Report: Russian Shadow Fleet Vessels Play a Role in Drone Incursions in EU

Published Jul 2, 2026 8:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia's intelligence agencies have used shadow fleet tankers to launch spy drones over Western Europe since at least 2024, but Eu...

Iran Threatens to Attack Ships for Using Non-Iranian Routes Through Hormuz

Published Jul 2, 2026 5:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

Amidst a reported disagreement within Iran's leadership over whether to prioritize control of frozen bank accounts or control of t...

Published Jul 2, 2026 3:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Prosecutors in Germany have formally charged a Ukrainian officer who they suspect of involvement in the 2022 attack on the Nord St...

Published Jul 1, 2026 11:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Two of the many superyachts linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin have departed their home country and gotten under way, sign...

Published Jul 1, 2026 8:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives have written to the White House to ask for an eventual end to the sweeping...

Published Jul 1, 2026 6:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

As the Pentagon moves to expand its unmanned-systems programs in all domains and across all service branches, it is setting up a n...

Published Jul 1, 2026 6:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

A multi-national force completed two weeks of exercises in what was billed as the first large-scale multi-national maritime exerci...

Published Jul 1, 2026 5:03 PM by The Conversation

[By Jennifer Parker] Since Iran was attacked by the US and Israel it has increasingly signaled its intent to make control of the S...

Published Jul 1, 2026 3:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Treasury is taking aim at the fuel-smuggling side business of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), the violent...

Published Jul 1, 2026 12:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

Greenpeace activists are reporting an incident on June 30 when one of its teams was photographing a sanctioned crude oil tanker. T...