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Italian Coast Guard Coordinates Rescues of Two Ships in Two Days

Published Jan 30, 2026 2:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Italian Coast Guard oversaw the rescue operations for two merchant ships in the course of two days from the same region of the...

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Russians Rescue Iranian Cargo Ship After Distress Call in the Caspian Sea

Published Jan 29, 2026 4:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

Officials in the Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala are reporting that the crew of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship has been saved after...

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Report: Rig Worker Went Through "Fragile" Floor of Crane Cab in Fatal Fall

Published Jan 29, 2026 4:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UK's offshore safety regulator has determined that a worker on a North Sea jackup rig died last year because a floor grating h...

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Death Toll in Philippine Ferry Sinking Rises to 29

Published Jan 29, 2026 4:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

Technical divers with the Philippine Coast Guard are continuing the difficult and dangerous work of inspecting the wreck of the fe...

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Italian Coast Guard Rescues Disabled Livestock Carrier Being Driven Ashore

Published Jan 29, 2026 1:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

In what is being termed a particularly complex rescue operation, the Italian Coast Guard, aided by the Air Force and private tugs,...

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Bosun Killed in Fall Aboard Handysize Bulker off Colombia

Published Jan 28, 2026 10:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Colombia's maritime authority has reported a fatal fall aboard a bulker off the coast of Buenaventura, which prompted a rapid mede...

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Philippines Issues No-Sail Order to Ferry Operator After Fatal Sinking

Published Jan 27, 2026 11:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard has issued a no-sail order to the entire fleet of the operator of the Trisha Kerstin 3, the ferry that...

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Cash Buyer Wants to Purchase Seized Shadow Fleet Tankers for Scrapping

Published Jan 27, 2026 8:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

GMS, the world's largest cash buyer, has confirmed to Reuters that it is in talks with U.S. authorities to purchase seized, sancti...

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Bids Received for Removal of MSC Baltic III as Weather Damages Hulk

Published Jan 27, 2026 3:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

Nearly a year after the MSC containership MSC Baltic III blacked out and grounded in a remote part of Newfoundland, Canada, salvag...

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Engine Room Fire Disables Car Carrier off Germany

Published Jan 27, 2026 12:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies oversaw the overnight response to an engine room fire aboard a car carrier. A t...

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