed over to TOTE Services and delivered to the U.S. Maritime Administration. It will be the fifth training vessel, and the first purpose-built vessel, to be operated by the Maine Maritime Academy, located in Castine, Maine. The handover to the U.S. government took place at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard, and the vessel is scheduled to depart for Maine in the coming days. Once it...

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Environment

Trawlers

Study: Ocean Warming Puts "Constant Negative Pressure" on Fish Populations

A new meta-study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution suggests that ocean warming has an outsize impact on the total amount of fish in the water, enough to have major implications for global fisheries. The study, led by researchers at Spain's Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, looked at hundreds of thousands of studies of fish populations in the Northern Hemisphere over a period of nearly 30 years, spanning 1993-2021. The vast data set covered more than 1,500 fish species and...

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Business

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Lack of Infrastructure Risks Undermining the Promise of Carbon Capture

Shipping is rapidly approaching the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2030 checkpoints, by which the maritime industry must demonstrate at least a 20% total annual GHG emission reduction – measured against 2008 baselines – as established in the IMO’s 2023 Revised GHG Strategy. As 2030 approaches, supported by more stringent regulatory frameworks, shipping has experienced an acceleration in the development of innovative clean technologies for the reduction of GHG emissions. Prominent among these new solutions is the development and implementation of...

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