Tanker Caroline Bezengi Intact and Still Leaking Crude Oil

IMO: 400 Ships and 6,000 Seafarers Are Still Unable to Depart Persian Gulf

Published Aug 28, 2026 6:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

As the U.S. war with Iran reaches the six-month mark, the International Maritime Organization issued a new warning calling for the safety of seafarers. Further, while Donald Trump and U.S. Central Command are asserting the mines have been removed and the Strait of Hormuz is “building momentum,” the international shipping community remains hesitant, seeking further reassurances before it resumes normal operations. “While some ships and their crews have been able to leave the Persian Gulf, up to 400 ships carrying...

California Sues DOI Calling Offshore Wind Cancellation “Blatantly Unlawful"

Published Aug 28, 2026 4:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Energy Commission moved forward with their earlier challenges and filed a lawsuit on August 28 against the Trump administration and Golden State Wind over what it is calling “the unlawful buyout” of the offshore wind energy lease. The state is contending the deal to buy back the offshore wind lease is illegal and would jeopardize its investments to support the project, the state’s energy policy, and the commitments from the developer for...

Arctic Shipping: What Does it Mean for Trade, Environment, and Geopolitics

Published Aug 28, 2026 3:01 PM by World Economic Forum

[By: Charlotte Edmond, Senior Writer, Forum Stories, World Economic Forum] Earlier this month, China established the first scheduled cargo service between Asia and Europe via the Arctic Ocean, marking a major development in opening the Arctic to trade. Passing north of Russia through the Arctic Circle halves the time it takes some ships to reach Europe compared to traditional routes south of Asia, but the route also holds significant environmental and geopolitical risks. From China to Europe in 20 days...

Video: Two Crewmembers Killed in Fire Aboard South Korean Tanker

Published Aug 28, 2026 2:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

The South Korean Coast Guard is confirming that two crewmembers, one in his 20s and the other in his 60s, both were found dead after a fire on a tanker. The fire is assumed to have begun in the engine room of the unnamed South Korean-flagged vessel. The report of the fire aboard the 7,300-ton oil product tanker was received by the Incheon branch of the Coast Guard around 10:30 pm local time on August 27. Multiple vessels, including fireboats,...

Shipping

IMO: 400 Ships and 6,000 Seafarers Are Still Unable to Depart Persian Gulf

Tugs & Salvage

Tanker Caroline Bezengi Intact and Still Leaking Crude Oil

The latest imagery, taken on August 27, shows that the wreck of the VLCC Caroline Bezengi remains intact. The tanker is still leaking oil, but the leakage appears to be no worse than it was when last seen in imagery on August 22. The Caroline Bezengi has been beached on rocks off the southwest tip of Jazirat Al Qibliyyah, one of the Hallaniyat Islands off the coast of Dhofar in the southwest of Oman, since about June 23. On August...

Government

MARAD Calls Up Training Ship Empire State for Federal Service

In a surprise announcement released to the maritime and academic community, the State University of New York’s Maritime College (SUNY Maritime) reported on Friday afternoon that the training ship Empire State has been activated by the Maritime Administration for federal service. Neither the details nor the nature of the deployment for the vessel has been announced, but it is rumored it will be deployed to Diego Garcia, the U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean. Rear Admiral John A. Okon,...

Corporate News

Klaipeda Port Largest-Ever Expansion Project Moves Into Construction Phase

[By: Port of Klaipeda] The Port of Klaipeda is moving into a new phase of the largest expansion project in its history, with the first works now getting underway. Site preparation has started in the southern part of the port, where a major new port area will be developed in the coming years. “We are now very close to the start of the southern port expansion. After a long period of planning and preparation, work on site is beginning. Once...

Cruise Ships

Fincantieri Floats First Next-Generation Cruise Ship for NCLH's Oceania

Fincantieri and Oceania Cruises, a brand of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, marked the float-out of the first of a new generation of cruise ships as NCLH moves forward with a strategy to align the fleet with the enhanced luxury positioning of the brand. The launch came the same day as the first of the line’s oldest ships prepared to leave the fleet. The new ship, named Oceania Sonata, was christened and floated out at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy....

Ports

Trillion-Dollar Port: Houston's Petroleum Trade Supports Millions of Jobs

Plenty of ports contribute billions of dollars in economic value to their respective regions, but only a few reach above that mark. Port Houston's latest economic impact assessment suggests that it supports nearly $1 trillion in economic activity - roughly three percent of U.S. gross domestic product. The study is an update performed by Martin Associates on behalf of Port Houston, and builds on previous work in 2022. By 2025, economic activity supported by Port Houston rose by about $100...

Shipping

IMO: 400 Ships and 6,000 Seafarers Are Still Unable to Depart Persian Gulf

Tugs & Salvage

Tanker Caroline Bezengi Intact and Still Leaking Crude Oil

Government

MARAD Calls Up Training Ship Empire State for Federal Service

Corporate News

Klaipeda Port Largest-Ever Expansion Project Moves Into Construction Phase

Cruise Ships

Fincantieri Floats First Next-Generation Cruise Ship for NCLH's Oceania

Ports

Trillion-Dollar Port: Houston's Petroleum Trade Supports Millions of Jobs

Offshore

California Sues DOI Calling Offshore Wind Cancellation “Blatantly Unlawful"

Shipbuilding

Tasmanian Ferry Fiasco Nears End with New Vessel's Arrival in Devonport

The Tasmanian government is finally hoping to put the fiasco that has characterized its ferry replacement program behind it following the arrival of the Spirit of Tasmania IV ferry to its home port of Devonport, Tasmania, two years after the vessel was delivered. After a debacle that has lasted for close to a decade in which plans to replace two aging ferries have been marred by issues cutting across contract termination, design changes, cost overruns, and finally a lack of...

Environment

bulker with wind propulsion and solar panels for electricity

Bulker Demonstrates Wind Propulsion Integrated with Solar Power

Demonstrations are underway on an innovative power solution retrofitted to an ultramax bulker as part of a four-year research project to advance modular retrofit solutions to reduce GHG emissions from the long-distance maritime industry. The project, named WHISPER, recently completed the installation of a rigid wingsail and solar panels on the dry bulk carrier Maria Tipoc as the first of two demonstrations, which will also involve a containership. The 60,155-dwt bulker was recently retrofitted by Tsuneiship Shipbuilding and is currently...

Business

Dali containership and remains of bridge

Judge Dismisses Most of Remaining Dali Civil Damage Claims

The district court in Maryland, hearing the civil portion of the claims related to the containership Dali destroying Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, ruled on August 25, dismissing many of the economic loss claims while also letting several claims proceed. The court up until this point had declined to decide on issues related to a 1927 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that had limited economic losses only to claimants that had a direct property interest in the damaged property, in this...

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Tanker Caroline Bezengi Intact and Still Leaking Crude Oil

IMO: 400 Ships and 6,000 Seafarers Are Still Unable to Depart Persian Gulf

California Sues DOI Calling Offshore Wind Cancellation “Blatantly Unlawful"

Arctic Shipping: What Does it Mean for Trade, Environment, and Geopolitics

Video: Two Crewmembers Killed in Fire Aboard South Korean Tanker

IMO: 400 Ships and 6,000 Seafarers Are Still Unable to Depart Persian Gulf

Tanker Caroline Bezengi Intact and Still Leaking Crude Oil

MARAD Calls Up Training Ship Empire State for Federal Service

Klaipeda Port Largest-Ever Expansion Project Moves Into Construction Phase

Fincantieri Floats First Next-Generation Cruise Ship for NCLH's Oceania

Trillion-Dollar Port: Houston's Petroleum Trade Supports Millions of Jobs

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IMO: 400 Ships and 6,000 Seafarers Are Still Unable to Depart Persian Gulf

Tanker Caroline Bezengi Intact and Still Leaking Crude Oil

MARAD Calls Up Training Ship Empire State for Federal Service

Klaipeda Port Largest-Ever Expansion Project Moves Into Construction Phase

Fincantieri Floats First Next-Generation Cruise Ship for NCLH's Oceania

Trillion-Dollar Port: Houston's Petroleum Trade Supports Millions of Jobs

California Sues DOI Calling Offshore Wind Cancellation “Blatantly Unlawful"

Tasmanian Ferry Fiasco Nears End with New Vessel's Arrival in Devonport

Bulker Demonstrates Wind Propulsion Integrated with Solar Power

Judge Dismisses Most of Remaining Dali Civil Damage Claims

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