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Oil Loading Again Suspended from Caspian Pipeline After Tankers Are Struck

Published Jul 30, 2026 3:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium reported it has again suspended operations after what it called additional “terrorist attacks” ove...

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Speculation About LNG Shipments as Qatar Sends Carrier Through Hormuz

Published Jul 30, 2026 2:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

A move by QatarEnergy to send an LNG carrier through the Strait of Hormuz is drawing wide attention and spurring speculation about...

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South Africa Drydocks Largest Vessel in More than a Decade

Published Jul 29, 2026 5:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

As part of the ongoing efforts to modernize capabilities to support the maritime industry, South Africa’s Transnet National Port A...

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Two LNG Carriers Hit in Apparent Drone Attack on Egypt's Port of Damietta

Published Jul 29, 2026 4:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

Two LNG carriers have been attacked in the Egyptian port of Damietta, which lies on the Mediterranean coast at the eastern end of...

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Bookings Begin for South Korea’s First Commercial Arctic Container Voyage

Published Jul 29, 2026 12:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

South Korea’s Panstar Line has begun accepting cargo bookings for the country’s first commercial containership routing along the N...

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Explosion and Fire on Norwegian Tanker Carrying Sulfuric Acid

Published Jul 28, 2026 4:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Norwegian authorities and the shipping company Utkilen are reporting the situation is stable after an explosion and fire broke out...

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Norwegian Researchers Develop Ultra-Light Emergency Towing Rig

Published Jul 27, 2026 10:06 PM by Gemini News

[By Henriette Louise Krogness] Bad weather and challenging rescue conditions are common scenarios when ships need help at sea. Sta...

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Korean Container Ship Rescues Tug Crewmembers in South China Sea

Published Jul 27, 2026 7:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

[Brief] A Korean container ship helped rescue four crewmembers from an Indonesian tug off the coast of the Riau Islands in the Sou...

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Italy and UK Each Find Cocaine Hidden in Shipments of Bananas

Published Jul 23, 2026 5:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

European authorities are reporting that refrigerated shipments of bananas continue to be one of the favored means of smugglers for...

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Chinese Space Firm Launches Commercial Rocket From E. China Sea

Published Jul 22, 2026 11:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

China's Gravity-1 launch vehicle, the world's most powerful solid-fuel rocket, has successfully launched from a sea-based platform...

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