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Crew Injured In Yacht-Tanker Collision Get $2.88 Million In Damages Image Credits: NTSB The crew members of a luxury yacht, Utopia IV, have been awarded more than $2.8 million in damages after a high-profile legal battle over a 2021 collision that sank a product tanker near the Bahamas. The jury’s decision came after a lengthy…

BYD Launches World’s Largest Car Carrier With 9,200 Vehicle Capacity Image Credits: Shenzhen Government China’s leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD has officially launched the world’s largest car carrier ship, “BYD Shenzhen.” The 219.9 meter long and 37.7 meter wide vessel was delivered on April 22 during a naming ceremony held in Yizheng, located in…

US Coast Guard Offloads 19,000 Pounds Of Cocaine Worth $214M In San Diego Image Credits: USCG The US Coast Guard offloaded nearly 18,900 pounds of cocaine in San Diego on April 24, 2025. The seized drugs, worth over $214.3 million, were brought to shore by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756).…

Inexperienced Pilot Using Cell Phone Leads To $1.3M Towing Vessel Accident Image Credits: NTSB A barge tow struck a vane dike on the Ohio River last year because the pilot did not effectively compensate for the outdraft current while navigating out of the McAlpine Locks in Louisville, Kentucky, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.…

Video: Indian Navy Conducts Successful Missile Test In Arabian Sea Screengrab from X video posted by Indian Navy The Indian Navy’s warship INS Surat successfully test-fired a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM) in the Arabian Sea. The missile accurately hit a sea-skimming target. According to official information, this successful test was carried out on April 24,…

Port Of Antwerp Surpasses Rotterdam In Container Throughput For The First Time In Q1 2025 Image for representation purposes only The Port of Antwerp-Bruges became the leading container port in the Hamburg-Le Havre range, overtaking the Port of Rotterdam in the first quarter of 2025. It handled 3.44 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), slightly ahead…

Highly-Flammable Gas Leak From Barge Shuts Houston Ship Channel Image for representation purposes only A gas leak from a barge docked at the Targa Resources facility in Galena Park led to community alerts and a temporary shutdown of the Houston Ship Channel on Tuesday afternoon. The leak occurred around 4 pm at 12510 American Petroleum…

US Navy Sailor Goes Missing During USS Nimitz’s Final Mission Before Retirement Image Credits: Wikipedia A US Navy sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz has gone missing during a port visit to Guam. The missing sailor, identified as Gabriel D. Holt, was last seen late at night on April 18, 2025, the same…

EU Mandates Insurance Reporting For Ships In Its Waters, Even If They Don’t Dock At Ports Image for representation purposes only The European Commission has introduced a key measure to tighten control over vessels navigating near EU coastlines. The latest change updates the Vessel Monitoring Directive (2022/59/EC) and introduces a new Delegated Directive, making it…

VIKING Launches World’s First Immersion Suit For Women In Offshore Industry Image for representation purposes only VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, a maritime safety solutions provider, has launched the world’s first immersion suit designed specifically for women working in the offshore wind industry. Named the YouSafe Cyclone for Women, this new Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) suit has…