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Amidst Conflict in the Gulf, Oman's Duqm Drydock Sees Business Boom

Published Oct 4, 2026 9:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Asyad Group’s Drydock subsidiary, which operates a substantial facility within the inner harbor at Duqm in Oman, has seen a ma...

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Tanker Reports Attack South of Bab el-Mandeb

Published Oct 4, 2026 5:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Royal Navy's UK Maritime Trade Operations center (UKMTO) has reported an attempted attack on a tanker at a position south of M...

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Gaps in Awareness, Poor Communication Caused Tug, Barge, Workboat Collision

Published Oct 2, 2026 6:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

Marine investigators in Canada released a report outlining how gaps in situational awareness and a breakdown in communication caus...

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Rescue Operation Off South Africa Turns Tragic as Rescuers Are Killed

Published Oct 1, 2026 6:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

A rescue operation off the southern coast of South Africa’s Western Cape region went horribly wrong on Wednesday, September 30, wi...

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Medical-Flight Helicopter Crashes Off Catalina, Killing Two

Published Oct 1, 2026 5:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Wednesday night, the U.S. Coast Guard launched a high-priority effort to try to find a missing individual from a medical-flight...

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Indonesian Police Investigate Captain of Lost Ferry Virgo Transport 8

Published Oct 1, 2026 4:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

Police in Indonesia are formally investigating the master of the Virgo Transport 8, the ferry that capsized in the Java Sea last m...

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Two Crewmembers Hospitalized from Tanker Fire in the Philippines

Published Oct 1, 2026 4:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard is still on the scene of a fire aboard a tanker carrying molasses that was docked in Calaca, south of M...

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PCG Files Criminal Complaint Against Master of Burned-Out Ferry

Published Sep 30, 2026 11:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard has filed its first criminal complaint in connection with the tragic fire aboard the ferry June Aster,...

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Salvors Recover Four Bodies From Burned-Out Russian Fishing Vessel

Published Sep 30, 2026 5:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

Salvors have successfully towed the burned-out fishing vessel Triumf into port at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Russian Far East...

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Mystery Deepens Around MSC Boxship After Vietnam Reports Medical Evacuation

Published Sep 29, 2026 7:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The mystery continues around the circumstances around the MSC Hermes III containership after Vietnamese authorities reported an em...

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