Maritime Executive

by The Maritime Executive on 22 February 2026 at 11:49 pm

 An international consortium headed up by a British firm is pitching a proposal to the Pentagon to build a ship-borne nuclear power station, to be doc…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 February 2026 at 10:18 pm

 On Saturday, Ukraine’s armed forces renewed their campaign of drone strikes on the naval harbor at Sevastopol, hitting two patrol ships – and proving…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 February 2026 at 6:27 pm

 A.P Moller Capital’s Morocco Fund has raised $243 million, which the company intends to invest in the country’s transport and logistics infrastructur…

by The Maritime Executive on 22 February 2026 at 6:27 pm

 It is well understood that Russia uses a complex network of oil traders and “shadow fleet” shipping companies to evade restrictions and maintain expo…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 February 2026 at 6:05 pm

The Port of Virginia® is using a layered approach to strengthen safety throughout its operation by identifying the most common critical risks at its t…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 February 2026 at 5:35 pm

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the American Waterways Operators (AWO) today announced the renewal of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that re…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 February 2026 at 5:05 pm

The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) welcomes and applauds the Administration’s continued focus on strengthening the American maritime indus…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 February 2026 at 2:33 am

Associated British Ports (ABP) is delighted to become a founder patron of the Horizon Youth Zone in Grimsby to help support the charity in providing a…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 February 2026 at 1:13 am

Celebrating CruisingIt was another record year for cruising in 2025, and this year is shaping up to be even better. Since the pandemic brought things…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 February 2026 at 1:10 am

 Maersk’s terminal operator, APM Terminals, is positioning itself to benefit from the growing status of Jeddah Islamic Port as it announced the acquis…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 February 2026 at 12:48 am

Austal Defence Shipbuilding Australia highlighted the announcement by the government’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles,…

by The Maritime Executive on 21 February 2026 at 12:13 am

 The Mexican authorities are highlighting their successful efforts in interdicting the flow of drugs along the country’s coast bound for the United St…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 11:40 pm

 A decommissioned Royal Navy survey ship, HMS Enterprise, that redefined hydrographic and oceanographic operations across the globe for two decades, i…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 10:32 pm

 Military Sealift Command Pacific reports the 2026 cargo resupply mission for U.S. Antarctica operations has been completed. They note that MSC has be…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 9:54 pm

Hong Kong-based CH Hutchison is reported to have made a formal request to the government of Panama for negotiations over the operations of the termina…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 8:57 pm

A small Japanese coast cargo ship is reported to have run down a recreational fishing boat midday on Friday, February 20, killing two people and injur…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 7:31 pm

 [By Mikael Lind, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Jeremy Bentham, Chye Poh Chua, Philippe Isler, Jens Lund-Nielsen, and Per Löfbom]Transport still relies heavily…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 6:58 pm

The United States Supreme Court on Friday morning struck down Donald Trump’s use of emergency authorization to impose the sweeping reciprocal tariffs,…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 5:14 pm

A fire began in the wee hours of the morning on February 20 aboard the party cruise ship World Legacy operating around Singapore as a floating enterta…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 2:28 pm

Inmarsat Maritime, part of Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT) Communication Services, will install NexusWave across Auerbach’s fleet of newbuild heavy lift vessels…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 1:44 pm

GenFlat Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB:GFLT) (“GenFlat” or “the Company”), a developer of sustainable collapsible marine shipping containers, today announced a…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 7:43 am

Kongsberg Discovery has upgraded its innovative Kongsberg Listen electromagnetic sensor system, setting new standards for inspections, surveys and kno…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 3:58 am

 The Great Lakes are a source of inspiration for wreck hunters, and new finds turn up every year. The latest, announced this week by the National Muse…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 3:58 am

 A fire broke out aboard a bulker at the port of Vancouver on Tuesday, prompting a region-wide response call-out for marine firefighters.At about 2100…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 3:46 am

 Turkish energy company TPAO has signed up with Shell for the exploration of the Khan Tervel field, a promising formation off the coast of Bulgaria. T…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 2:25 am

An Italian court has ordered the government to pay $89,000 in compensation to the migrant rescue NGO Sea-Watch for a 2019 run-in that ended in the det…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 1:37 am

DP World and APM Terminals, an independent subsidiary of A.P. Moller–Maersk, today announced a strategic partnership in the Southern Container Termina…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 1:12 am

Reports from Israel continue to cite pockets of opposition to the agreement to sell Zim to Hapag-Lloyd in a deal valued at $4.2 billion and then split…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 12:35 am

 As the UK debates the fate of the Chagos Archipelago deal which transfers sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, a party of Chagos Islan…

by The Maritime Executive on 20 February 2026 at 12:05 am

 After having spent five days east of Sardinia, the Russian-flagged military cargo ship Sparta IV is again drawing attention, now maneuvering west of…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 11:03 pm

 The Russian Navy, the regular Iranian Navy (Nedsa) and the IRGC Navy (Nedsa) have completed a morning’s anti-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Oman.The…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 11:03 pm

 International law depends on a basic understanding that obligations accepted by states cannot be set aside by administrative preference. Treaties are…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 10:21 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment & Natural Resources Division filed notice with the district court in Massachusetts for an appeal on the c…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 9:27 pm

 Naval shipbuilder Austal USA announced Thursday that president Michelle Kruger has stepped down from running day-to-day operations and assumed an adv…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 8:42 pm

 The U.S. Coast Guard is reporting it was successful last week in interrupting a drug smuggling effort involving a go-fast boat in the Atlantic Ocean…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 8:05 pm

 If you manage ships, you already pay handsomely for compliance—ISM verifications, statutory checks, Port State Control (PSC) readiness, and a thicket…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 8:03 pm

Nearly two months after saying it was likely to close after losing a key U.S. Coast Guard contract, California’s Mare Island Dry Dock (MIDD) has come…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 6:05 pm

 The Danish Maritime Authority confirmed to local media that it has placed a detention order on a shadowy containership until the vessel can prove its…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 4:39 am

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today opened applications for its Centers of Excellence program for Domestic M…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 4:11 am

 The U.S. Navy says that two yards will begin building the new Landing Ship Medium (LSM), the Marine Corps’ new beach-capable transport. The service s…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 4:11 am

Up until now, reinforcements to the US force posture in the Middle East can safely have been described as strengthening defensive posture, particularl…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 1:05 am

 Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russia’s oil and gas revenues have fallen to the lowest level recorded since the beginning of the invasion of…

by The Maritime Executive on 19 February 2026 at 1:05 am

 The International Fleet Review being hosted by the Indian Navy has been getting underway in the port city of Visakhapatnam, home of the Indian Navy’s…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 11:46 pm

The Port of Los Angeles foresees continued weakness in container volumes for the first quarter of 2026 after a 12 percent decline in January. However,…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 11:18 pm

 Japanese investors has agreed to back a large-scale offshore loading terminal off the coast of Texas, the newly-permitted Texas GulfLink project. The…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 10:36 pm

As part of the ongoing efforts that are downsizing and reshaping the operation of the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the UK has entered into a…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 10:03 pm

 The Russian Steregushchiy-class corvette Stoykiy (F545) has arrived in Bandar Abbas in advance of a naval exercise to be held jointly with the regula…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 9:08 pm

Private equity buyers are reportedly showing a strong interest in Everllence (formerly MAN Energy Solutions), according to a report in the Financial T…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 8:27 pm

 Argentina’s maritime labor unions are going on strike to protest a proposed labor law that could eliminate overtime pay, reduce the right to strike,…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 7:35 pm

 France’s CMA CGM Group and India’s Cochin Shipyard finalized a contract for the construction of containerships, which is being called a defining mome…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 5:27 pm

 A range of international media outlets, some with rigorous collateral information checking protocols, accepted Iranian claims that the IRGC had close…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 5:03 pm

 An engine room fire broke out on a Chinese-owned bulker while the vessel was sailing off Shandong in northern China. The vessel, the Mandy (180,371 d…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 2:07 pm

Hurtigruten, the leader in iconic Norwegian coastal voyages, has unveiled three brand-new ‘Limited Collection’ itineraries for 2027–2028. The voyages,…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 2:41 am

Video is circulating online showing an incident in Santos, Brazil, on Monday, February 16, in which a containership maneuvering in the harbor collided…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 2:26 am

 As Europe contemplates stiffer measures against the lightly-regulated, underinsured “shadow fleet” of tankers that carry most of Russia’s oil, Russia…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 1:42 am

The captain of the tanker Marinera (Bella 1) has reportedly been officially indicted in the United States, according to a report from The New York Tim…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 1:23 am

 Cyber incidents in the marine sector are no longer theoretical – they’re a real and accelerating risk.To address and mitigate this growing threat, th…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 1:23 am

 UK industrial union Unite has called off a brief offshore strike action at rig services provider Bilfinger, which would have affected up to 19 oil fi…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 12:36 am

 Media reports indicate that a Greek-owned fuel tanker was seen arriving at one of Cuba’s fuel terminals in the west of the country. The vessel has be…

by The Maritime Executive on 18 February 2026 at 12:18 am

 Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Samho says that it is studying ways to introduce humanoid robots into its yard, and is examining ROI to figure out wher…