UK’s Only Polar Icebreaker is Towed to Port to Investigate “Defect”

Published Oct 14, 2026 5:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

UK media is speculating that the Royal Navy may be facing a significant problem after its only polar icebreaker, HMS Protector, ap...

Carrier USS Kennedy Completes First F-35 Fighter Landing and Launch

Published Oct 14, 2026 5:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Tuesday, an F-35 stealth fighter jet landed aboard the newly-built carrier USS John F. Kennedy for the first time, the U.S. Nav...

Published Oct 13, 2026 11:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Tuesday, strikes on merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz continued with two reported attacks, according to UK Maritime Tra...

Published Oct 13, 2026 10:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

American ambitions to bring nuclear power back to the waterfront are gathering steam: Bluecore Energy, the Long Beach-based floati...

Published Oct 13, 2026 9:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

A cocaine-smuggling suspect was killed and two others were injured during a high-speed boat chase off the coast of Portugal on Sun...

Published Oct 13, 2026 5:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration has agreed to buy autonomous surface vessels from the American boatbuilder Maritime Tactical S...

Published Oct 13, 2026 3:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran filed a formal protest at the International Maritime Organization, asserting that U.S. military forces are misusing VHF Chann...

Published Oct 13, 2026 3:15 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

[By Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby] On 10 October, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) reported that 22...

Published Oct 12, 2026 7:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

The French military has boarded the sanctioned shadow fleet tanker DF Peak on the high seas of the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles...

Published Oct 11, 2026 11:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

The German Navy is expanding its footprint and its fleet with the addition of a new North Sea naval base and the acquisition of fo...