Two Men Linked to Russian Military Were Aboard Shadow-Fleet Tanker Qendil

Published Jan 13, 2026 2:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

Suspicious men with military bearing have been spotted on shadow-fleet tankers many times in the Baltic, giving Western security e...

Former U.S. Navy Sailor Gets 16-Year Sentence for $12,000 Worth of Spying

Published Jan 12, 2026 11:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

A former U.S. Navy sailor who was paid a mere $12,000 over an 18-month period for spying for China has been sentenced to more than...

Published Jan 12, 2026 7:07 PM by Dialogue Earth

[By Mao Xiaoli] Later this year, member states of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will resume negotiations on whethe...

Published Jan 12, 2026 4:49 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump announced that the White House will impose a 25 percent tariff on all countries that t...

Published Jan 12, 2026 12:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Finnish Border Guard, midday on Monday, January 12, escorted the cargo ship Fitburg out to sea after nearly two weeks of deten...

Published Jan 11, 2026 10:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. government has seized five shadow fleet tankers to date in its campaign to control Venezuela's energy exports, and it pla...

Published Jan 11, 2026 8:03 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ireland is recording an increase in the number of marine incidents in its vast coastline, and this reality is testing the resilien...

Published Jan 11, 2026 2:30 PM by Prof. Dr. Ishtiaque Ahmed

When the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC) entered into force on...

Published Jan 11, 2026 1:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

With Exercise Mosi-3 - now renamed Exercise Will for Peace 2026 - scheduled to start with a dockside parade on January 10, naval p...

Published Jan 11, 2026 1:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

Recent US boardings of oil tankers linked to Venezuela have prompted claims of piracy and illegality under international law. In r...