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• World’s Largest Sailing Yacht Floats Out In France

  by MI News Network on 21 June 2025 at 10:53 am

  The yacht is being developed by Orient Express, a luxury hospitality company operated by French hotel group Accor.

• Northern Lights Names Second CO2 Carrier ‘NORTHERN PATHFINDER’ In Oslo

  by MI News Network on 21 June 2025 at 10:37 am

  The vessel is part of the world’s first international full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain project.

• Watch: Superyacht That Sank Off Sicily Raised To Surface After 10 Months

  by MI News Network on 21 June 2025 at 10:23 am

  The yacht, now upright and partially pumped of water, is expected to be towed to the port of Termini Imerese.

• First Cruise Ship Brings Back 2,000 Stranded Israelis From Cyprus After Airspace Closure

  by MI News Network on 21 June 2025 at 10:00 am

  This sea-based evacuation is the beginning of “Operation Safe Return,” a national effort led by Israel’s Ministry of Transportation to bring home citizens stranded abroad.

• World’s Most Powerful Wind-Assisted Cargo Ship Now In Operation

  by MI News Network on 21 June 2025 at 9:37 am

  The WindWings® fitted on the vessel are built to intelligently adjust both their angle and camber depending on wind conditions.

• Maersk Suspends Operations At Israel’s Busiest Port As Tensions In the Middle East Heighten

  by MI News Network on 21 June 2025 at 8:24 am

  Maersk has temporarily stopped vessel calls and suspended cargo acceptance at Israel’s Port of Haifa as the Israel-Iran conflict continues to escalate.

• Ukraine Plans To Sell Seized Ships To Raise Funds For War With Russia

  by MI News Network on 21 June 2025 at 8:20 am

  Ukraine is planning to sell a Turkish cargo vessel, which it confiscated in 2024 on charges of looting grain from Crimea.

• U.K Patrol Ship Crossing Taiwan Strait Angers China, Taipei On Alert

  by MI News Network on 21 June 2025 at 8:14 am

  The Defense Ministry of Taiwan said that it had detected over 70 Chinese military aircraft around the island in the last 24 hours, days after a British naval ship passed through the Taiwan Strait.

• South Korean Shipyard Accuses Russia’s Zvezda Of Illegally Cancelling $3.54 Billion Deal

  by MI News Network on 20 June 2025 at 1:35 pm

  The Russian shipyard informed Samsung of the termination and requested the return of the advance payments made under the agreement.

• India Begins $3.5 Billion Fundraising Drive To Build Its Largest Port

  by MI News Network on 20 June 2025 at 1:26 pm

  The port is expected to handle around 23 million TEUs of containers annually, placing it among the world’s top ten container ports.

• CMA CGM Osiris Becomes First Large Ship To Transit Suez Canal After Long Halt

  by MI News Network on 20 June 2025 at 1:22 pm

  This marks the first time since March 2024 that a large container ship has crossed the Canal from the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.

• Massive Oil Spill Spotted In Gulf Of Oman After Two Large Tankers Collide

  by MI News Network on 20 June 2025 at 12:58 pm

  One of the tankers involved in the collision had been facing prolonged GPS and AIS jamming prior to the crash.

• India Plans To Cut Fuel Exports, Reroute Oil Imports If Strait of Hormuz Is Blocked

  by MI News Network on 20 June 2025 at 12:42 pm

  According to Indian Oil Minister, around 1.5 million barrels of oil that India uses daily come through the Strait of Hormuz.

• Port Of Aberdeen Launches Scotland’s Largest Maritime Decarbonisation Project

  by MI News Network on 20 June 2025 at 12:36 pm

  This new infrastructure could reduce up to 60,000 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent emissions over the next 20 years.

• In A First, Australia Sanctions 60 Russian Shadow Fleet Vessels

  by MI News Network on 20 June 2025 at 12:29 pm

  The sanctions allow Australia to deny port access to these ships, order them to leave its waters, and block them from entering the country.