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Houthi Forces Attack Saudi Aramco's Jazan Refinery

Published Sep 8, 2026 5:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

In back-to-back strikes on Monday and Tuesday, Yemen's Houthi rebels hit the Saudi refining complex at Jazan (Jizan) with drones a...

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Korean Coast Guard Raids Shipping Company Office in Tugboat Investigation

Published Sep 8, 2026 4:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

Nearly a week after the loss of a tugboat while working a containership off the Port of Busan, the Coast Guard raided the offices...

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ROV Inspection Confirms Wreck Site of Lost Turkish Freighter

Published Sep 5, 2026 1:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

Turkey's navy has found the wreck of the Tugberk Imamoglu, a coastal freighter that sank last week after a collision with a produc...

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U.S. Forces Destroy One Iranian Tanker and Damage Two More

Published Sep 5, 2026 11:43 AM by The Maritime Executive

On Saturday, U.S. Central Command reported that Iranian forces attempted to hit a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier with ballistic missil...

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Newly-Rebuilt Rescue Boat for New South Wales Suffers Damage in Collision

Published Sep 5, 2026 8:54 AM by The Maritime Executive

A newly refurbished vessel that was awaiting deployment for search and rescue operations off New South Wales will not enter servic...

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Smuggling-Boat Skipper Gets Five Years for Fatal Capsizing off San Diego

Published Sep 5, 2026 8:44 AM by The Maritime Executive

A Mexican national who was the skipper of a small boat that capsized during an immigrant-smuggling attempt at California's souther...

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Navigation Warning After Ship Loses 46 Containers in Philippine Waters

Published Sep 4, 2026 5:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard issued a navigational warning for one of its busy shipping lanes after a containership lost 46 boxes ov...

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Leaking Chemical Cargo Blamed for Fire and Poisoning Killing Two Crew

Published Sep 3, 2026 3:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

An Indonesian cargo ship burst into flames on Monday in a devastating fire. The authorities now suspect it was the result of a che...

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Video: Breakaway Tanker Stopped by Roadway Bridge Supports

Published Sep 3, 2026 12:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

A small Malaysian product tanker went out of control of the tugs that were relocating the ship on Wednesday, September 2, and beca...

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Tugboat Boat Capsizes with One Crewmember Saved, Six Missing, One Killed

Published Sep 2, 2026 2:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

One crewmember, the cook, aboard a South Korean tugboat, miraculously survived as the boat he was working on capsized off Busan, S...

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