Maritime Executive

by The Maritime Executive on 24 December 2025 at 7:18 am

 In advance of the drone sub strike on the Russian Navy submarine pen on the Black Sea, Ukraine’s SBU security service paved the way by damaging the o…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 December 2025 at 4:14 am

 Shares in Israeli container line ZIM soared in value on Tuesday after the company’s board said that it is evaluating a possible private buyout. At le…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 December 2025 at 1:44 am

 On Tuesday, a major fire broke out at a small ship repair yard in Nizhy Novgorod, a city on the Volga in western Russia. The Ministry of Emergency Si…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 December 2025 at 1:29 am

The International Flag-State Association (IFA), an association of the world’s three largest registries, Liberia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 December 2025 at 1:27 am

PT Rekayasa Industri (Rekind), Advanced Energy Solutions (AES), and RINA, the multinational engineering consultancy, inspection and certification grou…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 December 2025 at 1:15 am

As 2025 draws to a close, the global shipping industry finds itself far from the clean-fuel sprint that many had anticipated. Despite ambitious decarb…

by The Maritime Executive on 24 December 2025 at 12:04 am

 Venezuela is having difficulty in getting its oil to market due to U.S. tanker seizures in the Caribbean, multiple officials told the New York Times…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 11:21 pm

Kuwait and China formalized a new agreement, building on their cooperation and which aims to complete the development of a new port in northern Kuwait…

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

From New England to the Mid-Atlantic regions, offshore wind developers reported they were complying with the government order to suspend offshore inst…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 10:00 pm

 In its rush to meet recruitment targets, the U.S. Navy exceeded the allowable legal limit for recruits who underperform on standard armed forces capa…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 8:44 pm

 The Commander of Iran’s regular Navy (Nedaja), Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, told a conference of clergymen in Tehran late last week that he has dispat…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 8:15 pm

 The salvage operation for two recent containership fires, ONE Henry Hudson and Wan Hai 503, is continuing. The details show the intricate process req…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 7:47 pm

World-leading product tanker company Hafnia has purchased a large block of shares in competitor Torm, and has signaled plans to pursue a mega-merger b…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 7:30 pm

Ukrainian officials are reporting what they called a “massive Russian strike” directed overnight and into this morning broadly at the country’s infras…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 5:25 pm

The Suez Canal Authority is highlighting what it is calling a “new phase in the return of containerships” as it marked the first transits in two years…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 3:56 am

 On Monday, U.S. Southern Command announced the destruction of another suspected smuggling boat in the waters of the Eastern Pacific, the 29th such st…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 2:57 am

 China’s government is voicing its opposition to the Trump administration’s campaign of tanker seizures off the coast of Venezuela. The U.S. Coast Gua…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 2:15 am

The Baltic is a notorious hotspot for GPS interference, particularly in the region around the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. But pinning down the ext…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 1:11 am

 Greece’s ONEX Shipyards and MEGATUGS announced an agreement to build new tugboats at the Elefsina shipyard. It makes a key milestone for the restorat…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 12:24 am

Austal USA celebrated the start of construction on the company’s fourth U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manuf…

by The Maritime Executive on 23 December 2025 at 12:21 am

Members of the UK’s HM Coastguard were dealing with a mystery early on Sunday morning, December 21, when they started receiving reports of a lifeboat…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 11:49 pm

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Unit and Special Operations Forces revealed the latest round of drone strikes on Russia’s oil operations. The Defense I…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 11:47 pm

 President Donald Trump has announced plans to order a future “Trump-class” battleship in large quantities, and says that he will press defense contra…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 10:38 pm

Svitzer, a leading global towage provider, has announced leadership changes in Europe and the Americas. For the past six years, Arjen Van Dijk has ser…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 10:25 pm

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Promotion Committee has resolved to hold a head-to-head competition between Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heav…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 9:14 pm

 The U.S. Senate has confirmed Adm. Kevin Lunday as the next commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. A 39-year veteran of the Coast Guard and a career jud…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 8:46 pm

 Singapore shipyard group Seatrium reports that the dispute with Maersk Offshore Wind over a nearly completed newbuild wind turbine installation vesse…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 7:44 pm

 Christmas dinner at sea may be changing soon for U.S. Navy sailors, based on new experiments conducted by the Navy’s food lab. If the service’s food…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 7:27 pm

DHL Global Forwarding and CMA CGM have taken a significant step toward decarbonizing global container transport. The two companies have agreed to join…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 7:16 pm

Seventeen students from seven U.S. and El Salvador maritime academies and universities have been selected as the 2025 recipients of the Thomas B. Crow…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 6:55 pm

Egyptian authorities are confirming that one passenger, an Italian tourist, has died from injuries sustained during the collision of two Nile River cr…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 5:35 pm

In its latest moves to stop the development of offshore wind energy projects, the Trump administration on Monday, December 22, announced it is suspend…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 3:52 am

 Canada is preparing for a second expedition to Antarctica in 2026, with the country expanding its research interests in the region. Early this year,…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 2:29 am

RINA Prime Value Services – a company of the RINA Group specialised in services for the real estate sector – announces the signing of the binding agre…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 2:23 am

 Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) appointed former U.S. ambassador to Norway and the 77th Secretary of the Navy, Kenneth J. Braithwaite, as Chairman…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 1:56 am

Babcock’s LGE business, a global leader in liquefied gas solutions, has announced a significant new milestone in its pioneering ecoCO2® cargo handling…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 1:54 am

 Europe’s ambitions to decarbonize the shipping industry face obstacles due to the fragile state of the alternative fuel supply chain, an analysis by…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 1:35 am

 A group of leading companies officially launched the Bunkering Services Initiative (Initiative) across Amsterdam–Rotterdam–Antwerp (ARA) ports with o…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 1:21 am

 After a decade of negotiating uncertainty, Bagamoyo Port project is finally moving ahead. Last week, Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) revealed Africa G…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 1:13 am

 The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) continues to see a rise in maritime threats, with Red Sea security remaining uncertain throughout 2025. The volatile s…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 1:00 am

 Morocco’s leading port operator Marsa Maroc has announced entry into the Spanish market, marking yet another major milestone for the company’s expans…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 December 2025 at 12:25 am

 After their life in oceangoing service, shipping containers get repurposed for all sorts of inventive uses – storage sheds, shop spaces, mobile offic…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 December 2025 at 10:47 pm

 On Saturday, Russian forces attacked a sunflower seed oil terminal in the Odesa region of Ukraine, causing extensive damage. It is the latest in a se…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 December 2025 at 10:34 pm

 Following a series of drone overflights directed against Danish targets in September, the Danish Ministry of Defense has concluded an order with Kong…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 December 2025 at 8:56 pm

 The first part of Operation Fouled Anchor ended last week with the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. Part 2,…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 December 2025 at 8:38 pm

 Sweden’s customs agency has completed an investigation aboard the Russian cargo ship Adler, which broke down in the Kattegat and was inspected by Swe…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 December 2025 at 12:10 am

 [Updated] The Trump administration has seized a second Venezuela-linked tanker and launched a “pursuit” targeting a third, according to multiple repo…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 December 2025 at 9:20 pm

Dykstra Naval Architects leads naval architecture while Glosten provides structural engineering. Autonomy and wind-propulsion systems are designed in-…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 December 2025 at 8:54 pm

This has been a significant year for ClassNK and for Hayato Suga, who stepped up to the role of President & CEO in March.Drawing on 40 years of ClassN…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 December 2025 at 8:04 pm

Anemoi Marine Technologies, the UK-based leading designer of Rotor Sails for wind-assisted ship propulsion, is to install Rotor Sails on two newbuild…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 December 2025 at 8:03 pm

On 21 November, Damen Shipyards Group delivered three new tugs, consisting of an RSD Tug 2513 named Fairplay-98, and two ASD Tugs 2312 named Fairplay-…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 December 2025 at 2:52 am

 U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle (WIX 327) announced its 2026 schedule of port calls Friday. The selected port calls include the five Sail250 ports of N…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 December 2025 at 1:06 am

After more than eight years in the position as CEO of Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP), Barbara Scheel Agersnap is stepping down.Barbara Scheel Agersnap ha…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 December 2025 at 1:01 am

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), one of the world’s largest providers of port agency and maritime services, has strengthened its collaboration with A…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 December 2025 at 12:12 am

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced a $300 million competitive solicitation to support maritime por…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 11:49 pm

 SATCOM RULESThis edition’s cover story features Ben Palmer, a man of many hats who helped negotiate Inmarsat’s landmark merger vith Viasat two years…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 11:16 pm

 Investigators from the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) have begun an investigation into how thousands of bananas ended up on beaches…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 10:51 pm

 The Federal Maritime Commission has completed its first phase of an investigation into possible unfavorable actions by Spain against U.S. shipping an…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 9:42 pm

The Trump administration is exerting more pressure on Iran after adding a total of 29 shadow fleet tankers to its sanction list. They asserted that th…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 9:24 pm

The Royal Navy has sold the Albion Class amphibious assault ship HMS Bulwark (L15) to the Brazilian Navy for a reported $26 million, as it was complet…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 8:35 pm

 Among a broad range of nominees confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday were the new head for the U.S. Maritime Administration and the first of two…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 7:26 pm

 A South African court has ordered the auction of the country’s historic polar research vessel S.A. Agulhas. The vessel had served as South Africa’s r…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 5:40 pm

 Three weeks after announcing that they were canceling the Constellation-class frigate program, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced a new prog…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 3:58 pm

 Maersk confirmed that one of its smaller containerships has successfully completed the company’s first transit through the Red Sea and the Bab el-Man…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 December 2025 at 2:52 pm

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is continuing its Deep Strike Special Operations, reporting it struck a shadow fleet oil tanker in the Mediterra…