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Turkish Commandos Retake Cargo Ship Killing 14 Somali Pirates

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Iran Targets Tankers Inbound to the Persian Gulf

Published Aug 30, 2026 3:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

In a series of reports, Iran appears to have turned its attention to inbound tankers heading toward the Persian Gulf. It could be, in part, a response to the U.S. claims that the Strait has been demined and that momentum is building, or an effort to strangle off oil and gas exports by making it difficult to get vessels into the Gulf. UK Maritime Trade Operations issued a delayed report on Sunday, August 30, regarding another vessel strike. It did...

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Passengers Killed and Missing After Turkish Ferry Capsizes off Cyprus

Published Aug 30, 2026 1:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

A large search and rescue operation was underway off the north coast of Cyprus after a Turkish ferry began taking on water shortly after it departed and rapidly capsized miles from shore. The last reports said 237 people were rescued, while seven or eight bodies have been recovered, and between 17 and 22 people are still reported as missing. The ferry Filojet departed the port of Girne at noon on Sunday for a trip that lasts approximately two hours to...

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Panama Canal

Panama Canal Adjusts Booking System to Ensure Equitable Slot Access

Published Aug 30, 2026 12:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Panama Canal Authority announced a series of immediate adjustments to its booking system for Neopanamax vessels, which it says will ensure equitable slot access and increase flexibility for the operators of the largest ships. The changes come after reports of skyrocketing auction prices for slots and ahead of the planned reduction in the number of daily transit slots. The authority said the changes were being made based in part on customer feedback and the current operating conditions as it...

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Caroline Bezengi aground on August 27

Tanker Caroline Bezengi Intact and Still Leaking Crude Oil

Published Aug 29, 2026 7:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

The latest imagery, taken on August 27, shows that the wreck of the VLCC Caroline Bezengi remains intact. The tanker is still leaking oil, but the leakage appears to be no worse than it was when last seen in imagery on August 22. The Caroline Bezengi has been beached on rocks off the southwest tip of Jazirat Al Qibliyyah, one of the Hallaniyat Islands off the coast of Dhofar in the southwest of Oman, since about June 23. On August...

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California Sues DOI Calling Offshore Wind Cancellation “Blatantly Unlawful"

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission moved forward with their earlier challenges and filed a lawsuit on August 28 against the Trump administration and Golden State Wind over what it is calling “the unlawful buyout” of the offshore wind energy lease. The state is contending the deal to buy back the offshore wind lease is illegal and would jeopardize its investments to support the project, the state’s energy policy, and the commitments from the developer for...

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Shipbuilding

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US Plan Advances for 50-Ship Nuclear-Powered Merchant Fleet

British-based nuclear energy company Core Power is pitching another proposal in the United States, seeking to commercialize nuclear energy propulsion plants for ships. In February this year, Core Power was seeking a tie-up with the US Department of War to take advantage of simpler regulations governing the operation of nuclear power plants on board ships docking at defense-owned ports. Because the Pentagon has extensive experience of using small nuclear reactors afloat, with well-established protocols, use of this regulatory environment would...

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Environment

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Bulker Demonstrates Wind Propulsion Integrated with Solar Power

Demonstrations are underway on an innovative power solution retrofitted to an ultramax bulker as part of a four-year research project to advance modular retrofit solutions to reduce GHG emissions from the long-distance maritime industry. The project, named WHISPER, recently completed the installation of a rigid wingsail and solar panels on the dry bulk carrier Maria Tipoc as the first of two demonstrations, which will also involve a containership. The 60,155-dwt bulker was recently retrofitted by Tsuneiship Shipbuilding and is currently...

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Business

Dali containership and remains of bridge

Judge Dismisses Most of Remaining Dali Civil Damage Claims

The district court in Maryland, hearing the civil portion of the claims related to the containership Dali destroying Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, ruled on August 25, dismissing many of the economic loss claims while also letting several claims proceed. The court up until this point had declined to decide on issues related to a 1927 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that had limited economic losses only to claimants that had a direct property interest in the damaged property, in this...

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