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‘Arctic Metagaz’ LNG Tanker Still Afloat, Malta Warns Ships to Keep Clear

11 Mar, 2026
Malta’s transport authority confirmed on Tuesday that the LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz is drifting in the Mediterranean, contradicting earlier reports from Libya that the vessel had sunk following the March 3 explosion southeast of the island....
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Coast Guard Responding to Large Barge Fire in Delaware Bay

11 Mar, 2026
The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple partner agencies are responding to a barge fire in Delaware Bay on Tuesday after a tug reported that the vessel it was towing had caught fire. According to the Coast Guard, watchstanders at Sector Delaware ...
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US Submarine Sinks Iranian Warship Off Sri Lanka

07 Mar, 2026
By Uditha Jayasinghe, Jana Choukeir and Elwely Elwelly GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said it was trying to “safeguard lives” on a second Iranian ship off its coast on Thursday, a day after 87 people were killed in a U.S. submarine ...
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US Pressing Sri Lanka Not To Repatriate Iranian Crew From Sunken Ship

07 Mar, 2026
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – The United States is pressing Sri Lanka’s government not to repatriate the survivors from the Iranian warship it sank this week, as well as the crew of a second Iranian ship that is in Sri La...
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Reinsurers Scrap War-Risk Cover After US Torpedoes Iranian Ship

06 Mar, 2026
By Mihir Mishra and Saikat Das Mar 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –London-based reinsurers are issuing seven-day cancellation notices on marine war-risk coverage after a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, amplifying risk percepti...
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Iranian Warship Sunk by US Torpedo Participated in Indian Drill

05 Mar, 2026
By Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, March 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. attack on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean this week was the first time since World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy vessel with a torpedo. The following detail...
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Iranian Warship Sinks Off Sri Lanka, Bodies Recovered at Sea

04 Mar, 2026
By Uditha Jayasinghe GALLE, Sri Lanka, March 4 (Reuters) – An Iranian warship has sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka, with the Sri Lankan authorities saying on Wednesday they had rescued 32 people who were on board and recovered several bodies...
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Moscow Alleges Ukrainian Drone Boat Attack on LNG Carrier ‘Arctic Metagaz’

04 Mar, 2026
An LNG carrier central to Russia’s sanctioned Arctic gas trade was rocked by an explosion around 4 a.m. on March 3 roughly 150 nautical miles southeast of Malta, in an incident Moscow said was a Ukrainian attack and that could ripple throug...
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