U.S. Strikes Two More Suspected Smuggling Boats, Killing Five

Published Jan 1, 2026 7:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

U.S. Southern Command has killed another five suspected smugglers in waters off South or Central America, the agency announced on...

Russia Asks Trump Administration to Stop Chasing Sanctioned Tanker

Published Jan 1, 2026 2:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

The sanctioned tanker Bella 1 has been formally registered with the Russian flag and renamed, complicating American efforts to "pu...

Published Jan 1, 2026 12:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

Finland has unleashed a gamut of inspections and is searching for multiple violations aboard the cargo ship Fitburg, which was det...

Published Dec 31, 2025 6:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

Attracting little publicity, Cyprus, Greece and Israel have deepened their military cooperation, signing a trilateral agreement in...

Published Dec 31, 2025 5:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Turkey is planning to reach an agreement with the new government of Syria on maritime cooperation and offshore E&P, the nation's m...

Published Dec 31, 2025 3:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

On New Years' Eve, Ukraine's special operations forces hit oil and gas terminals near the port of Taman, Russia, on the east side...

Published Dec 31, 2025 12:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Royal Thai Navy reported the details of a seizure of a small vessel that it said was operating without a visible identity and...

Published Dec 31, 2025 11:30 AM by The Maritime Executive

Finnish authorities moved quickly to find and detain a vessel suspected of damaging subsea telecommunications cables running betwe...

Published Dec 30, 2025 9:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Tuesday, China's military continued a series of large-scale live fire exercises around Taiwan, demonstrating its high-volume ro...

Published Dec 29, 2025 11:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

Naval contingents from Russia, China and Iran are converging in South Africa in anticipation of the start of Exercise Mosi-3 in ea...