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

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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...

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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...

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fire on tanker

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,...

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Sweden Prosecutes Pilot and Cargo Ship Captain for Deadly Collision

Published Aug 28, 2026 1:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

Swedish prosecutors confirmed on August 28 that they are proceeding with the prosecution of the captain of the Norwegian cargo ship Misje Verde and the Swedish pilot who was aboard the vessel on July 28 when it ran down a small pleasure boat. Each is being charged with causing the death of the mother and her daughter aboard the pleasure boat, causing bodily injury to the father and son on the boat, and negligence in maritime traffic in connection with...

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Humboldt Bay California

California Sues DOI Calling Offshore Wind Cancellation “Blatantly Unlawful"

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...

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Shipbuilding

new Spirit of Tasmania IV ferry

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...

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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...

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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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