Lost Ferry Virgo Transport 8 to be Raised to Recover Remains

Published Oct 5, 2026 6:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

The insurer and the owner of the lost ferry Virgo Transport 8 have reached an agreement to raise the wreck of the sunken vessel, p...

UKMTO: Tanker's Engine Room On Fire After Latest Hormuz Attack

Published Oct 5, 2026 3:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran has added to a rapidly-expanding list of strikes on energy shipping in the Strait of Hormuz with another attack on a tanker o...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...