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Tugboat Sinks After Large Drilling Rig Collapses In Bremen Port Image for representation purposes only A tugboat sank in Bremen’s industrial harbor on Wednesday evening after a large drilling rig fell onto it during a construction operation on the River Weser. The incident happened near the ArcelorMittal steel plant. One person suffered minor injuries, according…

CMA CGM Reflags Largest-Ever Containership Under U.S. Flag In Charleston Image Credits: CMA CGM/LinkedIn The CMA CGM Phoenix has officially become the largest containership ever to sail under the American flag, after a reflagging ceremony held on July 24 at the Port of Charleston, South Carolina. The 9,326-TEU vessel, previously registered in Singapore, now joins…

Sri Lanka Orders Ship Owner To Pay $1 Billion For Worst-Ever Marine Disaster Image Credits: Sri Lanka Air Force/X On July 24, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court ordered the owners, operators, and agents of the container ship X-Press Pearl to pay $1 billion in compensation for causing what the court called the worst marine environmental disaster…

Greece Sends Salvage Ship To Red Sea After Attacks On Greek-Operated Vessels Image Credits: Ministry of Shipping & Insular Policy/X Greece will send the salvage vessel Giant to the Red Sea to assist in maritime emergencies, following the recent Houthi attacks on two Greek-operated cargo ships. The decision was announced by Shipping and Insular Policy…

Somalia Accuses Puntland Of Illegally Detaining Weapon-Laden Cargo Ship Image Credits: Jama Deperani/X Puntland has refused to release a cargo ship carrying Turkish military equipment, rejecting repeated demands from Somalia’s federal government and Turkey. The ship, Sea World, was intercepted off the coast of Bareeda on July 18, and is currently being held at a…

CMA CGM & TotalEnergies To Launch LNG Bunkering Venture At Port Of Rotterdam Image for representation purposes only TotalEnergies, a global integrated energy company, and CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, have entered into an agreement to develop a 50/50 logistics joint venture dedicated to the implementation and…

27 Million Tons Of Toxic Nanoplastics Floating In Atlantic Ocean, Study Finds Image for representation purposes only A new scientific study has revealed that the North Atlantic Ocean holds around 27 million tons of nanoplastics-plastic particles smaller than 1 micrometer. This is the first time such a large amount of nanoplastics has been estimated in…

Director General Of Shipping To Be Renamed As Director General Of Maritime Administration Image for representation purposes only The Indian government is set to bring a new Merchant Shipping Bill in the Lok Sabha, which aims to repeal and re-enact the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. One of the major changes proposed under the Bill is…

First LPG Tanker Docks At Enterprise Products’ New Terminal In Texas Image for representation purposes only A liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker has docked at Enterprise Products Partners’ new terminal along the Neches River in Texas, according to ship tracking data accessed on Wednesday. This is the first tanker to arrive at the facility for…

Ship Collision In Cuxhaven Spills 6,000 Litres Of Fuel Into Harbour Image Credits: Havariekommando A collision between two vessels at the entrance of Cuxhaven’s outer harbour in Germany led to a fuel spill of around 6,000 litres early on Wednesday, July 23. Authorities and emergency teams rushed to contain the spill and stop it from…