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Two Rhode Island Men Face Fine for Using Distress Flares at a Wedding

Published Oct 6, 2021 10:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

Two Rhode Island men have reached a civil settlement with federal prosecutors over charges that they knowingly discharged a flare...

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Two Sections of Golden Ray Head Back to Wreck Site

Published Oct 6, 2021 9:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

Although they departed the wreck site in St. Simons Sound many weeks earlier, two of the hull sections of the capsized r...

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U.S. Navy Dive Teams are Still Clearing Wreckage From Hurricane Ida

Published Oct 6, 2021 6:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

One month after the passage of Hurricane Ida, salvors are still working to remove sunken and grounded vessels from Bayou Lafourche...

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Report: SoCal Pipeline Operator Took Hours to React to Spill Alarm

Published Oct 6, 2021 2:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

In an enforcement order released Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation's pipeline regulator said that the operator of...

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Broken SoCal Oil Pipeline Moved 100 Feet From Charted Position

Published Oct 5, 2021 7:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said that dive and ROV investigations have confirmed unusual signs of damage to the oil pipeline...

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Video: Bulker Strikes Fish Farm off Turkey

Published Oct 1, 2021 7:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

[Brief] On Thursday morning, a 6,900 dwt bulker transited through a fish farm off the coast of Turkey, striking several pens and r...

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Ro-Ro Takes on Water and Partially Sinks, Killing One and Injuring Six

Published Sep 30, 2021 2:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

Algerian civil authorities came to the aid of the crew aboard a Mediterranean ro-ro after the vessel took on water, causing it to...

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Golden Ray Salvage Edges Closer to an End With Second-to-Last Hoist

Published Sep 27, 2021 2:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Sunday, salvors lifted and removed the second-to-last segment of the wrecked ro/ro Golden Ray from St. Simons Sound, Georgia. J...

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Tanker Crew Caught in the Middle After Cambodia's Offshore Oil Debacle

Published Sep 27, 2021 2:22 AM by The Maritime Executive

The Indonesian Marine Police have boarded the tanker Strovolos and arrested the crew in connection with a dispute over Cambodian o...

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China Plans $3.5B Equity Investment in Pakistani Port Project

Published Sep 26, 2021 10:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

At this year's joint meeting on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, Pakistan's Ministry of Maritime Affai...

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