Maritime Executive

by The Maritime Executive on 27 November 2025 at 1:25 am

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Polar Star has departed Seattle for her annual voyage to Antarctica for Operation Deep Freeze, the annual breakout t…

by The Maritime Executive on 27 November 2025 at 12:30 am

 The Port of Rotterdam Authority announced plans to develop a 45-hectare site in the northwest corner of Maasvlakte dedicated to the needs of the offs…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 10:53 pm

 Spanish ferry operator Baleària announced it will begin operations on what is Europe’s first autonomous e-methanol power generation system. The eNoma…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 10:19 pm

 The U.S. Coast Guard Futures Development and Integration (FD&I) Directorate has expanded upon the familiar concept of maritime domain awareness (MDA)…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 10:10 pm

 Citing the strong demand and need for advanced capabilities for the offshore sector, CMB.TECH’s offshore services division, Windtech, and Damen unvei…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 9:35 pm

 Reporting that LNG supply conditions in France and Europe have stabilized, TotalEnergies announced that it is demobilizing the floating LNG storage a…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 8:30 pm

 Container shipper Zim, which ranks at number 10 by global capacity, confirmed that its board is undertaking a “strategic review of alternatives.” It…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 7:57 pm

 BP is moving forward with its Tiber development with a contract to build the floating production unit (FPU) at Seatrium, the Singaporean offshore yar…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 6:48 pm

The containership ONE Henry Hudson continues to be held about one mile from shore outside the breakwater at the Port of Los Angeles after the fire abo…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 6:27 pm

[Breaking] Three seafarers have reportedly been injured in a fire aboard a boxship at the port of Wilmington, Delaware, according to local media.At ab…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 5:35 pm

Ukraine is continuing its efforts to increase pressure on Russia, with the latest action being the imposition of sanctions on vessels exporting grain…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 4:33 am

On Tuesday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued four people from the upturned hull of a pleasure vessel about 26 miles off the coast of Clearwater, F…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 1:15 am

 A father and his son have been sentenced to brief, suspended prison terms for helping a crime group to import heroin into the UK in 2023. The consign…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 1:15 am

 Another key sector of the shipping industry is facing a potential job action as a rash of incidents has spread recently from ports to even the office…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 12:52 am

 The UK P&I Club has announced plans to merge with affiliated firm TT Club, a major port insurer managed by the same enterprise, Thomas Miller. The tw…

by The Maritime Executive on 26 November 2025 at 12:29 am

Belgium’s three main labor unions banded together into what is likely the largest of the strikes over the past 10 months, protesting the country’s aus…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 11:56 pm

 The U.S. Navy has decided to terminate the last four ships of the Constellation-class frigate program, which has been delayed amidst reports of exten…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 11:08 pm

The China Tourism Group reports that it will be leading an effort to boost the cruise ship market that includes the consolidation of the management of…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 10:14 pm

 As the U.S. military prepares for likely action in Venezuela, a judge in Delaware has approved the sale of Venezuelan-held Citgo Petroleum, bringing…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 9:55 pm

The Government Accountability Office has issued a new report on the U.S. Coast Guard’s program to build the Offshore Patrol Cutters and once again has…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 9:25 pm

Glamox, a global leader in lighting, is supplying exterior marine LED lighting for four Offshore Construction Vessels (OCVs) commissioned by shipping…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 9:20 pm

The United Seamen’s Service recognized Crowley mariners with honors at the 2025 Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Awards. As one of the most prestigiou…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 9:14 pm

OrbitMI, a leading provider of maritime SaaS software, today announced the launch of its Vessel Reporting Analysis, a structured assessment designed t…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 8:02 pm

The Suez Canal Authority announced during a joint press conference with Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc that the two organizations had signed a new strategic…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 6:42 pm

 Marking the fifth anniversary of the publication of its listing of the “Ghost Armada,” the NGO United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is adding additiona…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 6:34 pm

 Strategically positioned along the California coast is the Port of San Diego, a hub for innovation and leader in maritime operations. From their vari…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 5:16 pm

A formal salvage plan is being developed for the containership ONE Henry Hudson (98,849 dwt) after the weekend fire aboard the vessel briefly interrup…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 4:53 am

  Ocean litter tech projects generally focus on visible, floating trash that drifts on the surface and washes up on shore. But a team with Technical U…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 3:13 am

 The government of New Zealand is displeased with a semi-independent territory, the Cook Islands, which has outsourced its maritime registry to a priv…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 2:11 am

 One of Ukraine’s key advantages in the defense against Russia is the “unjammable” over-the-horizon communication service provided by Starlink, the lo…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 1:53 am

HD Korea Shipbuilding, the holding company for the Hyundai shipbuilding yards, reports it has now booked the highest number of containership orders in…

by The Maritime Executive on 25 November 2025 at 1:14 am

 Dania Shipping, which bills itself as a leader in the dry bulk sector, is seeking to continue the market consolidation as it finally made a move to a…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 11:58 pm

South Korea’s Coast Guard is moving aggressively with its investigation into the grounding last week of the ferry Queen Jenuvia II with 246 passengers…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 11:03 pm

 The teenager who died under mysterious circumstances on cruise ship Carnival Horizon earlier this month was killed by asphyxiation, and her death has…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 10:57 pm

The UK’s Ministry of Defence reported details on additional sightings of Russian vessels in its waters after reporting a recent incident with a Russia…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 10:08 pm

 In a direct action on London’s Canary Wharf last week, activist group Climate Resistance lit up the side of a luxurious superyacht with messages prom…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 9:12 pm

Animal advocacy groups are again sounding the alarm about a livestock carrier that appears to be roaming the Mediterranean seeking ports to unload its…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 8:51 pm

Saudi Global Ports Group (SGP) yesterday celebrated a landmark moment in Saudi Arabia’s logistics development with the official inauguration of the Te…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 8:31 pm

A sanctioned tanker reached the anchorage in Venezuela on Sunday, November 23, after having turned away several times when a U.S. destroyer appeared o…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 8:28 pm

Wilhelmsen Ship Management (Wilhelmsen) has reinforced its presence in the United States with the appointment of Sundeep Dhaliwal as General Manager o…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 8:22 pm

Peel Ports Group, the UK’s second largest port operator, has appointed Jonathan Rayner as its Chief Commercial Officer, strengthening the Executive te…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 7:18 pm

 This week will be a tense one at the International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s London headquarters overlooking the River Thames in London. During t…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 7:00 pm

The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office is auctioning an Iran-flagged vessel it detained two and a half years ago when it was caught conducting an il…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 5:54 pm

 The Arctic is warming four times faster than anywhere else on Earth, and this is a warning sign for elsewhere on the planet. The shipping sector has…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 1:35 pm

As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting Emirati entrepreneurs and elevating the presence of national companies at leading global events, the K…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 1:29 pm

IDsure is honored to announce its strategic partnership with the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) to introduce the world’s first fully digital, mobile…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 4:25 am

 [By Matt Reisener]Since October 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group that seized control over much of the country over a decade ago, have waged a…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 3:56 am

Glamox, a global leader in lighting, has received the Supplier of the Year 2025 award from Norwegian Energy Partners (NORWEP), a non-commercial organi…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 3:33 am

 Last week, passengers aboard the cruise ship Carnival Dream reported that one of the vessel’s lifeboats broke away from its davit and fell into the w…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 3:25 am

 The controversy that has surrounded the procurement of two interisland ferries in New Zealand appears to have come to an end after the government ann…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 3:16 am

 The chief officer of a foreign-flagged livestock carrier has been charged in connection with an attempt to smuggle at least half a tonne of cocaine i…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 3:15 am

 Amidst signs and rumors of pending escalation in the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on Venezuela, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan C…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 November 2025 at 3:14 am

 Plans by the New Zealand government to terminate the services of a dedicated tugboat that has been aiding vessels – including aging interisland ferri…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 November 2025 at 10:20 pm

 More than $400 million is being invested in the Royal Navy’s first ever laser weapon after it downed high-velocity drones in the latest trials.The su…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 November 2025 at 10:09 pm

 In October, the Maritime Executive summarized what was then known about a purge amongst the senior ranks of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Nine…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 November 2025 at 8:42 pm

[Updated] Fire crews from Los Angeles and Long Beach responded to a fire aboard an Ocean Network Express (ONE) container ship docked at the Port of Lo…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 November 2025 at 8:16 pm

 Illegal immigrants continue to make passage across the 25-mile-wide English Channel to claim asylum in the United Kingdom.In recent months, the numbe…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 November 2025 at 7:13 pm

 Cambodia has another maritime border issue.Tensions are rising between Thailand and Cambodia, the inheritance of a poorly drawn map dating back to Fr…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 November 2025 at 6:21 pm

 While?????????? the maritime community is remembering the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I have been wondering why shipwrecks still have…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 November 2025 at 2:11 pm

Exploration Vessel Nautilus, operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust, successfully completed a groundbreaking three-week mission to map and explore th…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 November 2025 at 1:58 pm

Leveraging Odfjell’s worldwide trading platform and Nissen Kaiun’s modern chemical tanker fleet will provide significantly increased flexibility and c…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 November 2025 at 12:41 pm

Fugro has completed geophysical and archaeological surveys for Energia Wind 2020 to support the development of the Rimini offshore wind farm. As one o…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 November 2025 at 4:31 pm

Kongsberg Maritime has signed a significant contract with Turkish shipbuilder and leading tugboat operator Med Marine to supply US series azimuth thru…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 November 2025 at 3:49 pm

The United Seamen’s Service recognized Crowley mariners with honors at the 2025 Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Awards. As one of the most prestigiou…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 November 2025 at 3:14 pm

On November 3, 2025, a significant milestone was celebrated at Eregli Shipyard, marking the official commencement of construction for two of Türkiye’s…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 November 2025 at 12:59 pm

The latest industry-leading analysis from ABS, Retrofits for Energy and Emissions Improvements, provides critical insights into the impact of retrofit…