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Ukraine Releases Video of Drone Boat-Launched Drone Attacks

Published Mar 19, 2025 7:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Ukraine's military intelligence division has released a new video of drone attacks on multiple targets in Crimea, in...

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UK Says with Fires Out, Focus is on Recovery and Pollution Retrieval

Published Mar 19, 2025 3:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

  HM Coastguard reports that the response to the allision between the containership Solong and the tanker Stena Immaculate...

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Good Samaritan Vessel Rescues 19 Fishermen After Vessel Fire off Chile

Published Mar 18, 2025 2:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

  19 fishermen have been rescued from a raft in the South Pacific after their vessel caught fire and sank.  The Ga...

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Cargo Ship Stranded in UK’s Humber Estuary Refloated Sooner Than Expected

Published Mar 17, 2025 6:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

After two weeks and a lightering effort salvage crews were finally able to free a stranded Dutch short-sea cargo ship that was a...

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Fisherman Rescued After 95 Days Adrift off Ecuador

Published Mar 17, 2025 5:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A 61-year-old Peruvian fisherman has been rescued after spending 95 days adrift at sea off the coast of Ecuador. He had...

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Plastic Pollution Washes Ashore as UK Continues Planning Vessel Salvage

Published Mar 17, 2025 12:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The first signs of pollution were reported by HM Coastguard in the water and washing ashore on Sunday, March 16, followi...

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Dozens of Abandoned Shipwrecks Pose Safety Risks in Fiji

Published Mar 16, 2025 6:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

  A fire incident this week onboard a Chinese fishing vessel, Dae Jin, while berthed at Suva Harbor, Fiji has rekindled co...

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Sunk Costs: Shipwrecks and the Urgent Need for the Nairobi Convention

Published Mar 16, 2025 2:03 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

  [By Sheridan Ward] It is estimated that there are 3,800 shipwrecks scattered across the floor of the Pacific Ocean. M...

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Solong’s Captain Appears in Court for Arraignment for Manslaughter

Published Mar 15, 2025 2:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

The captain of the Portuguese-flagged containership Solong which hit the American-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate on March 10 of...

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UK Charges Captain of Solong with Gross Negligence Manslaughter

Published Mar 14, 2025 5:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Humberside Police and the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division confirmed late o...

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