China and Russia Plan to Hold a Naval Exercise With Iran in February

Published Feb 1, 2026 5:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

The commander of the regular Iranian navy (Nedaja) Rear Admiral Shahram Irani has announced that Iran will once again host Chinese...

China Wants to Host the High Seas Secretariat

Published Feb 1, 2026 2:46 PM by Dialogue Earth

[By Jiang Mengnan] China has joined Chile and Belgium in competing to host the secretariat of the High Seas Treaty. The landmark U...

Published Feb 1, 2026 12:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

CMA CGM is launching a ports joint venture with one of the world's largest infrastructure investors. With a 25 percent investment...

Published Jan 30, 2026 9:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

The survival of the deal the UK has agreed with the government of Mauritius, involving the UK’s surrender of sovereignty and a lea...

Published Jan 30, 2026 7:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Details about the U.S. Coast Guard’s plans for expanding America’s presence in the Arctic were the focus of a Senate Commerce Subc...

Published Jan 30, 2026 3:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Philippine Coast Guard issued an urgent alert to all vessels on Friday, January 30, after it received a distress call from a C...

Published Jan 29, 2026 9:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Scarborough Shoal has been a flash point for tensions between the Philippines and China since 2012, when Chinese forces occupied t...

Published Jan 29, 2026 8:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

The European Union's top energy official is actively looking to source LNG from outside of the United States, the EU's biggest sup...

Published Jan 29, 2026 7:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. has released one of the shadow fleet tankers that it seized in the Caribbean over the past month, Secretary of State Marc...

Published Jan 29, 2026 7:35 PM by The Maritime Executive

Recently appointed Commissioner Laura DiBella has been designated as the next Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission by Donald T...