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The latest maritime and offshore news.


Monday, February 3, 2025
Sweden Says Ship Broke Baltic Sea Cable by Accident
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Sweden Says Ship Broke Baltic Sea Cable by Accident

The cargo ship Vezhen did damage a subsea cable linking Sweden and Latvia last month but it was an accident, not sabotage, a Swedish prosecutor said on

February 3, 2025
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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Several freighters, assisted by tugboats, are entering the Panama Canal at Gatun Locks on the Atlantic side.
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Rubio to Take up Trump’s Panama Gambit, Migration Crusade in Latam Visit

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – When Marco Rubio arrives in Latin America this weekend on his first foreign trip as Donald

January 30, 2025
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Friday, January 24, 2025
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington
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Trump’s Return to OPEC Politics Muddies Oil Talks Next Month

US President Donald Trump has raised the stakes for a meeting of an OPEC+ ministerial panel next month, with his call for the group to lower oil

January 24, 2025
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A gas flare on an oil production platform is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf.REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi//File Photo
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Vessels Report Radio Challenges in Northern Gulf Amid Iranian Exercise

Vessels in the northern Gulf have received multiple VHF radio challenges, including demands to alter course, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said

January 24, 2025
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Russia Says it Does Not Threaten Undersea Cables After UK Raises Alarm

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – The Russian Embassy in London said that Russia posed no threat to undersea cables in Britain and other NATO countries,

January 24, 2025
Total Views: 1468

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
‘Be Serious’, Says Panama President on Trump ‘Invasion’ Question
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‘Be Serious’, Says Panama President on Trump ‘Invasion’ Question

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino responded "be serious, be serious" on Wednesday when asked in Davos whether he was concerned the U.S. would invade after

January 22, 2025
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
ADM Linda Fagan, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, speaks with cadets during a visit to the Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Feb 28, 2023. U.S. Coast Guard Photo
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Trump Fires Coast Guard Commandant Over DEI, Security

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first

January 21, 2025
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
Seized oil tanker Eagle S in Porvoo.Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari/via REUTERS
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Tanker Seized by Finland Over Damaged Cables Won’t Face Sanctions-Evasion Probe

HELSINKI, Jan 16 (Reuters) – The Eagle S tanker seized by Finnish authorities on suspicion of ripping up subsea cables will not face a separate

January 16, 2025
Total Views: 1372

Thursday, January 9, 2025
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump is interviewed by Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. October 15, 2024.
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Trump Looks to Greenland to Cement His Legacy and Expand Sphere of US Influence

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is serious about trying to acquire Greenland, both to expand America's sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere and

January 9, 2025
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Friday, December 27, 2024
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Norwegian Shipping Company Denies Russia’s Claim it Refused to Help Sinking Ship

A Norwegian shipping company on Friday rejected an accusation from Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, that it refused to rescue

December 27, 2024
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Israel Hits the Houthis in Yemen After Their Slow Escalation

Israel struck multiple targets in Yemen it said were controlled by Houthis, the last of the Iran-backed groups still fully engaged in the regional war that

December 27, 2024
Total Views: 1405

Monday, December 23, 2024
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China Says Its Cooperating in Probe of Cut Baltic Sea Cables

China said on Monday it had provided information and documents for an open investigation into the severing of two Baltic Sea undersea cables, though it

December 23, 2024
Total Views: 1228

Saturday, December 21, 2024
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Italian Deputy PM Salvini Acquitted In Migrant Rescue Boat Case

By Wladimir Pantaleone and Angelo Amante PALERMO, Italy, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Acourt on Friday acquitted Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo

December 21, 2024
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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Denmark Will Not Extradite Anti-Whaling Activist Paul Watson to Japan, Lawyer Says

Denmark has rejected a Japanese request to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson over criminal charges dating back more than a decade, a Danish lawyer

December 17, 2024
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Friday, December 13, 2024
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Fisherman Survives Three Days Adrift at Sea After Being Forced Overboard at Knife-Point

A 37-year-old crew member was saved after spending three harrowing days adrift at sea following alleged abuse aboard a fishing vessel. Afif Efendy, a crew

December 13, 2024
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Tuesday, December 10, 2024
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Shell Settles Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Over Activists Boarding Oil FPSO

British oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday settled a London lawsuit it brought against environmental group Greenpeace after activists boarded a Shell oil

December 10, 2024
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Satellite Imagery Shows Russian Navy Ships Anchored Off Syrian Coast

Satellite imagery show that Russian naval ships have left Moscow's base at Tartous on Syria's coast and some have dropped anchor offshore following

December 10, 2024
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Friday, December 6, 2024
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Canada Seeks Stronger US Ties in Arctic to Counter Russia, China

Canada will establish two new Arctic consulates in Alaska and Greenland and appoint a dedicated Arctic ambassador as part of a long-awaited strategy for a

December 6, 2024
Total Views: 834

Thursday, December 5, 2024
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Oil Patch in Canada Has $24 Billion Shield Against Trump Tariffs

The expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline represented a $24 billion bid to help the country’s oil producers reduce their near-total reliance on the

December 5, 2024
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Crew of Panama-Flagged Cargo Ship Rescued in Red Sea

The crew of Panama-flagged cargo ship MV ISA STAR have been rescued in the Red Sea after sending a distress signal, the EU's Aspides naval mission

December 5, 2024
Total Views: 1650